Iran tried to buy nuclear bomb from Pakistan as early as 1987 – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in March 15th, 2010 | no comment

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Iran attempted to buy a nuclear bomb from Pakistan as early as 1987, a leading Middle East analyst has told Haaretz.
Documents obtained by Simon Henderson, a research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former journalist, offer crucial evidence that Iran’s nuclear program is not wholly for civilian purposes as it [...]

EDITORIAL: Iran triumphs over America – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Assumptions, Conflict Avoidance, Council Member, Editorial, Exercise, Game Result, Gary Sick, Iran Nuclear, Iran Team, Israel, National Security Council, Nuclear Program, Premises, Real World, Simulation Game, Team Leader, Triumphs, Washington Post, Washington Times, Wins

Iran wins in the simulation. Iran will win in the real world too. I guess that’s not what you wanted to read.
The [simulation game] result: Iran won.
Gary Sick, the Iran team leader and former Carter-era National Security Council member, was surprised. “We started out thinking we were playing a weak hand, but by the end, [...]

The Harvard Law Record – Noam Chomsky: Iran pursuing nuclear weapons out of fear

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

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This is typical Leftist thinking. Troublemaker countries like Iran are truly victims. Who is the victimizer? Countries that are successful and powerful like America and Israel.
This is a sick and dangerous way of thinking that literally says bad is good and good is bad. This thinking is just as dangerous as Marxism/Communism.
His conclusion is [...]

Nuclear Iran Would Spur Regional Arms Race, Israel’s Barak Says – BusinessWeek

Posted by Matt in February 28th, 2010 | no comment

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Saudi Arabia would obtain nuclear weapons within a “few months” as part of a broader Middle East arms race if Iran develops nuclear weapons, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said today.
A nuclear-armed Iran would result in “an intensive nuclear wave in the Middle East,” Barak said on CNN’s “Amanpour” program. Turkey and Egypt would probably [...]

AP Enterprise: How nuclear equipment reached Iran – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 28th, 2010 | no comment

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Early last year, a Chinese company placed an order with a Taiwanese agent for 108 nuclear-related pressure gauges. But something happened along the way. Paperwork was backdated. Plans were rerouted, orders reconfigured, shipping redirected.
And the gauges ended up in a very different place: Iran.
AP Enterprise: How nuclear equipment reached Iran – [...]

The Elephant in the Room: Be afraid of a nuclear Iran | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/24/2010

Posted by Matt in February 25th, 2010 | no comment

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A nuclear Iran will turn the world order upside down. And yes, you should be afraid.
Armed with atomic weapons, the regime could turn the world order upside down.
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A few days later, on this month’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proclaimed that Iran had become a nuclear state by reaching 19.75 percent [...]

Iran resumes nuclear weapon work, U.S. report expected to say – CNN.com

Posted by Matt in February 11th, 2010 | no comment

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The U.S. official — who is familiar with the report but is not authorized to speak on the record because of the sensitive nature of the information — said the new assessment “will move forward a tad” Iranian efforts on weaponization. The official says Iran is now focused on research of a program as opposed [...]

Iran couples upped uranium enrichment with violent threats

Posted by Matt in February 9th, 2010 | no comment

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Could we see Iran’s first nuclear test on Feb. 11th? Something big is coming up on Feb. 11th based on the comment by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Apparently, it will leave us stunned. That sounds like a nuclear test to me.
Tehran followed through on its leaders’ promise to start home-processing of uranium up to 20 percent [...]

Iran ‘is set to go nuclear by 2012′ | The Jewish Chronicle

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment

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A senior adviser to the US and Israeli governments has warned that Iran is capable of developing a stockpile of nuclear weapons by as early as 2012.
According to the adviser, who is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on Iranian defence strategy: “All the evidence is that Iran wants to have enough bombs [...]

Egyptian sources: Israel prepares to strike Iran from Gulf and N. Iraq

Posted by Matt in February 3rd, 2010 | 4 comments

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They report that the Israeli Navy together with the US Fifth Fleet have for some weeks been charting Persian Gulf waters and Iranian shorelines in preparation for attacks by Israeli naval and special operations forces.
IDF intelligence and special forces officers, they also say, have been marking out routes for their air and ground forces to [...]