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maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Japanese Yakuza leader admits trying to sell nuclear material to DEA agents posing as Iranian generals

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Japanese Yakuza leader admits trying to sell nuclear material to DEA agents posing as Iranian generals

www.middleeasteye.net

maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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Mafia leader caught in sting operation trying to sell weapons-grade nuclear material to man he believed was Iranian general
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    Didn’t realize you can get high on nuclear materials. Tf is the DEA doin?

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      The article says they were purchasing these items in exchange for shipments of heroin and methamphetamine.

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        ENTRAPMENT! ENTRAPMENT! /s

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        The idea that there’s an amount of heroin that can be used to purchase weapons grade nuclear materials concerns me even though I know it’s just a high value illegal commodity.

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      No shit. This sounds like the DEA overstepping its bounds.

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        You don’t think Americans have business meddling between two completely separate sovereign countries? What are you some sort traitor?

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        Drugs were supposed to be payment for the nuclear material, which is why it makes sense.

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          But none of this had to do with America?

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            The article says the drugs were being sent to the US.

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        RTFA

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      Department Energie Atomic.

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      It’s because people have been getting high on Power.

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