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Russia to supply missiles to Iran

Iran urges Russia to fulfill missile supply contract TEHRAN Breaking News 24/7 Ria Novosti, IANS November 11th, 2009– Russia has to fulfill its contract on the supply of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said………… Continue reading →

November 12, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Iranian public unaware of facts on nuclear program

Iranians wrongly support nuclear program: analyst

Azerbaijan, Baku, 06.11.2009 /Trend News, T.Konyayeva/

The Iranians support the development of the country’s nuclear program and consider the issue to be a matter of pride, but know neither its possible military orientation nor its real price, Northeastern University Professor Kamran Dadkhah told Trend News in an e-mail. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Depleted Uranium contamination in Iraq

The Responsibility of the US in Contaminating Iraq with Depleted Uranium Global Research by Prof Souad N. Al-Azzawi 10 Nov 09 For two decades, the administrations of the United States of America and the United Kingdom have been waging continuous wars on Iraq to occupy this oil rich country.The armed forces of those two countries attacked civilians with different kinds of conventional, non-conventional, and banned weapons such as cluster bombs ammunitions, napalm bombs, white phosphorous weapons and depleted Uranium weapons. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iraq, weapons and war | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Radiological warfare used in Gaza

The use of radioactive uranium in Israeli military operations- An international humanitarian law perspective Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) 30 Oct 2009 By: Mutasem Awad In a recent exclusive interview with Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel, Professor Christopher Busby from the European Committee on Radiation Risk, announced the results of his research and analysis having examined air and soil samples in the Gaza Strip months after the 22 days of Israeli military operations there had ceased. Continue reading →

November 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, MIDDLE EAST, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

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 →

November 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, health, Iraq | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

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 →

October 30, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

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 →

October 29, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iraq, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

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 →

October 28, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

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.

Iran To Turn Down Uranium Deal – WSJ.com

October 24, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

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 →

October 21, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Afghanistan, Iraq, weapons and war | antinuclear, depleted, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

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 →

October 19, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

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 →

October 6, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radioactive | Leave a comment

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

October 3, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, Iraq, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

“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 →

October 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

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 →

October 2, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment