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Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 10:20 pm
by Ican
Can someone who's familiar with the region answer these questions please.

Is Galgadud mostly hawiye degan, or mixed?

Wikipedia article says galgadud has the largest uranium deposits in Africa, can anybody verify? If so, why are there no companies mining there?

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:11 pm
by gurey25
i remembering hearing that they make up 5% of the worlds reserves.

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:13 pm
by Unclebin-
Habar Gidr and Uranium are a bad mixture. THE IAEA would be up in arms if they could sell it on the black market Laughing

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:15 pm
by gurey25
Uranium is not the problem,
i dont think it would raise many eyebrows if you sold it by the ton.

Niger sells it to anyone who has the money,

enrichment technology on the other hand will get an immediete response,.

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:17 pm
by Unclebin-
Gurey

Obviously the enrichment of Uranium is the key. However say the ICU took control of somalia and they were shipping large quantities of Uranium to IRAN. Don't you think a few western eye brows would be raised?

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:18 pm
by paidmonk
The Iranians are coming! The Iranians are coming! Watch out ilko yar cousins!! Surprised

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:19 pm
by gurey25
can you prove that statement?

Iran already has large deposits and does not import uranium and the ICU does not have an active mine working in galgadud.

it all a load of bull

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:21 pm
by Unclebin-
[quote="gurey25"]can you prove that statement?

Iran already has large deposits and does not import uranium and the ICU does not have an active mine working in galgadud.

it all a load of bull[/quote]


Theoretical sxb. Not saying that the ICU had mines in Dhuusamareeb. Laughing

But here look at an article I found.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... alia16.xml

It talks about What ifs and alot of BS. But the possibilities aren't far off.

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:45 pm
by musika man
[quote="gurey25"]

Niger sells it to anyone who has the money.[/quote]

^^^

not true. a french company has the contract and the french government controls who buys Niger's uranuim. it supplies the french nuclear power plants (biggest in europe) and military nuclear industries.

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:55 pm
by Gedo_Boy
[quote="gurey25"]Uranium is not the problem,
i dont think it would raise many eyebrows if you sold it by the ton.
[/quote]


However, this would explain America's interest in the region. If not outright interest, interest in not having Somalia influenced by someone else.

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:49 am
by gurey25
[quote="musika man"][quote="gurey25"]

Niger sells it to anyone who has the money.[/quote]

^^^

not true. a french company has the contract and the french government controls who buys Niger's uranuim. it supplies the french nuclear power plants (biggest in europe) and military nuclear industries.[/quote]

i few "gifts" deposuted in the right hands makes anything possible my friend

Laughing

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:00 am
by Gedo_Boy
gurey25,

You sound like you are familiar with the ways of the underworld? Laughing Laughing

excuse me.......I mean 'informal economy'

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:06 am
by gurey25
it is an essential part of business in this sort of world.

its a bit of an art form as well,
you have to give the gifts and carry favour sometimes well in advance,

Very Happy

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:09 am
by Gedo_Boy
yeah, I had a close relative who was very social to begin with, and then he went to Dubai.

He did everything from hang out with Bedouins, to falcon hunting with 'Sheiks', to helping West African Magic Men exchange counterfeit Euros Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

Re: Galgadud-Uranium Deposits

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 4:09 am
by eyes-only
I heard you can feel there is something wrong in that place like in the water and the soil