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| US threatens Iran with military action |
| 2010-11-29 |
| [Iran Press TV] The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen says Washington has long been considering military options against Iran over Tehran's nuclear program. In an interview aired on Sunday on CNN, Mullen again accused Iran of trying to build nuclear weapons and said he does not believe "for one second that Iran's nuclear activities are peaceful." "Iran is still very much on a path to be able to develop nuclear weapons," he added. "We've actually been thinking about military options for a significant period of time. And I've spoken with many others, that we've had options on the table... And we will continue to do that in the future," the official said. Earlier in November, US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham ... the endangered South Carolina RINO... also urged Washington to launch a military attack on Iran. Mullen's remarks come as US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has earlier this month rejected the idea of any future military action against Iran, saying no strike can stop Tehran's nuclear program and diplomacy is the best way to resolve Iran's nuclear issue. Mullen made the remarks following Iran's announcement that the Bushehr nuclear power plant in south of the country has started to generate electricity. Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, said on Saturday that the fueling of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is complete and expressed hope that the plant would hook up with the national grid in one or two months. Amid a standoff over Iran's nuclear program, both Tel Aviv and Washington have repeatedly threatened Tehran with the possibility of military attack on the Islamic Theocratic Republic, based on the unfounded but constantly repeated allegation that Tehran's nuclear program may consist of a covert military agenda. While the US possesses and has used nuclear weapons in the past, Washington, in a politically-motivated move, is imposing unilateral sanctions against Iran, which does not possess nuclear weapons nor does it seek to develop such weapons. The UN Security Council imposed a US-engineered sanctions resolution against Iran on June 9 over its nuclear program, and the United States and the European Union have imposed additional sanctions of their own. Tehran has repeatedly declared that it will not give up the legitimate nuclear rights of the Medes and the Persians under Western pressure and threats. Iran is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and thus has the right to enrich uranium to produce fuel. The ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran's civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 MOre from NEWS KERALA > [Israeli DM Ehud Barak] ISRAEL WARNED US THAT STRIKES ON IRAN WERE VIABLE UNTIL END OF 2010. Milstrikes become less-n-less reliable or effec, etc. oer time in stopping Iran's Nuclearization. [Also read, NUC MILTERRS]. Oh yeah, you can just f-e-e-l the "2012" can't ye? Actor WARD BOND > "D *** NG IT, FEEL, FEEL - SPELLED F-I-L-L - FEEL"! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-29 23:58 |
| #4 NEWS KERALA > WIKILEAKS: CHINA BELIEVES IRAN NUKE TECHNOLOGY IS "NOT AS ADVANCED" AS SOME BELIEVE. Well thats what "2012" + NUCLEAR MILITANCY-TERRORISM = NUC MILTERR GROUPS is for??? Versey versies * GUARDIAN.UK > {Wikilieaks Docs] US EMBASSY CABLES: NORTH KOREA GAVE 19 MISSLES TO IRAN. * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > WIKILEAKS: USTRYING TO [covertly = quietly] REMOVE PAKISTAN'S ENRICHED URANIUM [HEU], since 2007. IMO read, US TRYING TO DETER OR PREVENT UNIVERSAL/PAN-ISLAMIST = IRAN, MILITANT NUCLEARIZATION [aka NUKE-WMDS TERROR]. NETTERS = Another reason to remember/luv Ex-POTUS DUBYA??? * XINHUA/TOPIX > CHINA VOWS TO FURHER MILITARY TIES WID THAILAND. ARTIC > GEN. MA XIAOTIAN, Deputy Chief of PLA General Staff > "COMPLEX + PROFOUND CHANGES ARE TAKING PLACE IN REGIONAL SITUATIONS". Pragmatically, CHINA > finding itself all but absolutely blocked = denied strategic access throughout the FIST ISLAND CHAIN. MAHA-RUSHIAN WORLD POLITICAL, MILITARY HISTOIRE' > DESIRE FOR OTH = INTERNATIONAL "WARM-WATER PORTS" > Ideally, "GREAT NATIONS/POWERS" + GEOPOL AGGRESSIVE WANNABES DESIRE SOLE SOVEREIGN OR "MAJORITY" CONTROL [unconditional use] OF SAID PORTS. IOW, RISING CHINA is at its "MAHAN MOMENT" [Alfred Thayer Mahan], that will "MAKE-OR-BREAK" IS HEGEMONIC AMBITIONS. The alternative is for Chin to remain a MAJOR REGIONAL POWER = POWER-BROKER, BUT NOT A TRUE "GLOBAL SUPERPOWER" in the MAHANIST VIEW. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-29 23:51 |
| #3 Before they meet Israel would already have ended any enrichment in Iran for the next thousand years. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2010-11-29 08:05 |
| #2 If the Iranians launched a nuclear missile that detonated on Tel Aviv, the IAEA would *maybe* go so far as to suggest that meetings be held to speculate on the possibility that Iran may have "exceeded its stated enrichment goals." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-29 07:54 |
| #1 Besides Iran's NORK-derived LR Missles potens threatening both BERLIN + MOSCOW, as per WIKILEAKS..... * FREEREPUBLIC > US EMBASSY CABLES: SAUDI OFFICIAL WARNS GULF STATES MAY GO NUCLEAR. Read, NUCWEAPS. Good for protection agz IRAN, BUT ALOS USEFUL AGZ SSSSSSSSHHHHH SAUDI ARABIA. IOW, GULF-STATES = SAUDI ARABIA'S "KURILS" VEE JAPAN-VS-RUSSIA. Lest we fergit, RUSS MILBASE(S) IN FORMER JAPANESE KURILS = KEEPS JAPAN OUT WHILE SIMIL SSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH BLOCKING SCO-CSTO ALLY + STRATEGIC PARTNER "RISING CHINA" FROM NORPAC + ARCTIC ROUTES + espec RUSSIAN FAR EAST. D **** NGED AMISH POLAR BEARS! * TOPIX > WIKILEAKS: IRAN SMUGGLED CHEMICAL WARFARE SPECIALISTS, WEAPONS INTO IRAQ. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-29 00:38 |