maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoJapanese Yakuza leader admits trying to sell nuclear material to DEA agents posing as Iranian generalswww.middleeasteye.netexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down10cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1310arrow-down1external-linkJapanese Yakuza leader admits trying to sell nuclear material to DEA agents posing as Iranian generalswww.middleeasteye.netmaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squarePainInTheAES@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·3 days agoDidn’t realize you can get high on nuclear materials. Tf is the DEA doin?
minus-squareImplyingImplications@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoThe article says they were purchasing these items in exchange for shipments of heroin and methamphetamine.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoENTRAPMENT! ENTRAPMENT! /s
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThe 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.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoIt’s because people have been getting high on Power.
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·3 days agoNo shit. This sounds like the DEA overstepping its bounds.
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-23 days agoYou don’t think Americans have business meddling between two completely separate sovereign countries? What are you some sort traitor? /s
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoDrugs were supposed to be payment for the nuclear material, which is why it makes sense.
minus-squareScoopMcPoops@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoBut none of this had to do with America?
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThe article says the drugs were being sent to the US.
Didn’t realize you can get high on nuclear materials. Tf is the DEA doin?
The article says they were purchasing these items in exchange for shipments of heroin and methamphetamine.
ENTRAPMENT! ENTRAPMENT! /s
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.
It’s because people have been getting high on Power.
No shit. This sounds like the DEA overstepping its bounds.
RTFA
You don’t think Americans have business meddling between two completely separate sovereign countries? What are you some sort traitor?
/s
Drugs were supposed to be payment for the nuclear material, which is why it makes sense.
But none of this had to do with America?
The article says the drugs were being sent to the US.
Department Energie Atomic.