Posted on 11/21/2006 1:08:27 PM PST by DoctorZIn
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Islamic Republic now seeks 100,000 centrifuges.
- Reuters reported that Ahmadinejad said his country planned to install 100,000 centrifuges for enriching uranium in the future, a much higher figure than previously stated.
Ahmadinejad vows to challenge US/British: domination of the World."
- Playfuls.com reported that Iran and Zimbabwe on Monday vowed to challenge the domination of the United States and Britain of the world.
The Islamic Republic seeks a Middle East settlement without the US.
- YNet News reported that Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war.
- Haaretz.com reported that Iran's offer of a three-way summit meeting of the presidents of Iran, Iraq and Syria could be welcome, but Iran's Islamic government has a history of saying the right thing and doing something else, the United States said Monday.
Bush: I would understand if Israel chose to attack Iran.
- Haaretz reported that the United States lacks sufficient intelligence on Iran's nuclear facilities at this time, which prevents it from initiating a military strike against them, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told European politicians and diplomats Bush also said that if such an attack were to take place, he would understand it.
US believes Islamic Republic has germ warfare weapons.
- Reuters reported that the US told an arms conference Iran probably has germ warfare weapons, North Korea may have developed them and Syria could have carried out research into such banned weapons.
Supreme Leaders backs Rafsanjani run for Assembly of Experts election.
- The Financial Times reported that Iran’s supreme leader has backed Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president, in his decision to stand in next month’s elections for the Assembly of Experts, a crucial state body.
The Amorality of the Stability Seekers: Bob Gates and the Iraq Study Group
- The Global Politician argued that we should take note of President Bush's hiring of Bob Gates - as well as his recent mingling with former associates of his father and his talks with the Iraq Study Group (of which Dr. Gates was once a part).
Here are a few other news items you may have missed.
- Ilan Berman, Defense News argued that as diplomacy has faltered, plenty of pundits and politicians now are talking about the potential effects of a nuclear Iran on the Persian Gulf, the Levant and U.S. interests there, but too little has been paid to the possible consequences for another theater: the Caspian Basin.
- The New York Times reported that high atop a 1970s-style high- rise building in the heart of this desert city, a group of State Department officials has been setting up offices as part of an ambitious effort by the United States to better monitor Iran and encourage political change there.
- Radio Free Europe reported that prominent union leader Mansur Osanlu was reportedly arrested in Tehran on November 19 by plainclothes security agents. Osanlu, who is the president of the Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran Bus Company, had been released on bail in August.
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Iran and Zim and Venezuela and whoever else will have to go through India and China to get to GB and USA.
They are mad, utterly insane. Someone HAS to stop them.
A country that can not even feed itself and one that can barely feed itself even while sitting on massive oil reserves (and has to import gasoline)...
Zimbabwe? Does Zimbabwe even have an army? Is this a joke?
If they really want to build and use many many bombs then I'm guessing they plan to deliver them via low-tech methods.
I'd suggest mastering indoor plumbing first, then world domination.
Meanwhile, we kick the can down the road, and the limp wristed pacifist Baker writes out the suicide plans.
guess 250,000 centrifuges is the # to reach, before V.P. Cheney orders a hit....
WHY is this statement NEVER challenged??? Instead, it's reported "as is" over and over and over and over again! Do people REALLY believe this? If so, can they say where this is happening??? Fools!!!
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