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2008-11-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by john frum 2008-11-20 16:10|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Gee, think there are any other countries that might have that final puzzle piece for sale?

Posted by AlanC 2008-11-20 16:45|| 2008-11-20 16:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Just their declared centrifuges have enough capacity for 1 bomb per year. The Iranians are idiots if they don't have several times more than that humming away in tunnels.

Posted by ed 2008-11-20 16:48|| 2008-11-20 16:48|| Front Page Top

#3 They don't need to design a thing.

The Chinese provided designs to Pakistan (for Uranium and Plutonium implosion type missile warheads). These designs were both fully tested.

The IAEA found a copy in Libya (apparently provided free by AQ Khan when his stolen centrifuge designs are purchased) still wrapped in the plastic bag from his dry cleaners in Karachi.

These included copious notes in Urdu, written by the Chinese, that describe fabrication of each component ("bombs for dummies").

The Pakistanis provided the Chinese with the Uranium enrichment centrifuge designs (stolen from URENCO in the Netherlands by AQ Khan) in exchange for this weapon.

They traded both with North Korea for ballistic missile designs and components.

Iran has bought both the North Korean missile plans and the Pakistani centrifuge plans. Why would they not have obtained the Chinese weapon designs from either?

Posted by john frum 2008-11-20 17:07|| 2008-11-20 17:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Iran claimed ages ago to have, if I recall correctly, 80,000 centrifuges spinning to refine uranium.

The election is over. Bomb everything related to Iran's nuclear effort. Bomb the mullahs' homes. Bomb the Revolutionary Guards barracks in the middle of the night. Then bounce the rubble. If this is unwise, then put the blue Star of David on everything; the Israelis are tough -- they'll handle the fall out as they've done when they were the ones who did it.

Posted by trailing wife 2008-11-20 22:06|| 2008-11-20 22:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Ooooo - me likee super-tough tw! ;-p

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