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2008-06-22 Fifth Column

Video: ElBaradei: Iran can produce a nuclear bomb within six months to a year

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Posted by 3dc 2008-06-22 15:44|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 He is up to his ears in assumptions and bad judgment. If Iran has developed nuclear weapons because of his efforts to help them do so, then he should be held accountable along with them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-06-22 16:13|| 2008-06-22 16:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Nothing to see here. Move along.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-06-22 16:19|| 2008-06-22 16:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks for all the help shitbag!

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-06-22 17:33|| 2008-06-22 17:33|| Front Page Top

#4 "Point where we would would wake up one morning to an Iran wid a nuclear weapon" >>>
(1) MY PARENTS' GENERATION + MY OWN > "URANIUM" WEAPON IS STILL CONSIDERED "NUCLEAR", as opposed to PLUTONIUM = THERMONUCLEAR; +
(2) BY the PRE-9-11 + espec POST 9-11 NEWS CLAIMS by the RUSSIANS, CHINA, FRENCH, BRITS, ISRAEL, + EAST EUROS > IRAN [+ OSAMA + NOKORS] DE FACTO EITHER ALREADY HAS, + LIKELY DOES HAVE, NUKE WEAPONS: +
(3) DITTO (1) for so-called "SUITCASE" BOMBS + TACNUKES + "DIRTY BOMBS", regardless of EXPLOSIVE YIELD.

In short, TECHNICALLY the US + World did indeed wake up to an Islamist Iran wid Nuclear Weapons.

D *** NG IT, CLEARLY WE NEED MICHELLE TO UNSHEATH HER "LECTURE FINGER(S)" TO ANSWER THE ANTIQUITIOUS QUESTION, "IS HALF-A-NUKE STILL A NUKE"???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-06-22 19:09|| 2008-06-22 19:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Plutonium doesn't make a thermonuclear bomb.

I don't buy the whole suitcase nuke thing. If OBL had one he would have used it. He brought 2 of AQ Khan's men to Afghanistan to advise him how to build a nuke. He was most disappointed when told how difficult it was.

If nukes are available on the black market, how come Gadaffi and Saddam didn't buy a few?

Posted by john frum 2008-06-22 19:14|| 2008-06-22 19:14|| Front Page Top

#6 There were some intense discussions about suitcase nukes here at Rantburg some years ago. The conclusion was that they require frequent and intensive maintenance by very highly skilled technicians, without which they make nice paperweights. So I stopped worrying about them.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-06-22 20:42|| 2008-06-22 20:42|| Front Page Top

#7 tw, you are correct.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-06-22 21:08|| 2008-06-22 21:08|| Front Page Top

#8 No more "It'll take them a decade" anymore, eh?

Posted by OldSpook 2008-06-22 21:29|| 2008-06-22 21:29|| Front Page Top

#9 DEBKA > ISRAEL MAY USE LR MISSLES FIRST BEFORE ANY AIR ATTACKS AGZ IRAN [NucFacs].

*ION REDDIT > THE WAR AGZ ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IS BEING LOST IN PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND IN CENTRAL ASIA RESULTING IN IMMENSE HATRED FOR THE US ARMY AND AMERICA, HATRED THAT REACHES/EXTENDS TO ALL CLASSES ....; + INTERFAX > NATIVES OF CENTRAL ASIA SUFFER FROM INCREASED RACIAL ATTACKS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-06-22 22:30|| 2008-06-22 22:30|| Front Page Top

#10 So now there is absolutely no reason for Israel to wait any longer. They should begin the pre-emptive strike now at a time of their choosing.

Posted by Thusock Hatfield3166 2008-06-22 22:42|| 2008-06-22 22:42|| Front Page Top

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