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But don’t worry, because they’re “not sure” Iran actually knows how to build a weapon: Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon. Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama, United Nations
In an excellent, detailed article, Michael Rubin asks: Can a Nuclear Iran Be Contained or Deterred? Read it all, but here’s the bottom line: It may be comforting to Abizaid, Mullen, and the electorate to believe that the United States can deter or contain Tehran’s worst ambitions, but absent ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama, Ahmadinejad
Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi (who, by sheer coincidence, happens to live in Tehran), is happy to report: Iran leader offers Obama landmark congratulations. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday congratulated Barack Obama on his election win — the first time an Iranian leader has ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama, Ahmadinejad
Looks like Joe “Nostradamus” Biden’s prediction of an international crisis if Obama is elected may come true even sooner than he thought: Top Iran officials recommend preemptive strike against Israel. Senior Tehran officials are recommending a preemptive strike against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear reactors, ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama, Israel
Barack Obama may intend to meet with Iran without preconditions (yes, he did say it, no matter how often he tries to deny it now), but Iran isn’t granting Obama the same courtesy: Iran’s Vice President Sets Two Preconditions for Talks with US. They’re very simple conditions, really. Just remove ...
Last weekend the Bush administration quietly abandoned plans to send diplomats to Iran. WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling, The Associated Press ...
We seem to have forgotten something: Focus, People. Since the time of Hitler, civilization has never been so close to the brink of total catastrophe. This American election will decide whether civilization as we know it will survive. As much as economic questions are currently front and center, with ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, John McCain, Anne Bayefsky, Iran, Nuclear Weapons
Former head of the Iraq Survey Group David Kay says Iran is 2 to 5 years from nuclear weapons. But he also says we should not even think about a military strike until after one of our cities is nuked. “My personal guess is they are two to five ...
Today’s jaw-dropping example of United Nations idiocy comes from the head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, who declared that his agency is powerless to do anything about nuclear proliferators who don’t tell the truth. He actually seems surprised to discover that nations like Iran and Saddam-era Iraq would try to ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, Iraq, Saddam Hussein
The UN’s blind, toothless nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, says Iran just might be trying to get nuclear weapons ... and “all is not well with the IAEA.” What was your first clue, Captain Obvious? VIENNA, Austria - A six-year probe of Iran has failed to rule out the possibility ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei
While Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was meeting with journalists, Code Pink, and loony leftist religious leaders in New York, back home in Iran they released with great fanfare a depraved new book full of cartoons mocking the Holocaust. TEHRAN (AFP) — Iranians chanted “Death to Israel” on Friday as ...
Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Anti-Israel, Antisemitism, Nuclear Weapons, Holocaust Denial
Here’s a thread for reactions and responses to Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his weird speech to the United Nations General Assembly, while waiting for the first moonbat to praise his “spirituality.”
Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Anti-Israel, Antisemitism, Nuclear Weapons, United Nations
A day before leaving Iran to visit his friends at the United Nations, Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presided over a display of military hardware that included the slogans “Israel must be eliminated from the universe” and “Down with the USA,” and promised to “break the hands” of invaders. TEHRAN ...
Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Anti-Israel, Antisemitism, Nuclear Weapons
The husband of Benazir Bhutto has been elected Pakistan’s new president. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Benazir Bhutto’s widower swept Pakistan’s presidential election on Saturday, offering hope for stability to a nuclear-armed country feeling intense U.S. pressure to crack down on Islamic militants. ... Already head of the main ruling party, ...
LGF, Pakistan, Musharraf, Islam, Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, benazir bhutto, Zardari
Israel’s Army Radio is reporting that Obama’s running mate Joe Biden told Israeli officials they would have to learn to stop worrying, and love the Iranian bomb. Security officials expressed concern Monday over statements reportedly made by US Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Biden regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Army ...
LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Vice President, Joe Biden, Israel, Iran, Nuclear Weapons
Suicide bombers struck at a weapons complex in Pakistan that some think may be engaged in nuclear weapons development: Suicide bombing at Pakistan arms complex kills 59. WAH, Pakistan - Twin Taliban suicide bombings at Pakistan’s largest weapons complex killed at least 59 people Thursday, heightening the turmoil following ...
Barack Obama has vowed to cut funding of missile defense systems, and recently pledged to eliminate nuclear weapons from the world because, according to him, we just don’t need them any more: CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday called for ridding the world of nuclear weapons, ...
As we noted Friday, the media were reporting that IAEA “watchdog” Mohamed ElBaradei warned that an attack on Iran would turn the Middle East into a “ball of fire” (goodness gracious), and threatened to quit his job. What the media did not tell you: in this interview in Arabic with ...
United Nations, LGF, IAEA, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, ElBaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei
It’s about time, and it’s beyond frightening that the people charged with guarding our nuclear arsenal have become this lax: Gates ousts Air Force leaders in historic shake-up. And if you really want to be scared, imagine what nuclear security is like in the former Soviet Union. WASHINGTON - ...
According to Evan Kohlmann at Counterterrorism Blog, that latest Al Qaeda “nuclear threat” was a prank of some kind.
nuclear jihad, Jihad, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, LGF
They don’t seem to have the capability for real, at this point anyway, but there’s no denying their desire: The Jawa Report: Video Urges Nuclear Jihad Against US [UPDATE: ‘Code’ Threatens September 2008 Attack?]
LGF, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, Jihad, nuclear jihad
Charles Krauthammer is right on the money as usual; after all of President Bush’s tough words and promises, Iran is closer than ever to the ultimate weapon: The Advancing Iranian Nuclear Program. WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Iran announced it was installing 6,000 more centrifuges — they produce enriched uranium, ...
LGF, Krauthammer, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation, enrichment
The Swiss have never been averse to making a few bucks through questionable associations, but this time they’ve added a little dhimmitude to the mix, as Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey dons the veil in Tehran: Washington laments Swiss gas deal with Iran. There’s a video at the link ...
LGF, Switzerland, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Dhimmitude, Misogyny, Women's Rights
But ... but ... the NIE said there was nothing to worry about! Alarming Test Results: Iran Could Have Enough Uranium for a Bomb by Year’s End. New simulations carried out by European Union experts come to an alarming conclusion: Iran could have enough highly enriched uranium to build ...
The head of the United Nations’ blind, toothless nuclear watchdog agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, says he doesn’t see any reason to worry about Arab nuclear programs. “All the Arab countries’ nuclear activities will be under agency safeguard systems, so I don’t see a reason why anybody should be concerned about ...