Posted on 01/31/2006 6:45:50 AM PST by maquiladora
VIENNA, Austria - Iran has given the International Atomic Energy Agency sensitive documents that appear linked to nuclear warhead designs - the latest attempt by Tehran to stave off being reported to the U.N. Security Council, diplomats said Tuesday.
The diplomats told The Associated Press that 1 1/2 pages describing how to cast fissile uranium into the hemispherical shape of warheads were given to IAEA inspectors last week.
At the same time, the U.N. agency presented Iran with intelligence - provided by the United States - that suggests Tehran has been working on nuclear weapons, and asked for its response, said the diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was confidential.
Late last year, inspectors saw the document that apparently showed how to mold highly enriched grade uranium into the core of warheads, and it figured in a November report by IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei.
Initial reports said the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency was given the documents at that time but the diplomats said Friday that Tehran handed them over only last week in a show of cooperation meant to head off increasing international consensus on reporting Iran to the Security Council over suspicions that its nuclear activities might be a cover for developing weapons.
The document was given to Iran by members of the nuclear black market network, the IAEA said in its November report. It showed how to cast "enriched, natural and depleted uranium metal into hemispherical forms."
Separately, U.S. intelligence - revealed last year, based on information found on a laptop computer reportedly smuggled out of Iran - suggested that Tehran's scientists were working on details of nuclear weapons, including missile trajectories and ideal altitudes for exploding warheads.
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You don't need a warhead to generate electrical power.
The only thing they haven't done is test the bomb itself.
...but kept several copies of the documents for future use.
Iran is probably responsible for about $25 of today's $68 crude oil.
Deja Vu Iraq and Saddam -- how he INCREMENTALLY kept giving little tidbits to the fools in the U.N. just to keep them from lowering the hammer on him...how stupid can this body of reprobates be???
Iran is probably responsible for about $25 of today's $68 crude oil.
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Not to digress, but just look at the reported profits from Exxon/Mobil today --- staggering. B@stards.
Yikes!! It could take MONTHS for the U.N. to digest this MASSIVE Document!
They're a big company and sell lots of stuff. Exxon's per dollar earnings were less and half that of Coke's. The oil industry as a whole did less than 12 percent.
Given enough time, I'm sure we'll find out. My guess is we've only seen the half of it, and I'm being generous.
There's such a thing as willful stupidity.
Yeah, but I don't need Coke to get to work. XOM may have had a lower operating margin, but they had a higher return on assets. Your point?
Their argument of electrical power was gone a long time ago. If that was truly all they wanted, there's no reason why they wouldn't have gone for an agreement where Russia refines the fuel, provides it to them free, and then removes the spent fuel later. You could easily do that and maintain records guaranteeing that no fuel was diverted for other uses. It would even be significantly cheaper for Iran, too. But their insistence on enriching uranium gives away their ultimate goal...
I like Exxon/Mobil stock. Wish I'd bought more.
Exxon's per dollar earnings were less and half that of Coke's. The oil industry as a whole did less than 12 percent.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/business/27cnd-energy.html?ex=1288065600&en=89bb1759293dd8b6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
As much as I hate the NYT, from them...
lol... let me get this straight! Iran essentially tells the UN, "We're designing a bomb". The UN then provides Iran with virtually the same information from an Iranian laptop acquired by the U.S. and says, "Please explain this information". What part of Iran's admission does the UN not get? This is certainly a sitcom, but the punch line is nuclear proliferation and that’s not funny!
think anyone will accept it?
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