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They've found more traces of plutonium -- and that's just where they've been able to inspect. By Michael Adler for AFP:
VIENNA, Nov 14, 2006 (AFP) - UN nuclear inspectors have found new traces of plutonium, a possible weapons material, in Iran, the UN atomic agency said in a confidential report that was unable to confirm that Tehran's nuclear program is peaceful.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report, obtained by AFP, also detailed how Iran is pressing ahead with research levels of uranium enrichment -- a process the West fears could be diverted to make a nuclear bomb.
Despite the threat of UN sanctions over Tehran's refusal to hold back its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Tuesday that Iran eventually planned to install tens of thousands of uranium-enriching centrifuges to produce nuclear fuel.
The IAEA report said the agency is investigating traces of plutonium found in containers at a waste storage site at Karaj in Iran.
Iran has been "requested to provide further clarification" of highly enriched uranium as well as plutonium particles found at Karaj and responded to this request on Tuesday, the report said.
A senior UN official told reporters that the Iranian response had come too late to be analyzed before an IAEA meeting next week in Vienna that will review the Iranian nuclear program.
The official said an overall problem remains in getting full and timely Iranian cooperation with the IAEA investigation into its atomic program that began in February 2003.
Iran needs "to do more" to clear up "the ambiguities particular to some of the alleged military aspects of the program," the official said.
According to the report, progress in this regard "is a prerequisite for the agency to be able to confirm the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme."
Ahamdinejad announced Tuesday that the ultimate aim of Iran's atomic drive was to install some 60,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges to produce nuclear fuel.
In Washington, US State Department spokesman Sean McCormak said the announcement was a "cold jolt" to doubters of Tehran's nuclear arms ambitions.
And at the United Nations, US Ambassador John Bolton said: "President Ahmadinejad's statements and the draft IAEA report both demonstrate the urgency for the Security Council to act on Iran. Sanctions are obviously the only means to get Iran's attention."
Ambassadors from Germany and the UN Security Council's permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- are currently deadlocked in talks to agree on a European draft resolution urging nuclear and ballistic missile-related sanctions against Iran.
The draft put forward by Britain, France and Germany includes travel bans and financial restrictions on Iranian scientists working on the nuclear and missile programs.
It is viewed as too tough and as counter-productive by Russia and China, which both maintain close energy and trade ties with Tehran while Washington is pushing for even tougher sanctions.
Iran has installed a new cascade, or production line, of centrifuges at its uranium enrichment facility in Natanz in the center of the country, and now has two cascades of 164 centrifuges each running, as well as several smaller cascades.
Iran from August 13 to November 2 fed "a total of approximately 34 kilograms" of feedstock uranium gas into centrifuges in Natanz, producing a small amount of uranium enriched to low levels, the report said.
It did not detail how much uranium was produced but said enrichment levels seemed to be below five percent, nowhere near the 90 percent level needed to make atom bombs.
The research uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, where Iran wants eventually to build a large-scale facility with over 50,000 centrifuges, is monitored by the IAEA but the agency is also investigating possibly military-related nuclear work by Iran elsewhere.
One such site was a physics laboratory at Lavizan in Tehran that was razed in 2004 before IAEA inspectors could visit.
"Iran has not yet responded to the agency's long outstanding requests for clarification concerning and access to carry out further environmental sampling of equipment and materials related to the Physics Research Centre (PHRC) nor has Iran provided the agency with access to interview... (a) former head of the PHRC," the report said.
The agency is also waiting for information on high explosives testing and the design of a missile re-entry vehicle, the report said, adding that Iran had not provided "sufficient clarification" on experiments designed to separate out plutonium.
A report by George Jahn for The Associated Press includes these additional details of Iran's non-cooperation:
They said Iran refused to let the IAEA increase monitoring of enrichment facilities at Natanz ... denied access to suspicious equipment or military personnel, and refused to provide information on apparent experiments linking nuclear and ballistic missile research.
Posted by Marisol at November 15, 2006 12:03 AM
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From the article:
"The IAEA report said the agency is investigating traces of plutonium found in containers at a waste storage site at Karaj in Iran.
"Iran has been "requested to provide further clarification" of highly enriched uranium as well as plutonium particles found at Karaj and responded to this request on Tuesday, the report said."
Yup, they need all that plutonium to supercharge their reactors....
