http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nukes/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:34:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050499/posts Tehran's Winning Streak July 24, 2008 The Washington Times To no one's surprise, international talks about Iran's nuclear program ended in failure again on July 19 despite the Bush administration's decision to reverse course and send the No. 3 official in the State Department, Undersecretary of State William Burns, to Geneva to negotiate. American, European and even Iranian negotiators all praised the talks. Western diplomats pointed to what the New York Times referred to as "a rare show of unity" among the United States and its five negotiating partners - Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China - in urging Iran... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050499/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:34:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050488/posts Stirring the Pot July 24, 2008 The New Republic Shmuel Rosner Will Israel bomb its way to the table? Israeli politicians have suggested for years that they might attack Iran, but, lately, they seem to be dropping more hints than usual. At the beginning of June, Israel's deputy prime minister, Shaul Mofaz, flatly told the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth that, if Iran continues its nuclear program, Israel "will attack it." Mofaz's comments struck many observers as more political than substantial--one of the things an ambitious Israeli leader does to bolster his odds of becoming the next prime minister. But the... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050488/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:24:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050481/posts Why Bother with Iran Negotiations? July 24, 2008 crosswalk.com Cal Thomas The so-called international community and the American left had pressured the Bush administration to talk to Iran about its nuclear program. Barack Obama says he would negotiate with leaders of regimes like Iran and North Korea. The futility, even stupidity, of such a move was revealed following a meeting with the head of Iran’s nuclear program by the State Department’s William Burns. The Iranians rejected any and all offers to change their nuclear objectives. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday Iran would not yield in pursuit of its nuclear ambitions... Crosswalk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050481/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:16:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050353/posts New intelligence continues to blast away like a sledgehammer at Iran’s rocklike insistence that its nuclear program is purely peaceful and not a nuclear weapons effort as many strongly believe. The latest evidence comes out of the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog in Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which released a nine-page report that casts serious doubt on Iran’s purported pacifist power program. In a dramatic change, based on new, multi-source, multilateral intelligence received over time from its members, the IAEA has shifted its position from being unable to prove Iran has a nuclear weapons program to being unable... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050353/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:49:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049566/posts U.S. lawyer urges Iran to sue over nukes Tehran | July 23, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST A University of Illinois law professor says he has offered to represent Iran if it decides to sue the United States over threatened nuclear program sanctions. Iran's Press TV reported Tuesday that Francis Boyle, an international law expert, is urging Iranian leaders to sue Israel and the United States through the International Court of Justice in The Hague over their ultimatum that Iran freeze its nuclear enrichment program in a matter of weeks or face further sanctions. If Iran decides to sue, he told... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049566/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:49:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048924/posts In his interview with CBS News, Obama says: Logan: Because you do have a situation seven years on into this war where Osama bin Laden and all his lieutenants and all the leaders of the Taliban, they’re still there. And they’re inside Pakistan. Obama: Right. It’s a huge problem. And first of all, if we hadn’t taken our eye off the ball, we might have caught them before they got into Pakistan and were able to reconstitute themselves. Several times in recent interviews, Obama has referred to "taken our eye off the ball" in terms of the invasion of Iraq,... The Campaign Spot at NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048924/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046488/posts In a few moments, we'll open this up to a discussion, but first I'll make a few comments about some of the emerging threats that we face in the 21st century, and offer some ideas about how we can face those threats. It's time to send a clear message to the world: America seeks a world with no nuclear weapons. As long as nuclear weapons exist, we'll retain a strong deterrent. But we'll make the goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons a central element in our nuclear policy. We'll negotiate with Russia to achieve deep reductions in both our nuclear... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046488/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:36:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046731/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) — Experts said the White House had appeared to undertake a major shift in its hardline stance toward Tehran when it announced that a senior US diplomat would attend international nuclear talks with Iran.In the highest-ranking meeting between the two foes in three decades, Under Secretary of State William Burns is scheduled to attend the Saturday talks with Iran on a "one-time" mission to underline US conditions for ending the atomic stalemate.In Tehran, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iran was ready for negotiations over the nuclear crisis but warned it would not step over any "red... