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Sun Tzu

Japan to Cap Nuclear Reactor Operation at 40 Years Per Facility

TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s Cabinet approved bills Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year’s Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors. The approval came as a team of International Atomic Energy Agency experts generally endorsed “stress test” results at two idled reactors [...]
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Dr. Jason B. Whitman

Iran Has Begun Enrichment of Uranium At The Fordow Facility

If there was any doubt about the seriousness of the situation in Iran, that doubt should be dispelled by the news that the Iranians have begun to enrich uranium at their Fordow Nuclear Plant. These will do… According to Reuters, “All of Iran’s nuclear activities, including enrichment of uranium in both Natanz and Fordow nuclear sites are under [...]
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Sun Tzu

SHOCK: Western Nations Say Iran Deceives World on Nukes

VIENNA (AP) – The U.S. and its Western allies bluntly accused Iran on Friday of deceiving the world by trying to hide work on nuclear arms, as the U.N. atomic agency passed a new resolution criticizing Tehran’s nuclear defiance. Iran shot back that the West’s allegations were based on fabricated American, Israeli, British and [...]
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Jack L. Treese, CWO US Army, Retired

Iran’s Nuclear Program Could Be Cleaned Up with a MOP

What costs over ten million dollars, is twenty feet long, weighs fifteen tons, (that’s 30,000 pounds), carries two and a half tons of high explosive, is satellite guided, and penetrates the earth up to 200 feet before it pulverizes “underground enemy hide-outs”? Artist’s rendering. (Boeing Co. / July 15, 2009) It’s the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, aka MOP, [...]
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Dr. Earl Tilford

Iran: How to Lose

Once again, tensions between Iran and the international community are on the rise as the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, released a new report that warns of concealed attempts by Iran to produce an atomic bomb. How should one respond? The 19th-century Prussian general and philosopher Carl [...]
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Rachel Ehrenfeld

Failing to Deal, Dealing to Fail: US Response to Iran Aggression Fumbling, Tepid

The inflation of the Administration’s rhetoric at the expense of action has not deterred Iran in the slightest in the past. The U.S. lack of leadership seems to have been welcomed by our ostensible allies, who appear quite happy to be only secondary targets of the Islamic Republic.
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Sun Tzu

Ex-Soviet Scientist Reportedly Assisted Iran Nuclear Weapons Program

VIENNA (AP) – A former Soviet nuclear scientist’s son-in-law has told the U.N. atomic agency that the scientist’s involvement in alleged Iranian efforts to develop nuclear arms is broader than originally thought, diplomats have told The Associated Press. The International Atomic Energy Agency is investigating Iran for purportedly trying to develop such [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

9-Nov-11 World View — Iran Nuclear Report Raises Questions of Sanctions and Military Action

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Italy’s Berlusconi loses parliamentary majority, appears close to resigning * IAEA says Iran’s nuclear program shows ‘military dimensions’ * Israel wants the west to impose ‘deadly sanctions’ on Iran * Are we about to repeat the 2003 invasion of Iraq? * Obama and Sarkozy say that they can’t stand Israel’s Netanyahu * Security Council [...]
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Dan Friedman

Israel’s “Mr. Peace” Warns of War

This piece is telling since it is coming from the dean of Israel’s doves (and a key player in the development of Israel’s nuclear weapons program). From Israel Hayom, 11/6/2011. Strike on Iran more likely than diplomatic solution, Peres says: In exclusive interview with Israel Hayom, Israeli president says all options on the table • IAEA has obtained [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

6-Nov-11 World View — Boko Haram Sect Kills 150 People In Huge Terrorist Attack In Nigeria

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Boko Haram sect kills 150 people in huge terrorist attack in Nigeria * Arab Leagues warns Syria to end violence against peaceful protesters * U.N. report will detail Iran’s nuclear weapons development * Germany threatens to halt submarine sale to Israel Boko Haram Sect Kills 150 People In Huge Terrorist Attack in Nigeria Terrorist [...]
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