Post American invasion, Iraq has emerged as the most likely and the cheapest source of radioactive material in the world. As per the latest UN report, few Iraqi nuclear facilities are likely to be guarded, and radioactive materials are being taken out of the country. The United Nations' nuclear watchdog IAEA has also found ‘nuclear strained’ equipment turning up in European scrap yards. The IAEA has been unable to investigate, monitor or protect Iraqi nuclear materials since the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003. The United States has refused to allow the IAEA inspectors into Iraq and has undertaken the responsibility for illegal weapons searches. Hence, the latest IAEA inference is based on the satellite imagery which shows extensive removal of equipment and in some instances, removal of entire buildings themselves. There is a possibility that a terrorist organization may be in a position to produce and use a “dirty bombâ€Â