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046731/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046095/posts A high-level Chinese military source secretly disclosed last week that the recent earthquake in Sichuan Province caused a chain-reaction of explosions in the Sichuan mountain areas. The explosions destroyed Chinese army's largest armory, new weapon test bases and part of nuclear facilities including several nuclear warheads. This information is considered China's top military secret. Epoch Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046095/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:31:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045702/posts TEHERAN - PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has struck a more moderate tone towards the United States ahead of a key meeting on Iran's nuclear drive, saying talks with its arch-enemy were possible in the future. 'It is possible that in the near future talks in different fields will take place with the United States,' the state news agency IRNA quoted Mr Ahmadinejad as saying in an interview with state television late on Monday. Washington broke off relations with Teheran in 1980 in the wake of the Islamic revolution, and ties have remained severed ever since amid increasing acrimony over the controversial... Asia One http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045702/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:19:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044563/posts President George W Bush has told the Israeli government that he may be prepared to approve a future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations with Tehran break down, according to a senior Pentagon official. Despite the opposition of his own generals and widespread scepticism that America is ready to risk the military, political and economic consequences of an airborne strike on Iran, the president has given an “amber light” to an Israeli plan to attack Iran’s main nuclear sites with long-range bombing sorties, the official told The Sunday Times. “Amber means get on with your preparations, stand by... The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044563/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:01:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044467/posts Throughout the Cold War, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists kept a Doomsday Clock, monitoring how close they thought the world was to catastrophic nuclear destruction, measured as ‘minutes from midnight.' This week Iran tested its first nuclear-capable, long-range missile and moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock a little closer to disaster. Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044467/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:44:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043903/posts Imagine that your neighborhood is overrun by a gang. These brutes are wielding crowbars, knives, and pistols in a frenzied spree of home break-ins and mugging and murder. Now suppose the police reveal that their grand strategy for dealing with this gang is to block them from getting submachine guns–as if without such weapons, the gang would no longer bother people. Would you sleep soundly at night? Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043903/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:25:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043817/posts With or Without Nukes, Iran Is a Mortal Threat Elan Journo Imagine that your neighborhood is overrun by a gang. These brutes are wielding crowbars, knives, and pistols in a frenzied spree of home break-ins and mugging and murder. Now suppose the police reveal that their grand strategy for dealing with this gang is to block them from getting submachine guns--as if without such weapons, the gang would no longer bother people. Would you sleep soundly at night? Or would you be outraged? Of course you would, because this gang--even without more powerful weapons--is already a serious menace that must... weeklyblitz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043817/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:46:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043454/posts VIENNA: The head of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries warned Thursday that oil prices would see an "unlimited" increase in the case of a military conflict involving Iran, because the group's members would be unable to make up the lost production. "We really cannot replace Iran's production - it's not feasible to replace it," Abdalla Salem El-Badri, the OPEC secretary general, said in an interview. Iran, the second-largest producing country in OPEC, after Saudi Arabia, produces about four million barrels of oil a day out of the daily worldwide production of close to 87 million barrels. The country has... iht.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043454/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:35:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043290/posts SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE RELIGION OF 'PEACE' IN JUST ONE WEEK [End of July 2008]   Pakistan, Islamic Bombing in the capital Islamabad. Pakistan police arrest 4 bomb suspectsCNN International - Jul 8, 2008More than 100 people died when Pakistani security forces stormed the mosque on July 10, 2007, ending a weeklong standoff between military forces and Islamic ...http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/karachi.blast/   Palestinians Hamas [despite of 'truce' pact with Israel's Defense Forces, continue to] shoot missiles upon Israeli civilians.Palestinians shoot at Nahal Oz farmers Ynetnewshttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3564613,00.html   Muslim - Arabs in Israel arrested for supplying info and 'targets' for Al Qaeda.Two Israeli Arabs... