On Friday, September 25, 2009 Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it had a second uranium enrichment plant under construction. Suspicions concerning a parallel, concealed enrichment program were in fact circulating for some time before the announcement. Iran reportedly disclosed the information to the IAEA because it discovered that Western intelligence agencies became aware of this parallel program and wanted to avoid further embarrassment.
Archive for September, 2009
The Implications of Iran’s Second Enrichment Plant INSS Insight
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009‘Safe schools’ chief encouraged child sex with older man
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Iran ‘has secret nuclear arms plan’
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Britain’s intelligence services say that Iran has been secretly designing a nuclear warhead “since late 2004 or early 2005”, an assessment that suggests Tehran has embarked on the final steps towards acquiring nuclear weapons capability.
Samoa tsunami kills ‘at least 20′
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
A tsunami caused by a powerful earthquake in the South Pacific has killed at least 20 people and injured 50 in Samoa, local media report.
Unmasking Obama
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009It is now abundantly clear that the image of Barack Obama sold to the American electorate was tightly edited, air-brushed, and exaggerated. He has worn a series of masks — eloquent orator, brilliant scholar, centrist, and literary sensation. All of these masks are coming off as he copes with a job for which image will not suffice. For instance, hiding behind the eloquent orator mask is a guy who says “uhh” a lot when he is winging it, and who makes lots of factual and grammatical mistakes.
Mandatory Flu Shots Hit Resistance
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Many Health-Care Workers Required to Get Vaccines
Palestinians and Israelis Clash at Jerusalem Holy Site
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009JERUSALEM — Clashes broke out Sunday between Palestinians and the Israeli police at a holy site in Jerusalem revered by both Muslims and Jews, after Muslim worshipers threw stones at a group of foreign tourists, apparently mistaking them for Jewish activists.
Missile tests underscore the threat Iran poses in Mideast
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009The launches show Iran is capable of striking Israel, Europe and U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf. They send a message that ‘we are able to give a swift . . . answer to our enemies,’ a general says.
A Nuclear Debate: Is Iran Designing Warheads?
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009WASHINGTON — When President Obama stood last week with the leaders of Britain and France to denounce Iran’s construction of a secret nuclear plant, the Western powers all appeared to be on the same page.
Lutherans meet in wake of gay vote
Monday, September 28th, 2009INDIANAPOLIS — Lutheran leaders meeting in Indiana this weekend expect to appoint a steering committee to look further at the controversial idea of homosexual clergy.