When do we do the 'Let's Roll'?"
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Posted on 09/14/2006 5:59:08 PM PDT by blam
Opposition: Iran Using Laser Enrichment
Friday September 15, 2006 1:31 AM
By EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Iran has secretly revived a program to enrich uranium using laser technology, reportedly with favorable results, an Iranian opposition figure said Thursday citing information from members of the resistance inside the country.
Alireza Jafarzadeh said information about the laser enrichment program at Lashkar Ab'ad, about 15 miles northwest of Tehran, came from the same sources that led to his revelation in May 2003 that Iran had a clandestine nuclear program.
There was no independent confirmation of the latest information and Iran's U.N. Mission called the allegation ``baseless and unfounded.''
Jafarzadeh, who heads the Washington-based Strategic Policy Consulting think tank, is credited with having aired Iranian military secrets in the past. But U.S. officials considered some of his past assertions inaccurate.
Jafarzadeh urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to immediately send U.N. nuclear inspectors to Lashkar Ab'ad and demand access to all areas, including a new 5,000-square foot hall in a large garden where he said secret laser enrichment activities are being conducted.
``We've only now been sent a copy of this report,'' said IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming, ``and like all information that we receive, we must take the time to check it against all our information in order to decide whether it is worth following up.''
The U.N. has demanded Iran halt uranium enrichment.
Jafarzadeh said there are two ways to separate uranium isotopes and isolate U235 which can be enriched. The most common way is using centrifuges while laser technology is an experimental method, he said.
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``We've only now been sent a copy of this report,'' said IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming, ``and like all information that we receive, we must take the time to check it against all our information in order to decide whether it is worth following up.''
Thereby giving Iran enough time to cover their tracks.
UN out of the US, US out of the UN.
When do we do the 'Let's Roll'?"
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> Laser enrichment
There was a big stink a couple of years back where South Korean researchers got in trouble for verifying to themselves that the method worked.
It's probably not just "experimental".
YES!!... we finaly have a Reuters photographer faking photos for the free world.
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