Iran may have atom bomb-bearing missile

The Washington Times ^ | November 19, 2004 | Washington Times

[nimar]

Washington, DC, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence officials are evaluating worrisome new information about an Iranian missile purportedly capable of carrying an atomic bomb.

[BigRedState]

TIME FOR ISRAEL TO SEND A POST CARD

[TapTheSource]

Thanks Russia, Red China, EU, etc. Nice bunch of friends we have out there. Does anyone still believe Putin is our "Ally in the War on Terror"? What a crock.

[Frank_2001]

Exactly!

[AnimalLover]

Isn't it true that China's missiles can reach the U.S.?
Read the following article to make your day:

Iran, China Forming Major Alliance


http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/11/17/83609.shtml

[Spruce]

The jerkwads runnuin Iran are the heart and soul of all this Jihadi-sh*t.

[American in Israel]

The new missiles range brings parts of the EU and all of Iraq into range. If Iran wanted to stop the US from invading Iran, the ONLY way they could stop us is nuke us in Iraq.

Think about it.

[IonImplantGuru]

... Their actions of retreating from their Judo-Christian culture into a very secular group is scary. After all, Europe was ...

All pastors must be black belt? Sorry - couldn't resist. We know you meant Judeo-

[R. Scott]

I am reminded of the media coverage before the 2nd part of the Iraq War.
They were screaming about Iraq’s WMD and calling for action. Action was taken and our “esteemed” news media immediately started harping about none being found, and that President Bush somehow intentionally lied to the American People.
Will this be a repeat?

[Allegra]

I wonder if Iran has even clued into the fact that the U.S. is hanging out on their eastern and western flanks right now?

No real deployment necessary.

[Allegra]

The new missiles range brings parts of the EU and all of Iraq into range. If Iran wanted to stop the US from invading Iran, the ONLY way they could stop us is nuke us in Iraq.

Think about it.

Don't wanna think about that. {gulp.}

[Route101]

Iran...all of you get down and bow and pray to the East...So..We can see all those targets when we come flying in from the West at tree top level.....

[Sarvet]

"I wonder if Iran has even clued into the fact that the U.S. is hanging out on their eastern and western flanks right now?"

Sure they know. And it might explain their interest in bombs at the moment, unfortunately.

"No real deployment necessary"

It pays to have open eyes. There's little America can't do, if it has the will. But, Iran is a lot bigger than Iraq and Afghanistan put together, and has well over their combined populations.

This is no reason to rule out an option, but the 150,000 or so brave men/women in Iraq, plus the X thousand equally brave soldiers in Afghanistan, would need very substantial reinforcement if anyone is seriously thinking of invasion (which I don't think they are).

[Squantos]

Any Ballistic Missile that lifts off from Iran will fall back on Iran when USN in the Persian Gulf is alerted by NORAD.

Just a SWAG on my part of course......:o)

[peyton randolph]

But, Iran is a lot bigger than Iraq and Afghanistan put together, and has well over their combined populations.

Best bet is to fund and arm opposition groups within Iran. The majority of the population has been born after the Shah left. They only know TROP oppression and compare it unfavorably to the Western world. The mullahs could be overthrown from within much easier than from an invasion.

[Sarvet]

"The mullahs could be overthrown from within much easier than from an invasion."

I agree with that, but it would require patience, plus a good deal of tolerance for unpleasant surprises.

[gogogodzilla]

Well, if Iran gets the nuke then any attack that we may perform against them would naturally have to be nuclear in nature.

(After all, no one ever contemplated invading the Soviet Union with only conventional weapons. Why? Because they had nukes.)

Then all the fallout could drift over Europe and finally finish the idiots off.

A fitting tribute to their Iran policy.

[TapTheSource]

From www.EdwardJayEpstein.com

Question:

General Yuri Baluyevsky, the Russian Deputy Chief of Staff said in Moscow on June 2002, "Iran does have nuclear weapons. These are non-strategic nuclear weapons."

Is there a Russian connection to Iran's nuclear program that might explain this assessment?

Answer:

Yes, Russia is the prime subcontractor for Iran' nuclear program. Consider the following:

1) Russia is building six nuclear reactors for Iran, four at Bushehr and two at Akhvaz, and a uranium-conversion plant that can be used for, among other things, uranium enrichment.


2) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) laboratory at Seibersdorf, Austria, ascertained that Iranian centrifuges made indigenously in Iran — not imported gear — showed traces of on enriched uranium with a purity level of 36 percent U-235. Russia appears to have been the source of this enriched uranium, since the IAEA lab also found a "likely match" between the atomic signatures of the 36% uranium used in Russian submarines and the traces gathered from Iranian centrifuges.

3) Russian 36% U-235 could easily be raised to weapon-grade U-235 with either centrifuges or the laser isotope separating system it reportedly acquired from Russia . ( It would take just 25 centrifuges to convert 70 pounds of 36% U-235 into 90% weapon-grade U-235.)

4) The AIEA also determined that Iran produced polonium 210, an isotope used by Russian scientists (in combination with beryllium) to ensure the chain reaction leading to a nuclear explosion begins at the right time.

5) According to a report in the Jerusalem Post in 1998, a defecting Iranian nuclear scientist's provided an account of Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons to Israel. These efforts included using Russian criminal intermediaries to buy four tactical nuclear weapons and enriched uranium from Kazakhstan. According to this account, Iranian technicians were unable to disarm the passive locks on these weapons. So it bought two additional tactical nuclear warheads directly from Russia, which were shipped to the Lavizan military base outside Teheran.

6) Iran has also tested the Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile and is developing other missiles that could become intercontinental merely by adding a solid-fueled stage. These ballistic missiles, which lack pinpoint accuracy, would only be useful for carrying nuclear warheads. According to the Rumsfeld Commission in 1998 "The ballistic missile infrastructure in Iran is now more sophisticated than that of North Korea, and has benefited from broad, essential, long-term assistance from Russia.

Link:

http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/2003question/IransWMD.htm

[pete anderson]

Why does the word "pre-emptive action" come to mind.

Yes, around 12 years too late. Clinton should have taken the Iran Nukes out when he had a chance.

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

I don't know - the French would always have Russia -

Be nice to come up with a new fuel - for America - and then let the rest of the nations of the world carry on the fight over oil -


just my thoughts -

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

I find it all fascinating - I was just reading about the horses and the 7 seals - No sooner had I read about the wheat being destroyed than an article was posted here about that not being good for the body.

Also the wine and oil are saved - The trouble is - what times are being talked about - just interested - where does it begin the "future" - exactly - in Revelations - what has yet to happen -

And there is the third temple - I had the signs tape but it is VHS - haven't gotten a DVD yet that covers the same subject - and the old VHS player is no more.

The whole subjects about the code, predictions - is interesting - in conjunction with reading about the birth of Christianity and the separation of religion and magic - and thoughts on each -