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Shadowy nuclear trail
The Washington Times ^ | 3-29-06 | Tsotne Bakuria
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:28:32 PM by JZelle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1605573/posts?page=2
In 1995, former Iranian president Ali Hashemi Rafsanjani made a little-noticed trip to the neighboring country of Georgia. He spent several hours in Tbilisi, the capital, and then instead of returning to Iran, he made a secret side trip to the breakaway region of Adjara to visit President Aslan Abashidze. The purpose of the detour was not to visit the balmy, palm-treed tourist sea port resort of Batumi on the Black Sea.
His purpose was more sinister.
The Iranian president was looking for black market sources of chemicals to enrich uranium for building a nuclear bomb.
He found a willing partner in the small-time warlord, who promised to help for an undisclosed sum of money. In fact, Mr. Abashidze — who was later ousted from power in 2004 — offered his important contacts in Russia, as well as private Adjaran planes to secretly fly the needed components to Iran.
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