Riaan 
CNN
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Iqembu elihlomile laseLibya lithi lithole imiphongolo ye-uranium yemvelo leyo walahleka eningizimu yeLibya.
Umkhulumeli webutho elizibiza ngeLibyan National Army (LNA), uKhaled Al Mahjoub uthe kuFacebook le miphongolo itholwe endaweni engamakhilomitha amahlanu ukusuka lapho ibigcinwe khona.
Ividiyo efakwe nguMahjoub ikhombisa indoda egqoke isudi ye-hazmat ibala imiphongolo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka engu-18 okusolakala ukuthi iqukethe izinto ezingekho. i-uranium yemvelo. I-IAEA yayithe “izigubhu eziyishumi” zazingekho endaweni yokugcina izimpahla.
Ingqikithi yamathani angu-2.5 e-uranium yemvelo esesimweni se-uranium ore kubikwe ukuthi ilahlekile yi-International Atomic Energy Agency. [IAEA] kuleli sonto, ngemuva kokuba abahloli benze imisebenzi yokuqinisekisa ngoLwesibili.
“Siyazi ngemibiko yabezindaba yokuthi izinto sezitholakele, i-Ejensi imatasatasa ukuyiqinisekisa,” kusho i-IAEA ngoLwesine. I-CNN ixhumane ne-IAEA ukuze iqinisekise ukuthi imiphongolo etholwe yi-LNA iyafana yini naleyo okubikwa ukuthi ilahlekile yi-UN nuclear watchdog.
Imiphongolo ibigcinwe endaweni yokugcina izimpahla egadiwe eningizimu yeLibya, kodwa onogada bebemi kude ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokukhishwa kwemisebe, kusho uMahjoub eposini lakhe kuFacebook.
Imbobo elingana nomgqomo itholwe ivuliwe eceleni kwendawo yokugcina izinto, kusho uMahjoub.
UMahjoub uthe iqembu laseChad kungenzeka ukuthi libe necala lokweba imiphongolo licabanga ukuthi yizikhali, kodwa layishiya imiphongolo ngemuva kokungazi kahle ukuthi yini engaphakathi. I-LNA ayizange inikeze ubufakazi obusekela leso simangalo.
Leli qembu liphinde lathi amasosha anikezwe umsebenzi wokuqapha lesi sitolo ngemuva kokuthi ithimba le-IAEA livakashele kule ndawo ngo-2020 lamaka imiphongolo equkethe i-uranium.
I I-IAEA yayithe i-uranium elahlekile idale “ingozi encane yemisebe kodwa idinga ukuphathwa ngendlela ephephile.”
“Ukulahleka kolwazi mayelana nendawo yamanje yezinto zenuzi kungase kuveze ingozi ye-radiological kanye nokukhathazeka kwezokuphepha zenuzi,” kusho i-IAEA ngaphambi kwesitatimende se-LNA.
ILibya ibinokuthula noma uzinzo okuncane kusukela ngesikhathi i-NATO isekela uMoammar Gadhafi ngo-2011. Izwe lahlukana ngo-2014 phakathi kwamaqembu alwayo empumalanga nasentshonalanga.