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043290/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:10:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043165/posts Washington, July 09: Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama on Wednesday urged "aggressive diplomacy" as well as economic sanctions to get Iran to change its actions after Tehran's missile test. Iran earlier today test-fired a missile it said is capable of reaching Israel, angering the United States amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear programme could lead to military conflict. The Shahab-3 was among a broadside of nine missiles fired off simultaneously at 8:00 am (0900 IST) from an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert, state television pictures showed. "There's no doubt we're seeing rising tensions... Zee News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043165/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042990/posts Iran remains defiant in the face of the WestÂ’s request that it end its uranium enrichment program. The clock is running, but diplomacy appears to be standing still. How much time remains for diplomacy? This discussion is based upon the following assumptions: â–ª Iran is well down the path to producing nuclear weapons. â–ª Diplomatic efforts to stop IranÂ’s nuclear program have produced no tangible results. â–ª Iran believes it can continue to play the “shape of the table” and “hide the neutron” games until its nuclear weapons production facilities are operational. â–ª When Iran has manufactured a stockpile of... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042990/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042541/posts TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran warned on Tuesday it would "set fire" to Israel and US forces in response to any attack over its nuclear drive, as the world's leading industrial powers told Tehran to freeze uranium enrichment.Leaders of the Group of Eight nations at a summit in Japan urged Iran to fully comply with UN Security Council resolutions "in particular to suspend all enrichment-related activities."They also urged Tehran to respond positively to a new package by six major powers aimed at bringing an end to the five-year-old nuclear standoff which has led to a string of sanctions against Iran.The United... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042541/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:12:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2041749/posts 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium worth millions of dollars were shipped out of Iraq to Canada. The uranium was transported in 37 military flights in 3,500 secure barrels. Though the yellowcake had been in Iraq for some time and had been discovered by the United Nations inspectors after the first Gulf War in during the Senior President Bush’s presidency the material has finally been removed. This is a fact the Democrats don’t want publicized and the MSM will oblige. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2041749/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:47:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042393/posts Nearer to the Bomb July 07, 2008 International Herald Tribune Peter D. Zimmerman The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said last month that there was no danger that we would wake up one morning to find Iran the next nuclear power. He said that Iran would first have to leave the Nonproliferation Treaty, evict the IAEA's inspectors, "and then it would need at least ... six months to one year." That puts an Iranian nuclear capability well into the future, next year. Mohammed ElBaradei's comments came after Israel conducted a military exercise in which its warplanes flew... International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042393/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:47:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042154/posts Hear about the 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium found in Iraq? No? Why should you? It doesn't fit the media's neat story line that Saddam Hussein's Iraq posed no nuclear threat when we invaded in 2003. Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042154/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 01:04:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042152/posts Bush, Medvedev Agree N. Korea, Iran Must Give Up Nuke Programs July 07, 2008 Kyodo News TOYAKO, Japan -- U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday they have agreed on the need for North Korea and Iran to give up their nuclear programs. But they failed to narrow their differences over the U.S. plan to erect missile defense shields in Eastern Europe, the two leaders said after their talks held just prior to the start of the three-day Group of Eight summit here. Medvedev said there are matters on which he and Bush agree, including... Kyodo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042152/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 01:01:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042113/posts WASHINGTON, July 7, 2008 – Defense personnel have completed the transfer of 550 metric tons of Iraqi uranium ore to Canada, Defense officials said here today. The Iraqi government asked the United States to help transfer the yellowcake -- as the ore is known -- from Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center near Baghdad to its buyer in Canada, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today. The military dubbed the movement Operation McCall, and it ended July 5. DoD’s portion of the operation involved the transfer of the ore. Yellowcake is a uranium ore that can be processed to become nuclear fuel. State... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042113/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 23:54:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041560/posts Two members of the U.S. Congress are spearheading an effort to nominate the president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, for a Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of Kazakhstan’s decision in the early 1990s to give up nuclear weapons it inherited upon gaining independence from the Soviet Union. The two chief sponsors are Darrell Issa, a Republican from California, and Charlie Melancon, a Democrat from Louisiana. In late June, they circulated a letter to other members of Congress seeking their support for Nazarbaev’s nomination. The letter also nominates Senator Richard Lugar and former Senator Sam Nunn, who created a U.S. program offering... TOL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041560/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:47:57 GMT