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at November 15, 2006 12:34 AM
if anyone belives iran,s nuke program is peacefull needs to rember this you are dealing with a thocatcy that thinks its going to take over the world with islam that has the same mind set as there pedifle profit when it comes to war and booty. so islam tells them as muslim s they have a right to overun infidel lands and convert them and they cant say no the mullas of iran just may think i there insane way with the thret of nukes and irbm;s they can take over the world i wuold imanutjob is jerking himself of thinking of all the slond ca. surfer girls he can take as slaves in tibute
Posted by: islamakapigeaters at November 15, 2006 1:18 AM
oh comeon- Iran said they weren't seeking a nuke and that's good enough for me [sarcasm off]
"Iran has been "requested to provide further clarification"
Mahmoud Aminidegenocide: "What? What? Plutonium? I do not recall where that came from. Oh wait a minute, You think we're making bombs? You think we are goign to attack Israel? How many times must we tell the infidels that we love Israel- No, we love Israel- we love them, yes we do- Plutonium... and you thought that we were goi.... Pfffff... oh you U.N guys crack me to pieces- hahahaha- good one- you had me going there for a minute- you wild and crazy guys."
Hans Blix: "I just can't seem to pull one over on you, big guy- carry on."
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Posted by: CottShop at November 15, 2006 1:58 AM
Go Iran, Go Iran, Go Iran! We can't wait until you nuke us!
Posted by: EliasAlucard at November 15, 2006 2:39 AM
We must deliver the message as soon as possible to the unstopping unthinking Mobot: "Klatu Barata Nikto", perhaps scrawled on a MOAB? One of the new improved ones?
In the movie, nothing else seemed to work...
Posted by: jsla at November 15, 2006 2:47 AM
He is asking for it...he IS asking for it...why?
Muchmouth Ahmadinejad does seem to be trying to
induce some sort of reaction.
IF Iran`s nuclear program is peaceful what is
there to gain by it provoking an attack on them
especially by Israel ?
A conventional war starting between Israel and it`s neighbours ?
Iran not responding to an attack by Israel and
hoping the world condemns Israel ?
An attack on Iran being the signal for worldwide
terror cells to commit atrocities ?
Ahmadinejad is one slippery snake and not as
stupid as he wants us to think he is!
at November 15, 2006 4:35 AM
The only surprise here is that United Nations inspectors were allowed to report findings critical of an Islamic state to the attention of the whole world. I'd have bet heavily against that. But it's been clear for some time that Iran's nuclear ambitions are anything but peaceful.
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at November 15, 2006 4:46 AM
Iran wouldn`t have the gonads to use nuclear
weapons upfront , it is more likely to use
"dirty bombs" or the even more insiduous act of putting nuclear waste into food and water supplies.
at November 15, 2006 5:09 AM
I know that a lot of folks who stumbled upon this site think that their opinion, stated here, regarding news posted here, have an impact on the general population of the US of A, OR, the rest of the world. That is unfortunately not the case. I have tried to influence friends and aquaintences as to the importance of this and its sister website, dhimmiwatch, w/o the slightest of interest. I thought that my friends would believe me when I told them of the importance of watching and learning about the threat of the Islamic advance. MOST of them were skeptical to the point of accusing me of bigotry. If only they accused me of being discriminatory. YES, I discriminate. In picking the food I eat, the friends I make and the countries I feel I are against the values in which I believe. Since the last general elections in the USofA, I am afraid that, although the previous admin was conducting the 'war' in a manner best described as STUPID, sorry, they had their impetus generally in the right direction. Just didn't, or couldn't, go far enough with it. Too bad. We lose. The 'people' have spoken. Get out of Iraq. Let's all just bow down to the will of the strongest. 'Islam'. After all, Mohamed, no matter what his difficulties, always found(err,sorry)was told by GOD/ALLAH/WHATCHAMACALLIT, that whatever was expedient at the time, was GODS WILL or as I think of it as gods swill.
Posted by: Coeurmaeghan at November 15, 2006 5:33 AM
Coeurmaeghan~ (how do you pronounce that?): I suspect in the end it will be the PC, multi-culturalist crowd who ends up fighting the dirtiest part of this war. By the time their hand is forced, it will be they who are screaming for islam's blood.
