Grave danger if USA strikes Iran’s nuclear sites
EU should steer US away from air strike on Iran IRISH TIMES OPINION : January 5, 2010 The regime in Iran is close to collapse and an attack by the West would only rally support behind it, writes SANDEEP GOPALAN “…….. Recent events in Iran have given a fillip to US hawks and there is talk of military action. This would be a terrible mistake. Continue reading
United Arab Emirates could spark off nuclear arms race
UAE Joins The Nuclear Club. Who’s Next? Energy Tribune Dec. 30, 2009 By Andres Cala This week, the United Arab Emirates awarded a $20 billion contract to South Korea’s state power company to build four 1,400 megawatt nuclear reactors by 2020.The UAE’s will be the first Arab country with nuclear power. Continue reading
Israel pondering about nuking Iran’s nuke sites?
Israel says regular bomb cannot destroy Iran’s nuclear facility http://www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-28 JERUSALEM, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday that Iran’s newly-disclosed nuclear facility near Qom can withstand regular bombs. “The facility in Qom is in a bunker and therefore resistant to regular bombs,” local daily Haaretz quoted Barak as speaking to the Knesset (Israeli parliament) Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee………………. Continue reading
USA’s nuclear deal rejected by Iran
Iran rejects nuclear swap deadline set by U.S.http://www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-24 Iran rejected the December deadline for Iran to accept uranium swap deal.
·Iran is still waiting for response to its nuclear fuel swap proposal.·U.S. has threatened another UN sanctions if Iran does not abide by the year-end deadline.TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Wednesday rejected a nuclear swap deadline set by the United States, the state-run IRNA news agency reported……….. Continue reading
Danger of attack on Iran’s nuclear plants
Ex-Russian PM warns against attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities Ria Novosti 22 Dec 09
Any attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would have “horrible and unpredictable consequences,” a former Russian prime minister said on Monday. Continue reading
Anxiety over Iran’s missile test
Iran raises nuclear tension with long-range missile test Open Security Rukeyya Khan, 16 December 2009 Iran said on Wednesday it had successfully tested what it called an upgraded version of its longest-range solid-fuel missile. Continue reading
Depleted uranium – see online film
The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children Top Documentary Films 15 Dec 09 An award winning documentary film produced for German television by Freider Wagner and Valentin Thurn.The film exposes the use and impact of radioactive weapons during the current war against Iraq. The story is told by citizens of many nations.
It opens with comments by two British veterans, Kenny Duncan and Jenny Moore, describing their exposure to radioactive, so-called depleted uranium (DU), weapons and the congenital abnormalities of their children.
Dr. Siegwart-Horst Gunther, a former colleague of Albert Schweitzer, and Tedd Weyman of the Uranium Medical Research Center (UMRC) traveled to Iraq, from Germany and Canada respectively, to assess uranium contamination in Iraq.
The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children | Watch Free Documentary Online
Questions on Iran’s nuclear secrets
Leaked ‘memo’ suggests Iran’s nuclear secrets BBC News
By Jonathan Marcus 15 Dec 09
A leaked Iranian memo published by The Times newspaper suggests that Iran was actively working on the components of a nuclear bomb as recently as 2007.Iran has always insisted its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.
The BBC is unable to verify the authenticity of the document itself but, if is genuine, it reveals some uncomfortable issues for the Iranians……………If these documents are genuine, then even Moscow and Beijing may be far less willing to give Teheran the benefit of the doubt.
Prospect of an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear plants
From The Times December 14, 2009 Binyamin Netanyahu must decide whether to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities
The moment is fast approaching when Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, may have to make the most difficult decision of his career — Continue reading
Two Israeli opinions on Iran and nuclear weapons
Iran can now produce nuclear bomb The Jerusalem Post By REBECCA ANNA STOIL 8 Dec 09 Israel’s most challenging strategic problem is the Iranian nuclear program, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday, during which he also painted a pessimistic view of the situation along Israel’s northern border. “In the last year, two things have happened: Iran has advanced its military nuclear program, and Iran has lost its legitimacy in the eyes of the international community,”
Netanyahu told the committee, adding that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear capabilities was Israel’s “central problem.” “Our highest interest is in preventing Iran’s [nuclear] armament,” he said……..http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260181014244&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israeli Press: Iran an excuse Arutz Sheva – israel national News by Boaz Haetzni 9 Dec 09 – “………..We would be better off if Netanyahu would give up the idea of attacking Iran, because we need a leader, not a weakling, in order to deal with the international pandemonium that will result……http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/9195
Americans complacent about depleted uranium in Iraq
The United States, its abandonment of law and worse Redress Information & Analysis By Christopher King 8 December 2009 – “………….America has surpassed the Nazis, however, in its use of depleted uranium munitions which have spread radioactivity that will last hundreds of thousands of years over wide areas of Iraq.
Cancers and birth defects directly attributable to this are now being seen in Iraq and will continue indefinitely, so it is likely that over time the Iraqi civilian death toll will exceed that of the Nazis. Continue reading
Armenia: opposition to uranium mining grows
ARMENIA: CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS URANIUM MINE EURASIANET.org Marianna Grigoryan 12/01/09 A protest movement against a planned Russian-Armenian uranium mine in southern Armenia appears to be picking up steam, with discussions underway with three political parties about a partnership……… Continue reading
Depleted uranium causing child cancers
Iraq sees alarming rise in cancers, deformed babies
The Washington Post By Suadad al-SalhyReuters
December 1, 2009 Incidences of cancer, deformed babies and other health problems have risen sharply, Iraqi officials say, and many suspect contamination from weapons used in years of war and accompanying unchecked pollution as a cause. Continue reading
Doomed Dubai seeking nuclear power plant
Dubai: Trouble in Paradise Socialist Workers Party 1 Dec 09 Dubai’s debts amounted to €80 billion – not the same scale of Lehman’s Brothers $613 billion crash – but serious enough to scare the markets. Continue reading
Iran bluff and bluster over nuke plants
Iran nuke plans largely bluster, experts say By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JASON KEYSER (AP) – TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s announcement of plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment facilities is largely bluster after a strong rebuke from the U.N.’s nuclear agency, analysts said Monday. Continue reading
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