Is depleted uranium causing birth deformities?
Fallujah Horror: Depleted Uranium? Ya Libnan By Ghassan Karam, Beirut, 1 November, 2009
“…………………..we are concerned with much more sinister effects of war, effects that linger on and destroy life. Continue reading
Iran still wanting nuclear weapons while Israel has them?
Russian diplomacy cools Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but for how long? Russia Today 29 October, 2009, Iran says it is ready to accept a proposal for its nuclear program that demands Tehran send its low-enriched uranium to Russia for processing. Should the global community feel more at ease?…… Continue reading
Iraq now wanting nuclear power
Iraq flags desire to resume nuclear power The Age MARTIN CHULOV, BAGHDAD October 29, 2009 IRAQ has started lobbying for approval to again become a nuclear player, Continue reading
Iran wanting changes to uranium transfer plan
Iran to Demand Changes to Uranium Transfer Proposal, Report Says Global Security Newswire Oct. 27, 2009 * Iran intends to demand significant revisions to a U.N. proposal Continue reading
Iran seems to be spurning a good nuclear deal
Dickering Over Uranium Tehran should love the U.S. offer on enrichment. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OCTOBER 24, 2009
One sign that an adversary isn’t serious about negotiating is when it rejects even your concessions. That seemed to be the case yesterday when Iran gave signs it may turn down an offer from Russia, Europe and the U.S. to let Tehran enrich its uranium under foreign supervision outside the country. The mullahs so far won’t take yes for an answer.
Tehran had previously looked set to accept the deal, which is hardly an obstacle to its nuclear program………………..the West’s enrichment offer is already a good one for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iran would give up one bomb’s worth—about 2,600 pounds—of uranium enriched at its facility in Natanz to the low level of 3.5%. Russia would then enrich the uranium further to 19.75% and someone, most likely France, would put the uranium into fuel rods for transfer back to Iran for ostensible use in a civilian nuclear reactor. Western officials say this would delay Iran’s efforts to get a bomb………………
Iran insists it won’t stop enriching uranium on its own, in violation of Security Council resolutions. Aside from rewarding Iran for past misbehavior by letting it use illegally enriched uranium, this deal fails to solve the problem it is intended to solve. That’s because as long as the Natanz facility continues to enrich uranium at its current rate of about 132 pounds a month, Iran will produce enough low-enriched uranium within the year for a bomb………….
The mullahs know that President Obama is eager to show diplomatic gains from his engagement strategy, and they are going to exploit that eagerness to get every possible concession. The one thing Iran has shown no desire to bargain over is its intention to become a nuclear power.
Scandalous legacy of depleted uranium
America’s Poison Legacy Pacific Free Press by Dave Lindorff 19 October 2009 Depleted Uranium Weapons:
The Dead Babies in Iraq and Afghanistan Are No Joke The horrors of the US Agent Orange defoliation campaign in Vietnam, about which I wrote on Oct. 15, could ultimately be dwarfed by the horrors caused by the depleted uranium weapons which the US began using in the 1991 Gulf War (300 tons), and which it has used much more extensively–and in more urban, populated areas–in the Iraq War and the now intensifying Afghanistan War. Continue reading
ElBaradei: Iranian nuclear threat exaggerated
ElBaradei: Iranian nuclear threat hyped By JPOST.COM STAFF Oct 18, 2009Mohamed ElBaradei, outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, maintains that the danger posed by Iran’s nuclear program is being exaggerated, Continue reading
Complex web of Iran and nuclear problems
Untangling Iran’s Nuclear Web Carnegie Endowment Dmitri Trenin The Moscow Times, October 5, 2009 – “……………..Any strategy needs to proceed with a few basic truths about nuclear weapons and countries that seek them. Nations seeking to join the “nuclear weapons club” are in quest for security and status. In this sense, Iran is no different from India, Pakistan, China or France. Continue reading
Wind, dust, carry depleted uranium far and wide
Australia ‘uranium’ dust concerns
muzzylogic Oct 3, 2009 ‘Environmentalists have raised concerns that another giant dust storm blowing its way across eastern Australia may contain radioactive particles.
It is argued that sediment whipped up from Australia’s centre may be laced with material from a uranium mine.
Scientists have played down concerns, saying there is little to worry about.’ Full story here
Well, now this is interesting. The argument against the spread is the fact that uranium ore dust is going to be too dense to be carried by the wind. However, if that turns out not to be the case then it will have serious implications for the clap trap nonsense the US military likes to spout as regard the use of depleted uranium munitions.
Clap trap because whether or not the dust from the mine tailings is too dense, the dust from DU is much finer grain and was deposited much closer to inhabited areas to start with. Of course, reports of the presence of abnormally high levels of uranium in the urine of people in Iraq and Afghanistan is a total coincidence to start with…
If uranium is found in the Australian dust, then the military argument will have no credibility at all.
Australia ‘uranium’ dust concerns – MPACUK :: Muslim Discussion Forum
“atoms for peace” – nuke industry leading to war
The “peaceful” atom leading to war with Iran
Beyond Nuclear 2 Oct 09 The discovery of a second uranium enrichment facility in Qum, Iran prompted the government of Saudi Arabia to open its air space for potential Israeli air attacks on a growing number of nuclear infrastructure targets in Iran. Continue reading
Iran allows inspectors, but says no country should have nuke weapons
Iran Agrees to Nuclear Plant Inspections, Enrichment
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) Ladane Nasseri and Gregory Viscusi–– Iran agreed to allow international inspectors to visit its new nuclear fuel plant within the next two weeks and will meet with negotiators for the U.S. and other leading United Nations powers later this month, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said. Continue reading
Complexity of the Iranian nuclear problem
A bird’s-eye view of the Iranian nuclear problem AJC September 30, 2009, by Jay Bookman “………………Long term, the best hope for stopping Iran short of a nuclear weapon would be a change of government in Tehran. Continue reading
Uranium harm in Afghanistan and Iraq ket secret
‘Hush’ over Afghan mission must end
Rainbow Warrior September 20, 2009 Liberal Senator Colin Kenny says politicians are too afraid of offending soldiers and their families by questioning Canada’s role in Afghanistan, but it’s important to have an honest debate about the mission…… Continue reading
Egypt’s Nuclear program doubts, especially cost
21 Sep 2009Egypt’s Nuclear Imbroglio
Egypt is struggling to get its nuclear energy program off the ground, three years after officially announcing the revival of its moribund civil reactor program, Dr Dominic Moran writes for ISN Security Watch.
ISN By Dominic Moran in Tel Aviv for ISN Security Watch 21 Sep 2009
The revived Egyptian civil nuclear program could be heading into choppy waters, Continue reading
A nuclear Iran is likely to be attacked by Israel
TIMESONLINE September 16, 2009
Israel will attack a nuclear Iran, International Institute for Strategic Studies says Bronwen Maddox: CommentaryIf Iran gets nuclear weapons, Israel will make a military attack on it. Continue reading
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Title: : How Trump’s Narrative Tries to Shape the Reality of the War on Iran.
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