And a little tidbit from Sayyid Qutb, one of the forefathers (if not THE father) of the jihadist movement:
‘So, the islamic belief is that humanity is an essential unity; it’s scattered elements must be brought together, it’s diversity must give place to unity, it’s variety of creeds must in the end be brought into one...There can be no permanent system in human life until this integration and unification has taken place... even justifying the use of force against those who deviate from it.’
Posted by: Gary at November 15, 2006 5:54 AM
Iran's nuclear program is as peaceful as Islam is.
Posted by: David England at November 15, 2006 6:42 AM
Coeurmaeghan:
The solution to the dilemma of the skeptical neighbor, co-worker, friend, or family member as regards the Islamic threat is simple: give them a paperback copy of the Qur'an. If they've called you a bigot then they cannot dare refuse to read it without you being able to call them a hypocrit.
Tell them that if they are too lazy to read the entire thing, despite its dimestore novel size, then they can flip to the chapter on Women and start there.
When theya are done with examining the Qur'an, then you can point them towards Robert Spencer's books, especially his NY Times Bestseller.
Islam's worst enemy is itself. Remember that and use it.
My neighbors listen to everything I have to say about Islam with relish now. In fact, I'm invited for the holidays.
Foehammer
Posted by: Foehammer at November 15, 2006 7:21 AM
Why did this info give a "cold jolt" to anyone? The mad man of Iran has TOLD us that's what he's doing. Why is that now believeable?
He's threatened us right along with Israel. How is it our educated and informed leaders are surprised? When we first heard of them building reactors for "peaceful electricity" purposes, the world should have gone in THEN and taken them out.
Now it will be messy, but it has to be done.
Posted by: freewoman at November 15, 2006 7:43 AM
Why the world ignoring Israel's nukes??
at November 15, 2006 7:51 AM
Ramon, you are a moron.
That was answered yesterday. Israel doesn't threaten it's neighbors with annihilation. Israel is a PEACEFUL country. Muslim countries are NOT.
Posted by: freewoman at November 15, 2006 7:54 AM
1) Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons is a forgone conclusion; considering our domestic climate, the USA is not about to embark on a new foreign military adventure.
2) In the face of international impotence to Iran's challenge, other countries in the region (and around the world) will scramble to develop their own nuclear programs (as is already evident in Egypt and Saudi Arabia).
It is hard to imagine a future in which so many protagonists will possess the bomb but will not use it. Of course, the answer of the international community will be to move towards international control over all nuclear arsenals. It will in many ways resemble the gun-control fight in America; "Criminal" regimes will retain an undisclosed, independent nuclear capability while "law-abiding" nations will lose sovereignty over their deterrent capacity.
Such a "sanguine" prognosis actually makes one want to take up smoking herb again after all these years.
Posted by: Cornelius at November 15, 2006 8:17 AM
Good thing Iran's nuclear program is peaceful. They need nuke power, being so poor in oil resources.
And I am the Mahdi.
Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at November 15, 2006 9:21 AM
Coeurmaeghan - don't give up and be silent about it. You know what's up. Listen to Foehammer... use Islam and Mohammed against themselves. It's all there to be used. People don't have to believe any of us.. just cut & paste all the quotes and keep sending them.
I've been waging my own spam campaign and I've actually made some progress with liberal and libertarian people. One of the things I like to send is the list of insults Allah foists on unbelievers from the Pickthall translation... an academic poster here, Archidemes, put it together. That makes headroom... when they see all the insults and invectives 'god' puts on unbelievers it opens eyes. Quotes from Mohammed's life are easy to produce. Use the word 'pedophile' ... back it up. It makes a difference. Show the quotes from Surah 4 - The Women like Foehammer suggests. That's enough for most women.
Show the quotes 8.39 and 9.29 from Qur'an. Show quotes from K
Posted by: A_Plague_on_Both_Houses at November 15, 2006 9:26 AM
Coeurmaeghan - don't give up and be silent about it. You know what's up. Listen to Foehammer... use Islam and Mohammed against themselves. It's all there to be used. People don't have to believe any of us.. just cut & paste all the quotes and keep sending them.
