Radioactive capsule found in Western Australia after frantic search

Feb 1, 2023
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Tiny capsules like this were used by Saddam Hussein, and perhaps others, as "lightening rods"; mounted on very tall pillars, they emitted a collumated, ionized beam into the sky above to ground the atmospheric charges. Once Saddam was gone, some Iraqi men tore the pillars down for scrap sales, and gave the shiny little pills to their children to play with, until the children began to die. Some contractors, with no nuclear weapons to disarm, were tasked with capturing and managing the radioactive pills for other uses or for disposal to prevent further tragedy!