TagsTagsHere’s the full text of the demented letter sent to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in July by Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Full Text of Pres. Ahmadinejad’s Letter to German Chancellor. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) An excerpt: We need to ask ourselves that for what purposes the millions of dollars that the Zionists ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation, Germany
Here’s a documentary from BBC2, on the appalling execution by Iran of a 16-year old girl, Atefah Sahaaleh, for violating shari’a law. LGF covered this story of medieval misogyny in 2004: Justice in the Islamic Republic. (Hat tip: truth_seeker.) [Video]
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation, Shari'a
Iran test-fires sub-to-surface missile. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) TEHRAN, Iran - Iran test fired a new submarine-to-surface missile during war games in the Persian Gulf on Sunday, a show of military might amid a standoff with the West over its nuclear activities. A brief video clip showed the long-range missile, called ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation
In my ideal universe, the President of the United States actually says things like this: Bush: B-2 Flights Over Tehran for ‘Peaceful Purposes’. (2006-08-26) — Just hours after Iran opened a new plant capable of making plutonium “for peaceful purposes”, U.S. President George Bush assured his Iranian counterpart that any B-2 ...
Iran opened a heavy water plant today. (Hat tip: Jason.) August 26, 2006 — Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad today opened a heavy-water plant intended to fuel a nuclear research reactor that is currently under construction. The ceremony took place at the Khondab plant near the city of Arak, some 200 kilometers southwest ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation
Here we go again. Russia rules out UN sanctions against Iran. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia rejected talk for now of sanctions against Iran and France warned on Friday against conflict with Tehran, raising doubts whether it will face swift penalties if nuclear work is not halted by an August 31 deadline. By ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation
Iran issued their reply to the EU-US package of “incentives” today—another ploy to buy time to complete their Manhattan Project: Iran ready for ‘serious’ nuclear talks. The negotiator, Ali Larijani, hand-delivered Iran’s response to a Western package of nuclear incentives aimed at persuading it to suspend enrichment. He gave the reply ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation
The Center for Global Justice and Reconciliation (a name that’s a tip-off to its loony left nature), at the behest of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, has invited Iranian mullah Mohammad Khatami to speak next month at the Washington National Cathedral: Iran ex-president invited to Washington. At the Cathedral, the Rev. ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation, Antisemitism, Dhimmitude
Iran ‘fires on Romanian oil rig’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian oil rig off the coast of Iran came under fire from an Iranian warship and was later occupied by Iranian troops, a company spokesman said. The Iranians first fired into the air and then fired at ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation, Romania
Iran is refusing to allow IAEA inspectors into the nuclear site at Natanz. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) VIENNA, Austria - Iran has turned away U.N. inspectors wanting to examine its underground nuclear site in an apparent violation of the Nonproliferation Treaty, diplomats and U.N. officials said Monday. The officials, who spoke on ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation
ABC News reports that North Korea appears to be preparing for a nuclear test. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Aug. 17, 2006 — There is new evidence that North Korea may be preparing for an underground test of a nuclear bomb, U.S. officials tell ABC News. “It is the view of the intelligence community ...
Gunfire Traded Across Korean Border. (Hat tip: SnowDawg.) SEOUL, South Korea — Soldiers from North Korea and South Korea exchanged fire along their border late Monday, but no one was hurt, a South Korean military official said Tuesday. The incident happened shortly before sunset when North Korean soldiers fired two bullets ...
The UN’s blind, toothless nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, in an interview with Spiegel Online, shows once again why the IAEA is a complete failure, utterly powerless to prevent nuclear proliferation. Allahpundit has some apt commentary: Spiegel interviews the ultimate sock puppet.
United Nations, Iran, ElBaradei, IAEA, Nuclear Proliferation
North Korea may have pushed Japan a bit too far with their latest missile tests: Japan may postpone North Korea resolution. TOKYO - Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on North Korea’s missile bases would violate its constitution, signaling a hardening stance ahead of a possible U.N. ...
Return with us now to the bad old days of brinksmanship: S.Korea media: More N. Korea rockets ready. SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has three or four more missiles on launch pads, South Korean media reported Thursday, while Japan said there was no sign the communist state was planning another ...
Expatica’s German news in English: Iran delays nuke talks with EU, new date set. (Hat tip: RadicalRon.) BRUSSELS - Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on Wednesday unexpectedly delayed long-awaited nuclear talks with the European Union by one day despite growing pressure for a quick response to last month’s international bid ...
Iran, United Nations, Nuclear Proliferation, Incentives, Appeasement, EU
U.S. official: North Korea tests long-range missile. WASHINGTON (CNN) — North Korea launched a long-range Taepodong-2 missile early Wednesday in an apparently unsuccessful test that failed in flight, a senior State Department official said. North Korea also tested at least two smaller missiles, U.S. sources told CNN. Both missiles were launched from a site ...
Iran seriously considering offer: Annan. GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday that Iran’s foreign minister had told him Tehran was seriously considering an offer of incentives aimed at defusing a row over its nuclear program. The United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany have offered Iran incentives, ...
Kofi Annan, United Nations, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation
Note to Kim Jong-Il: US makes missile defense system operational. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has moved its ground-based interceptor missile defense system from test mode to operational amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, ...
(From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.)
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Iranian designated madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is gloating: Ahmadinejad: Iran to talk, U.S. gave in. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s president said Thursday his regime is ready for talks over its nuclear capabilities, but he sent mixed signals on how much is open for negotiation and suggested Tehran has the upper hand in ...
Iran, United Nations, Nuclear Proliferation, Incentives, Appeasement, EU, US
Someone please tell me I’m still asleep, and having a nightmare about a world where John Kerry was elected in 2004: US to give Iran nuclear technology.
Iran, United Nations, Nuclear Proliferation, Incentives, Appeasement, EU, US
The world waits with bated breath, as super-diplomat Javier Solana flies to Tehran to present the mullahs with the international community’s atomic proposals! TEHRAN (Reuters) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will present Iran on Tuesday with proposals from six world powers aimed at persuading it to rein in a ...
Iran, United Nations, Nuclear Proliferation, Incentives, Appeasement, EU
Imagine my surprise: Iran signals more defiance on nuclear work. VIENNA (Reuters) - A senior Iranian nuclear official signaled Tehran’s determination on Friday to press on with its nuclear work, despite facing what Washington called a “moment of truth” over a program that could produce atomic weapons. The remarks by Mohammad Saeedi, ...
Iran, United Nations, Nuclear Proliferation, Incentives, Appeasement, EU
This charade has gone way past dysfunctional, into the realm of the truly surreal, as UN members “agree” on a package of “incentives” for Iran to entice them to give up their quest for the Islamic Bomb: Six world powers agree on Iran incentives. VIENNA, Austria - Six world powers agreed ...