I've been waging my own spam campaign and I've actually made some progress with liberal and libertarian people. One of the things I like to send is the list of insults Allah foists on unbelievers from the Pickthall translation... an academic poster here, Archidemes, put it together. That makes headroom... when they see all the insults and invectives 'god' puts on unbelievers it opens eyes. Quotes from Mohammed's life are easy to produce. Use the word 'pedophile' ... back it up. It makes a difference. Show the quotes from Surah 4 - The Women like Foehammer suggests. That's enough for most women.
Show the quotes 8.39 and 9.29 from Qur'an. Show quotes from Khomeni from this speech:
www.faithfreedom.org/Iran/KhomeiniSpeech.htm
show the quotes that DC Watson has put together from members of CAIR and the imams from English speaking nations....
Give people links to Obsession on You Tube, give links to memri.org and memritv.org....
The evidence is overwhelming.. Keep sending it until the tell you to stop. Some of it will sink in.
Posted by: A_Plague_on_Both_Houses at November 15, 2006 9:29 AM
Coeurmaeghan - never give up... start saying the same thing in as many different ways you can think of.... ritual slaughter is cruel to animals, women's rights are non-existant, gay folks are killed, drug dealers are executed in Indonesia for having pot while conspirators in bombings which killed more than 200 people are set free in two years... it's easy to produce evidence in all manner of perspectives.
If you need help, ask the people here.
You know the threat - you can't be silent. Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."
Thomas Mann
The same goes for willful submission to evil.
You will make a difference.
Here is the text of Archimedes' citations...
I always give him credit. It's a great piece of work.
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The Koran (Pickthall translation) says that disbelievers (non-Muslims) are “worst of created beings” (98:6), are “miscreants” (2:99, 24:55), are the worst beasts in Allah’s sight (8:22, 8:55); (some Christians and/or Jews were) turned into “apes and/or pigs” (2:65-66, 5:58-60, 7:166); are like frightened donkeys chased by a lion (74:50-51); are worse than cattle (7:179); are like dogs (7:176); they (idolators) are unclean (9:28); “evil” is upon them (16:27), evil (2:91, 2:99); “wicked” (80:42, 9:125); the “wrong-doers” (42:45, 2:254, 5:45); evil-doers (42:44); evil-livers (5:59); they have no good in them (8:23); are “guilty” for disbelieving (45:31, 83:29); on the side of Satan and are fighting for him (4:76-77); of the party of Satan (58:19); Allah assigns them devils for protecting friends (7:27); they choose devils for protecting friends (7:30); are partisan against Allah (25:55); are the “enemy” and “perverted” (63:4); have disgraced lives (22:9); are hypocrites (4:61); have a “diseased heart” (2:10, 9:125); are ill (84:20); are deaf, dumb, and blind, and have no sense (2:171); deaf and dumb and in darkness, Allah sends them astray (6:39); they have no sense (5:103, 10:100); a folk who do not understand (9:127); their fathers were unintelligent and had no knowledge or guidance (2:170, 5:104); are “a folk without intelligence”/ “most ignorant” (8:65, 6:111); losers who are deceived by Allah (2:6), and deceived by Satan (4:60); Allah sends devils against them to make them do evil (19:83); Allah cursed them for their unbelief (2:88-89), liars/they lie (2:10, 4:50, 9:42, 16:39, 16:105, 59:11), “losers” (5:53, 7:178-179); foolish and liars (7:66), liars and losers (58:18-19), in false pride and schism (38:2), among the lowest (58:20); the lowest of the low (95:4-6).
In reading those insults, keep the following points in mind: These insults apply to disbelievers because they are disbelievers (disbelief is the worst crime);
the insults are assumed to be the words of Allah and are therefore true of disbelievers for all time, until the Last Day;
the disbelievers cannot do anything to improve Allah’s perception of them (He does not accept the good works of the disbelievers, see 5:5, 18:104-106, also 18:30, 33:19, 47:1-4, 47:32), except to believe in and obey Allah;
and the insulting adjectives refer to the inherent character traits of disbelievers.
at November 15, 2006 9:40 AM
For anyone who thinks that islam is a "good faith".
Which faith in the world (both the Eastern and the Western world) makes is mandatory for the father (or the grandfather) take his son/grandson, at the age of 4, to a "holy place" and make him saw off the head off a sheep/goat/cow/camel, while 4-5 other men (In my watches, there were always men holding the creature down.) just because it is "holy".
Can anyone of us make our kids do such a thing ?
Posted by: arjun.sevak at November 15, 2006 2:57 PM
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