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To: rlmorel

I don’t suppose this will come as much of a shock to you either :)

Iran Fortifies Its Arsenal With the Aid of North Korea

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Secret American intelligence assessments have concluded that Iran has obtained a cache of advanced missiles, based on a Russian design, that are much more powerful than anything Washington has publicly conceded that Tehran has in its arsenal, diplomatic cables show.

Iran obtained 19 of the missiles from North Korea, according to a cable dated Feb. 24 of this year. The cable is a detailed, highly classified account of a meeting between top Russian officials and an American delegation led by Vann H. Van Diepen, an official with the State Department’s nonproliferation division who, as a national intelligence officer several years ago, played a crucial role in the 2007 assessment of Iran’s nuclear capacity.

The missiles could for the first time give Iran the capacity to strike at capitals in Western Europe or easily reach Moscow, and American officials warned that their advanced propulsion could speed Iran’s development of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Continue http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/middleeast/29missiles.html?_r=2&hp


11 posted on 11/28/2010 5:30:40 PM PST by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: FromLori

Chavez is has plans for the same.
In our backyard.
He is in league with these guys.


14 posted on 11/28/2010 5:35:27 PM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: FromLori

Also Burma is playing footsies with these bastards


15 posted on 11/28/2010 5:37:26 PM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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