In the article:<p>&quot;The FBI has <i>privately discounted</i> Moldovan claims that radioactive materials seized in more recent smuggling incidents here were being <i>sought by the Islamic State terrorist group.</i>&quot;<p>Everything&#x27;s safe, then?<p>Let&#x27;s investigate: According to the Moldovan police presentation:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.documentcloud.org&#x2F;documents&#x2F;2449125-moldova-law-enforcement-slide-presentation.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.documentcloud.org&#x2F;documents&#x2F;2449125-moldova-law-...</a><p>The person interested in buying was of Arab-Islamic origin, Yosif Fiasal Ibrahim, 1975, citizen of Republic of Sudan, Africa.<p>Also, Sky News:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.sky.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;1565320&#x2F;the-colonel-dirty-bombs-and-240m-of-uranium" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.sky.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;1565320&#x2F;the-colonel-dirty-bombs-an...</a><p>&quot;Investigators found contracts made out to a Sudanese doctor named Yosif Faisal Ibrahim for attack helicopters and armoured personnel carriers.<p>There was a copy of Ibrahim&#x27;s passport, and evidence that Chetrus was trying to help him obtain a Moldovan visa. <i>Skype messages suggested he was interested in uranium and the dirty bomb plans.</i><p>The deal was interrupted by the sting, but it looked like it was well advanced. <i>A lawyer working with the criminal ring had even travelled to Sudan,</i> officials said.&quot;<p>There are extremists in Sudan endorsing IS, Reuters, 2014:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;24&#x2F;us-sudan-islamic-state-idUSKBN0FT2WP20140724#BFd6gzMwl5Xkkj6D.97" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;24&#x2F;us-sudan-islamic-s...</a><p>Also:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sudan#Sharia_law" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sudan#Sharia_law</a><p>&quot;The legal system in Sudan is based on Islamic Sharia law.&quot; &quot;Stoning remains a judicial punishment in Sudan. Between 2009 and 2012, several women were sentenced to death by stoning.[61][62][63]&quot;<p>FBI&#x27;s and the article&#x27;s claim could still be <i>technically</i> true (Ibrahim from Islamic Sudan, not ISIS) but it helps us being better informed.