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A technician works in the control room at the uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, 450 km south of Tehran, February 3, 2007. Russia’s leading nuclear scientist said on Monday that it was just a question of time before Iran developed a nuclear weapon and it should be stopped.

ABC News: Iran Nuclear Bomb Could Be Possible by 2009

Iran has more than tripled its ability to produce enriched uranium in the last three months, adding some 1,000 centrifuges which are used to separate radioactive particles from the raw material.

The development means Iran could have enough material for a nuclear bomb by 2009, sources familiar with the dramatic upgrade tell ABC News.

The sources say the unexpected expansion is taking place at Iran’s nuclear enrichment plant outside the city of Natanz, in a hardened facility 70 feet underground.

And this is a surprise?

Last year Israeli Defense estimates said that Iran’s development of a nuclear bomb was imminent – within a year or so.

Why in the hell do you think they have been stalling with meaningless negotiations at the United Nations and G-8?

In the meantime, a Russian scientist has expressed concern:

Reuters: Russian expert says Iran can make nuclear weapons

Russia’s leading nuclear scientist said on Monday that it was just a question of time before Iran developed a nuclear weapon and it should be stopped.

The Islamic republic, facing a showdown with the United States over its nuclear ambitions, clearly has the know-how to make atomic weapons, said Yevgeny Velikhov, a leading physicist and close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“From a scientific point of view of course they could create nuclear weapons,” Velikhov, president of Russia’s Kurchatov Institute, told reporters. “When they could do it is a more difficult question.”

“If you remember, U.S. scientists expected the Soviet Union would only be able to create a nuclear bomb by around 1954 at the earliest,” he said.

“They were rather surprised when we created one in 1949,” he said with a chuckle. Velikhov trained under Igor Kurchatov, the leader of the Soviet atomic bomb project.

The “NUCLEAR POINT OF NO RETURN” has been reached with Iran.

Will the United States and Israel do anything about it?

Stay tuned as the USS Nimitz sets sail from Malaysia – destination, the Persian Gulf.

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A technician at the uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, south of Tehran, February 3, 2007. The IAEA is pushing Iran to agree to cameras in its underground nuclear plant within days and Western states are mulling whether to seek a crisis IAEA meeting if Tehran refuses, diplomats said.

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Deal Reached on U.N. Sanctions Vs. Iran

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An Iranian technician works at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities (UCF), February 2007. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the UN Security Council lacked any legitimacy, as the world body prepared a second package of sanctions over Iran’s disputed nuclear programme.

AP: World powers agree on new Iran sanctions

A proposed new package of sanctions against Iran for enriching uranium appeared headed to the U.N. Security Council after ambassadors for six world powers resolved remaining differences.

The six-nation show of unity would be unlikely to meet strong opposition from the other 10 members on the council, which must approve the measures. A vote was expected in the days to come.

But, will the “NEW” sanctions be MEANINGFUL?

NOPE

The modest package includes an embargo on Iranian arms exports and an asset freeze on more individuals and companies associated with Tehran’s nuclear and missile programs, council diplomats said.

The United States and the Europeans would certainly favor tougher sanctions, but knew they had to settle for less to ensure that Russia and China, which have close commercial ties with Iran, will not use their veto power to block a resolution.

More weak sauce from the P-5-Plus-1 and……..

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures during a meeting with Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi in Tehran March 12, 2007. Ahmadinejad said on Thursday a United Nations Security Council resolution could not stop the Islamic state from obtaining nuclear technology, the official IRNA news agency reported.

……..President Ahmadinejad REJECTS the new sanctions as “A TORN PIECE OF PAPER.”

Reuters: U.N. resolution “torn paper”: Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday dismissed any new U.N. sanctions resolution as “a torn piece of paper” that would not stop Tehran’s nuclear work, the official IRNA news agency reported.

“Issuing such torn pieces of paper … will not have an impact on Iranian nation’s will (to obtain nuclear technology),” IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as telling a rally in central Iran.

U.S., British, French, German, Russian and Chinese diplomats at the
United Nations have reached a tentative deal on imposing fresh sanctions on Iran and hope to introduce the measure at the Security Council on Thursday, providing their governments agree.

An earlier sanctions resolution passed by the Security Council in December was derided by Ahmadinejad in similar terms.

In the meantime…….

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Iran ‘s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani gestures during a news conference after the 43rd Conference on Security Policy in Munich February 11, 2007. Iran would respond militarily if the United States attacks the country to disrupt its nuclear program, Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted Larijani as saying on Wednesday.

……Ali Larijani continues Iran’s sabre rattling.

As Flap has said before:

Iran has refused to halt uranium enrichment despite United Nations Resolution 1737.

So, this move by Iran will further isolate the country and lead the United Nations Security Council to consider further economic and political sanctions. But, will this be enough to stop Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon?

Probably not….

