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 [...]

Maj.-Gen. Yadlin: Turkey moving towards Islamic radicals | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in January 19th, 2010 | no comment

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Iran has not been deterred from its march to the nuclear bomb, and one-time ally Turkey is drawing closer to the side of Islamic radicals and further from Israel and the West, OC Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin warned on Tuesday.
Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin advises FADC on Turkey, Iran | Israel | Jerusalem Post

North Korea Started Uranium Program in 1990s, South Says – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in January 6th, 2010 | no comment

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The North Korean nuclear program that we all think about is the plutonium program. Now we get new information about a uranium program that started in 1996 or possibly earlier.
North Korea apparently began pursuing a uranium enrichment program in 1996 at the latest, the South Korean foreign minister said Wednesday, bolstering fears that the North’s [...]

Gaza remains under pressure and ‘waiting to explode’ – The National Newspaper

Posted by Matt in January 2nd, 2010 | no comment

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Should Tehran get a nuclear bomb, as Tel Aviv fears it may do soon, the balance of regional power would inexorably tip away from Israel towards Iran.
For Israel, all these elements are pushing towards war, probably on more than one front, rather than peacemaking. Certainly, Iran, Hamas, Hizbollah and the Lebanese military have all expressed [...]

MI chief: Iran has enough nuclear material for bomb – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in December 15th, 2009 | no comment

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Military Intelligence Chief Amos Yadlin said Tuesday that Iran has over the last year accumulated enough materials to create a nuclear bomb and warned: “The technological clock has almost finished winding.”
Speaking at The Institute for National Security Studies, Yadlin said that Iran had embarked on a “measured and sophisticated strategy for a solid nuclear infrastructure, [...]

Secret Documents Reveal Iran’s ‘Smoking Gun’ for Nuclear Bomb – Defense/Middle East – Israel News – Israel National News

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | no comment

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Secret documents obtained and translated by the Times of London reveal that Iran has been working for two years on a plan to test a nuclear bomb component that triggers an explosion.
Secret Documents Reveal Iran’s ‘Smoking Gun’ for Nuclear Bomb – Defense/Middle East – Israel News – Israel National News

Secret document exposes Iran’s nuclear trigger – Times Online

Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2009 | no comment

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Confidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb.
The notes, from Iran’s most sensitive military nuclear project, describe a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the component of a nuclear bomb that triggers an explosion. Foreign intelligence agencies [...]

Iran capable of producing a nuclear bomb, says Baidatz | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in December 7th, 2009 | no comment

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Iran now has the technical capability to build a nuclear bomb and the only thing separating it from the bomb is the decision to go ahead and build one, said Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, head of Military Intelligence’s research division, on Monday.
Iran capable of producting a nuclear bomb, says Baidatz | Iranian – Iran News [...]

‘It’s 1938, and Iran Is Germany’: Israel’s Patience with Tehran Wearing Thin – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in December 2nd, 2009 | no comment

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Iran’s leaders continue to reject compromises over their nuclear program and are rebuffing the IAEA. The West is likely to respond with tighter sanctions, but that is unlikely to satisfy Israel, which has attack plans already drawn up.
Six men are sitting around a table, deciding the future of the world. The men, who represent the [...]

YID With LID: IRAN Flips the Bird To Obama

Posted by Matt in November 29th, 2009 | no comment

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Iran intends to dramatically increase its nuclear enrichment capabilities. One can see the seeds of destruction right before our eyes. Europe, you are the target. What are you going to do about it?
Iran has made clear that it intends to hasten the arrival of the Mahdi. How do you think that is going to [...]