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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 →

December 17, 2009 Posted by | Iran, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

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

December 15, 2009 Posted by | health, Iraq | , , , , | Leave a comment

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.

BBC News – Leaked ‘memo’ suggests Iran’s nuclear secrets

December 15, 2009 Posted by | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , | Leave a comment

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 →

December 14, 2009 Posted by | Israel, weapons and war | , | Leave a comment

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

December 9, 2009 Posted by | Israel, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

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 →

December 8, 2009 Posted by | 1, health, Iraq | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

December 2, 2009 Posted by | MIDDLE EAST | , , , , | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium causing child cancers

Iraq sees alarming rise in cancers, deformed babies

The Washington Post By Suadad al-Salhy

Reuters
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 →

December 1, 2009 Posted by | 1, health, Iraq | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

December 1, 2009 Posted by | 1, business and costs, MIDDLE EAST | , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

December 1, 2009 Posted by | 1, Iran, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear power plant tender canceled

Turkey scraps nuclear power plant tender Google News (AFP) – 21 Nov 09 ANKARA — Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country’s first nuclear power plant — Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, business and costs, MIDDLE EAST | , , | Leave a comment

Iran may be hiding more nuclear plants

IAEA suspicious of Iran Radio Netherlands 16 November 200

A leaked report of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency shows the organisation is concerned that Iran may have more nuclear power plants than currently known. Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, Iran, politics international | , , , | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium linked to birth defects

Iraq Encounters Huge Rise In Birth Defects Iraq, November 15, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) by Peter Eyre and Sarah Price 15 Nov 09 It is time that the US UK NATO and IDF forces owned up to their use of weapons containing uranium components Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by | 1, health, Iraq | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Iraq birth defects to be investigated

Big rise in birth defects may be linked to war Scotland on Sunday 15 November 2009 by Fiona MacLeod BIRTH defects in Falluja have increased to 15 times the normal rate, in a spike that may be linked to the Iraq War.Early-life cancers have also risen, possibly in connection with toxic materials left over from battles. Continue reading →

November 15, 2009 Posted by | 1, Iraq, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Did depleted uranium cause birth defects in Iraq?

Huge rise in birth defects in FallujaIraqi former battle zone sees abnormal clusters of infant tumours and deformities guardian.co.uk,13 November 2009 Doctors in Iraq‘s war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting. Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by | 1, health, Iraq | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment