Nuclear Race
Russia reserves opt-out of arms treaty with US
The new U.S.-Russian arms control treaty is a much better deal for Russia than its predecessor, but Moscow reserves the right to withdraw from it if a planned U.S. missile defense system grows into a threat, Russia’s foreign minister said Tuesday.
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Breaking News: Iran Nuclear Scientist Defects to U.S. In CIA ‘Intelligence Coup’
An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist, who disappeared last year under mysterious circumstances, has defected to the CIA and been resettled in the United States, according to people briefed on the operation by intelligence officials.
he officials were said to have termed the defection of the scientist, Shahram Amiri, “an intelligence coup” in the continuing CIA operation […]
CIA: Iran capable of producing nukes
Iran is poised to begin producing nuclear weapons after its uranium program expansion in 2009, even though it has had problems with thousands of its centrifuges, according to a newly released CIA report.
“Iran continues to develop a range of capabilities that could be applied to producing nuclear weapons, if a decision is made to […]
Attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities ‘worries’ US admiral
The chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, said on Sunday he was concerned about the consequences of any attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“The outbreak of a conflict will be a big, big, big problem for all of us, and I worry a great deal about the unintended consequences of […]
Breaking:Iran is now a ‘nuclear state’ (Another Accomplishment for President Obama)
Violence feared as security forces threaten to crush protests Internet connections attacked in Tehran as regime tries to foil opposition Iran is now a ‘nuclear state’, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced this morning. He spoke as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Tehran to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. […]
Iran says nuclear ‘enemies’ defeated
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the “enemies” of his country’s nuclear programme had been defeated ahead of the release of the latest UN report on the atomic drive. International attention focused on the report as US President Barack Obama said “time is running out” for Iran to respond to a UN plan aiming […]
Iran: We reserve right to up uranium enrichment
Iran will not renounce its right to enrich uranium to levels above five percent purity even if it strikes a deal for a third party to carry it out, the head of its Atomic Energy Organisation said in comments published on Thursday. “As we have said before, we will not give up our rights,” Ali […]
Saudis Will Let Israel Bomb Iran Nuclear Site (Is this a trap? Shias first and Jews Later?)
Intelligence chief Sir John Scarlett has been told that Saudi Arabia is ready to allow Israel to bomb Iran’s new nuclear site.
The head of MI6 discussed the issue in London with Mossad chief Meir Dagan and Saudi officials after British intelligence officers helped to uncover the plant, in the side of a mountain near the […]
Nuclear Showdown: ‘Ahmadinejad has enough uranium to go whole way’
The crisis in relations with Iran escalated ominously yesterday after the leaders of the US, Britain and France accused the regime in Tehran of operating a secret uranium enrichment facility buried deep in a mountain bunker near the ancient religious city of Qom. Barack Obama called Iran’s activity “a direct challenge” to the international community.
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CAUGHT BY SURPRISE: IRAN BUILDING SECOND NUKE PLANT (Let’s be calm and not overeact. Give Obama a chance to talk to Brother Ahmadinejad)
Source: Washington Post
President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain on Friday blasted Iran’s construction of a previously unknown uranium enrichment facility and demanded that Tehran immediately fulfill its obligations under international law or risk the imposition of harsh new sanctions.
“Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow,” Obama said, detailing how […]