So this is what Ahmadnejad REALLY looks like?
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| Iran celebrates atomic progress with sticky cakes | |
| 2006-04-12 | |
TEHERAN - Iranians on Wednesday celebrated their countryÂ’s announcement that it had mastered nuclear technology much as they would celebrate a birthday or the purchase of a new car, with boxes of sticky pastries. The basij, IranÂ’s volunteer Islamic militia, set up nuclear celebration tents at roadsides around Teheran, handing out sugary cakes and ladling out orange squash to passers-by.
Elsewhere in Teheran, some 150 schoolchildren wearing bibs embossed with “nuclear power is our irrevocable right” chanted slogans and waved the national tricolour. “I am very thrilled and excited with the great news I heard last night and believe Western countries will behave now,” said peddler Ali Bozorgi, 26. Iran announced on Tuesday it had started enriching uranium to the low level needed for nuclear power stations, openly flouting UN Security Council demands that it halt its work on atomic fuel. Iran was referred to the council over fears that its uranium enrichment programme is intended for nuclear weapons in addition to power stations, a charge Iran denies. On the streets of Teheran, people were impressed by the national achievement but worried that trouble could be brewing, with more calls for sanctions and military action. “I am happy with the news because we should have nuclear fuel but I hope it will not trigger military action against us,” said Naghmeh Moini, 40. The United States has said it prefers diplomatic means to resolve the standoff but does not rule out military action. Not everyone was celebrating. A 40-year-old English teacher who wanted to be identified only as “Reza” said: “It is the nail in the government’s coffin because it will cause more concern in the international community and unite them against us.” And the schoolchildren’s ardour for nuclear power began to wane and their jokey chants started to mock street hawkers: ”Nuclear energy -- 200 tomans (22 US cents) a box!” | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #10 Iran celebrates atomic progress with sticky cakes 2006-04-12 Ohhh the tails of ass ribaldry! |
| Posted by: Sticky Buns 2006-04-12 17:45 |
| #9 The Pakis have a similar cult of bomb-worship. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2006-04-12 17:32 |
| #8 bigjim-ky: So this is what Ahmadnejad REALLY looks like? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-04-12 14:13 |
| #7 Does this give anyone the creepy feeling that they may be just like the mutants in planet of the apes that worship the atomic bomb? It's getting really weird over there. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-04-12 13:50 |
| #6 They better hope those canisters don't spring a leak. That stuff is very deadly. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-04-12 12:50 |
| #5 Iran celebrates atomic progress with sticky cakes Yellow cakes that glow in the dark? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-04-12 12:45 |
| #4 Dancers perform as they hold capsules of uranium hexaflouride, or UF6 gas during a ceremony in Mashhad, Iran's holiest city... Nothing says says holy islam like the traditional hexaflouride dance. Thanks for the holy AP link, Angie. |
| Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-04-12 11:05 |
| #3 Iran celebrates atomic progress with sticky cakes And dancing! |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2006-04-12 10:52 |
| #2 Anyone want a nice ladle of squash to go with your yellowcake? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-04-12 09:48 |
| #1 And here I thought all Iranians were on mushrooms. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-04-12 09:46 |