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2006-03-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran issues threats ahead of IAEA meeting

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-03-06 01:36|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Jeez more wanking. Meeting to meet again. The zit has a zit.

UNium.

Posted by .com 2006-03-06 01:50|| 2006-03-06 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Ohhhhhhhh, but wait!

The IAEA thinks a deal is possible!

I'm not holding my breath.

Posted by Bobby 2006-03-06 06:43|| 2006-03-06 06:43|| Front Page Top

#3 This is very serious. By the way, what's for lunch?

Posted by Perfesser 2006-03-06 09:17|| 2006-03-06 09:17|| Front Page Top

#4 If any of you seriously question the IAEA's presence in Tehran, please try to remember that Iran is one of the last remaining sources of caviar.

Posted by Zenster 2006-03-06 11:54|| 2006-03-06 11:54|| Front Page Top

#5 If any of you seriously question the IAEA's presence in Tehran, please try to remember that Iran is one of the last remaining sources of caviar.

Ah, now that puts things in perspective. Good catch, Zenster.

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-03-06 12:15|| 2006-03-06 12:15|| Front Page Top

#6 If any of you seriously question the IAEA's presence in Tehran, please try to remember that Iran is one of the last remaining sources of caviar.

The reason it's illegal to use caviar from the California Bay Delta region sturgeon.

Supposedly, the caviar from our fish out here is essentially the same as Beluga (and thus the reason for the current embargo).

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-03-06 17:35|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-03-06 17:35|| Front Page Top

#7 The reason for the current embargo is that Russian mafia and cash strapped Iranian poachers have nearly wiped out the entire Caspian Sea fishery.

California sturgeon are being poached by Russian immigrants but is also undergoing successful and very tasty farming. Check the Tsar Nicoulai web site for delicious details:

http://www.tsarnicoulai.com/

From their web page:

Historically, 90% of the World's caviar has come from the Caspian Sea region and its tributary rivers. The supply, however, is shrinking rapidly. The effects of pollution, loss of spawning habitat, increased poaching (due in part to the economic havoc caused by the break up of the USSR), and over-fishing has proven to be devastating to the sturgeon population and, consequently, caviar production. CITES (the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species) recently restricted the fishing of Caspian sturgeon, further limiting global Caviar supply.

The production of caviar in the former Soviet Union countries declined from 2,270 tons in 1981 to 1,045 tons in 1990.[1] This represents a reduction of more than 55% over this ten-year period. Based on unofficial data, the exports from the same region in 1995 had further declined to less than 300 tons. (Baku Sun, July 7, 2000). The estimate of 2001 caviar production for export from the Caspian region was 150 tons. Combined with reductions of inventory, caviar exports from the region (including Iran) in 2002 could be limited to an estimated 120 tons, representing less than 5% of the region's caviar exports in 1981.

Posted by Zenster 2006-03-06 21:18|| 2006-03-06 21:18|| Front Page Top

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