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| 2006-08-17 |
| North Korea may be preparing an underground test for a nuclear bomb, ABC News said on Thursday, citing unidentified U.S. officials. It quoted a senior military official as saying a U.S. intelligence agency had recently observed "suspicious vehicle movement" at a suspected North Korean test site. A senior State Department official told the network: "It is the view of the intelligence community that a test is a real possibility." Asked about the report, a senior U.S. official told Reuters: "We have no new evidence to support that." I wonder if both Iran and the Norks plan a nuke test on the 22nd? |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #14 John, Dunno. But there is one thing that is a bit puzzling. The Mahdi phantasmagoria specifies that Mahdi's return would be heralded by a bright light over Baghdad. Not Jerusalem--Baghdad. Back to NKor. I expected mullahs doing a test a few days before 22nd, to make sure they have the goods and working. I have to admit that they are smart like foxes. If the NKor test goes through and with a bang, they know the goods are fine and have a plausible deniability before the actual attack. They may fool some people all the time and that is good enough in their book as they expect a strong 5th column objections to any preemptive action from countries that are able to project power (well, that would be US) as the test transpired in NKor and not in Iran. The test may go on about 18th-19th which would give an ample time for a repeat if the first one fizzles. The "exercise" starts on 20th, 2 days before the target date. It does not look pretty, any way you look at it. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-08-17 23:00 |
| #13 We will review the proposals on the basis of our legitimate right, and, God willing, we will give our opinion regarding the proposals toward the end of Mordad I think these were his words (or the translator's). Apparently the end of Mordad is Aug 22. Interestingly I googled Mordad to check the dates and found this. Zoroastrian MP proposes changing name of the month of Mordad to Amordad The reason? Most of the current Persian words have their roots in the ancient languages of Pahlavi (a form of Middle Persian) and Avestan, he added. For example, the names of the Iranian months are very meaningful and come from ancient Iranian languages, and these names remind all Iranians of awareness, life, and striving, he noted. Over the years, many people in Iran mispronounced the word Amordad, saying Mordad, which means death and nothingness, Niknam said in explanation of how the change came about. "Since Iranians always cared about life, striving, development, and productivity, they named the middle month of the summer Amordad, which means life and eternity in the Avestan language." I thought it all sounded a bit morbid. In keeping with this theme maybe we should refer to Iran as Mordor. |
| Posted by: Flaigum Whelet4630 2006-08-17 22:36 |
| #12 Question is .. will they use it directly or let one of their terrorist group proxies deliver the weapon? |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-17 22:04 |
| #11 I wasn't referring to a "test." I was referring to a live fire exercise. Ah..I see. Frightening prospect.. and you're probably right.. |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-17 22:02 |
| #10 Iran has military excercises planned for the 20th. NorKs doing what looks like prep for a nuke test. All sorts of bizarre things happening on airliners. (Cosmetics setting of nitrate detectors and alerting a bomb-sniffing dog? Bull!) Bomb parts found in a case, ready for deployment in Britain. Muzzies buying up very specific models of cell phones all over the country, with phony stories about re-selling them. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-08-17 21:37 |
| #9 I wasn't referring to a "test." I was referring to a live fire exercise. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-17 21:29 |
| #8 It's a test by a client's request. The client is Ahmadinutjob. Iranian observes were invited for the occassion and are already in place. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-08-17 21:28 |
| #7 They're just itchin to see the flash-bang and down-wind drift cloud. Test would be underground. Unless it vents. Then again, NoKo is good at digging.... |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-17 21:27 |
| #6 A test on the 22nd would be interesting. |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-17 21:24 |
| #5 Sock: Suspect you are correct. I don't think we'll end the decade without one of these tin horn dicktators lighting the fuze on at least one nuke. They're just itchin to see the flash-bang and down-wind drift cloud. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-17 21:22 |
| #4 I am not certain it's their bomb they may be testing but rather a clients. One with another short guys running the show, |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-08-17 21:19 |
| #3 There is no real need to test. The design works. It's always nice to know you followed the design properly. And for everybody else to know it. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-08-17 21:14 |
| #2 I wonder if the 22nd was the day those Paki lads were planning to board the airliners in the UK? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-17 21:13 |
| #1 The NoKo bomb (obtained by trading missile tech with Pakistan) would be a copy of the Pak one, which is a tested, Chinese design. There is no real need to test. The design works. This is Kimmie jumping up and down in his platform shoes shouting "look at me!" |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-17 21:10 |