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The Obama administration is making more than symbolic moves to pressure Iran, as federal prosecutors file complaints to seize 4 mosques and a New York skyscraper owned by an Iranian front group. NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, Barack Obama, Mosques
Go ahead, tell me you didn’t see this coming: Iran suggests it is not ready to export uranium. An Iranian diplomat said Monday his country wanted to buy fuel for its Teheran research reactor, the latest indication that Iran is not willing to ship most of its enriched uranium ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, IAEA
Surprising only those who haven’t paid attention to Iran’s history for the last 30 years, Iranian authorities waited until the last day to formally request “changes” to the latest IAEA proposal. Iran has formally asked for changes to an International Atomic Energy Agency proposal to ship nuclear fuel out ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, IAEA
With each missile test, Iran’s capability to deliver nuclear weapons is increasing. And with this new announcement today, we see that they’ve been carefully analyzing the best ways to protect their nuclear development sites, even if Israel launches a surprise attack: Iran put nuclear site near base in case of ...
What does it take to get Russia on board with sanctions against Iran? Russia links Iran sanctions to US missile change. NEW YORK – With a diplomatic wink and nod, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door Wednesday to backing potential sanctions against Iran as a reward to President ...
Russia, Missile Defense, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Diplomacy, Tightrope
The Obama administration is giving up their naïve and ill-considered policy of “engagement” toward Iran: Washington shifting from diplomacy toward sanctions on Iran. The United States is laying the groundwork for sanctions against Iran after having become increasingly disenchanted with the strategy of engagement, two senior administration officials told ...
Barack Obama, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President Obama has told Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to bother showing up to a UN reception for world leaders: White House: ‘Ahmadinejad won’t get invite to NY event’. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be unlikely to receive an invitation to a reception US President Barack Obama will host ...
Barack Obama, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Anne Bayefsky ticks off the evidence that President Barack Obama has decided to allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons: Waiting to See.
Libyan dictator “Col.” Muammar Gadafi, the Man of Many Spellings with the all-girl bodyguard squad, says that when Libya gave up its nuclear program (following the invasion of Iraq), they were on the brink of producing a nuclear bomb. I’ve realized that what seems like total insanity in Muammar Gadafi ...
MEMRI TV, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation, Gadhafi, Qadhafi, Qaddafi, Gaddafi, Qadafi, Gadafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya, James Dean
Charles Krauthammer says, “Our president likes his plumage.” Obama says that his START will be a great boon, setting an example to enable us to better pressure North Korea and Iran to give up their nuclear programs. That a man of Obama’s intelligence can believe such nonsense is beyond ...
Charles Krauthammer, opinion, Barack Obama, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, Russia
Barack Obama is reopening the US’s diplomatic mission in Damascus: U.S. to Return Ambassador to Syria After 4-Year Absence. President Obama has decided to return a U.S. ambassador to Syria after an absence of more than four years, marking a significant step toward engaging an influential Arab nation long ...
Syria, Iran, Terrorism, Nuclear Proliferation, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama
Egypt has signed a 10-year agreement with an Australian firm to help build their first nuclear reactor. What could go wrong? Thursday’s report quotes Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif as saying the 900 million Egyptian pound ($161 million) agreement is a step toward Egypt entering an era of peacefully using ...
Two US journalists for Al Gore’s Current TV have been sentenced to 12 years’ hard labour in North Korea. I notice we aren’t hearing a lot of talk about “unclenching fists” these days. The US hinted at the weekend that, in response to the nuclear stand-off, it could rebrand ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation, Al Gore, Current TV
Here’s a our soft, fuzzy nuclear news of the day, as the UN’s blind, toothless watchdog leaps into action again: New uranium traces found in Syria. VIENNA – The U.N nuclear agency on Friday reported its second unexplained find of uranium particles at a Syrian nuclear site, in a ...
Today’s very bad news from the Korean hot zone: NKorea readies long-range missile test. SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea appears to be preparing to test an advanced missile designed to reach the United States, a U.S. official said Monday, ratcheting up tensions after its second underground nuclear test. ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is warning North Korea, and pointedly not taking the military option off the table. SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would respond quickly if moves by the communist government threaten America or its ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
Noah Shachtman on prepping for war with North Korea: Even the hawks say there’s not much America can do, in response to North Korea’s nuclear test. But that doesn’t mean the U.S. military isn’t prepping for a war with the Kim Jong-Il regime, just in case. In March, American ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
North Korea Threatens Military Strike, End to 1953 Armistice. May 27 (Bloomberg) — North Korea threatened military action in response to South Korea joining an anti-proliferation program and said it’s no longer bound by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. South Korea’s actions are tantamount to a ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shakes a finger at North Korea, and apparently the world is supposed to believe this absurd charade. Tehran - Iran said Monday it opposed the nuclear test conducted Monday by North Korea and called for international efforts toward global denuclearization. “Iran basically opposes nuclear weapons and favours ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation
[Video] The petition mentioned in this video is here: DeNukeIran Declaration.
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, Barack Obama
As Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to meet with Barack Obama in Washington DC, former CIA officer Reuel Marc Gerecht has a good piece in the Wall Street Journal on the storm brewing in the Middle East over Iran’s nuclear aspirations: Netanyahu and Obama Have a Shared Interest in Iran. We ...
Barack Obama, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Antisemitism
A leaked IAEA report says the UN’s toothless nuclear watchdog found traces of weapons-grade uranium in Egypt. UN nuclear inspectors have found traces of weapons-grade uranium in Egypt, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. Dated May 5, the restricted report ...
Iran’s “new unmanned aircraft” happens to be an Israeli Heron 1. (But their nuclear program is the real thing.)
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, Fauxtography, Israel
Let’s put Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s latest statements through the LGF/Acme Super Duper Translatronic Device to find out what he really meant: Ahmadinejad: “The Iranian people would welcome a hand extended to it if the hand is truly based on honesty.” Translatronic Device: “The Holocaust was a lie! Jews secretly ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, Barack Obama
The Manhattan district attorney’s office has announced that they’ve discovered a plot to smuggle nuclear weapons materials to Iran, with the unwitting help of New York banks. The indictment will outline the financial conspiracy behind 58 different transactions, including shipments of various banned materials from China to Iran between ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, New York, Smuggling