Flap foresees a couple of scenarios:

1. Israel learns that Iran is further along in its nuclear weapons development program and decides its survival is predicated on taking out this capability militarily.

2. Iran attacks a Gulf State, oil transport, or mines the Strait of Hormuz in retailiation for United Nations sanctions or Israel/American military movements.

In either case the World oil supply particularly to Europe wil be disrupted. There will be economic hardships until oil transport is restored.

But, Flap asks the question: Does the world confront Iran now or wait until it is closer to possessing a nuclear bomb?

Others are concerned and predict dire consequences should the United States attack Iran.

Perhaps the Europeans and Brits do not completely understand President Bush and the American government. President Bush will take measured steps (as he did prior to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq) against Iran. A diplomatic track is always preferable to military action.

However, the American government and the United Nations Security Council have stated that it is not in the world’s interest to have a nuclear weapon possessing Iran. And, thus, all options are on the table, including military action.

Flap thinks that EU and United Nations negotiations have been feckless, fruitless FAILED efforts and that a “NUCLEAR POINT OF NO RETURN” is at hand. Now is the time for decisions.

Tick Tock Tick Tock

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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.


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Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani listens to a reporter’s question during a press conference after his meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007, at an hotel in Vienna. Tehran wants new talks on its nuclear program, the senior Iranian official said Tuesday, the eve of a U.N. Security Council deadline for his country to stop uranium enrichment or face the threat of harsher sanctions.

AP: Iran refuses to budge on UN demands

Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States — but despite a U.N. Security Council deadline did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions.

Amid Iran’s nuclear defiance, the U.N. nuclear watchdog finalized a report to be released Thursday that is expected to formally confirm the Islamic republic’s refusal to freeze enrichment — a conclusion that could subject it to tougher U.N. sanctions.

More Iranian BLOVIATIONS.

The United Nations will eventually pass some additional but MEANINGLESS economic and/or political sanctions.

The “NUCLEAR POINT OF NO RETURN” is at hand.

Who will FLINCH first?

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AFP: Defiant Ahmadinejad promises nuclear news in two months

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in Tehran. Ahmadinejad has said Iran was ready to negotiate to end the standoff over its nuclear programme but insisted Tehran would never agree to the West’s most critical demand — a freeze in uranium enrichment.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed Iran would never surrender to Western demands to suspend its nuclear drive and promised announcements on Tehran’s atomic progress in the next two months.

Many observers had expected Ahmadinejad to make a major announcement on the nuclear programme in a speech marking the 28th anniversary of the Islamic revolution but the president instead focused on Tehran’s continued defiance.

“If you are willing to negotiate why do you insist on a suspension (of nuclear enrichment)?” Ahmadinejad said Sunday, referring to the sensitive nuclear process the West wants Iran to halt as proof it is not seeking nuclear weapons.

“If we suspend our activities then what are we going to talk about? Why if your nuclear plants are working 24 hours a day why must Iran be pressured to shut them down?”

“We are ready to negotiate but under fair and even conditions,” he added.

Iran must be having technical difficulties with their uranium enrichment centrifuge placements and so Iranian President Ahmadinejad went to PLAN B – excoriate the Great Satan and STALL.

Tick Tock Tick Tock

America’s military has evidence that Iran is supplying Iraq’s Shiitie militias with arms that are killing American soldiers.

Yet, Iran’s nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani states that Iran’s Nuclear program ‘no threat to Israel.

Right…….

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) shakes hands with Russia’s security chief Igor Ivanov (C) as Iran ‘s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani (R) looks on in Tehran. Ivanov vowed to launch Iran’s nuclear plant on schedule in September after talks in Tehran with leaders of the Islamic republic.

Guardian Unlimited: Nuclear plans in chaos as Iran leader flounders

Boasts of a nuclear programme are just propaganda, say insiders, but the PR could be enough to provoke Israel into war

Iran’s efforts to produce highly enriched uranium, the material used to make nuclear bombs, are in chaos and the country is still years from mastering the required technology.

Iran’s uranium enrichment programme has been plagued by constant technical problems, lack of access to outside technology and knowhow, and a failure to master the complex production-engineering processes involved. The country denies developing weapons, saying its pursuit of uranium enrichment is for energy purposes.

Read the entire piece.

Flap agrees that intelligence from the Iranian nuclear program is sketchy at best. This is Cold War stuff.

However, this piece smacks of DISINFORMATION coming directly from Iran’s Mullahs meant for the Iran nuclear appeaser crowd in Europe and the United States.

Who REALLY knows how far along the Iranians are in their nuclear program?

And who REALLY wants to roll the dice?

Certainly, not Israel and the United States.

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Iran ‘s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani (R) shakes hands with Russia’s security chief Igor Ivanov (L) during a press conference in Tehran

Flap does agree with one statement in the piece:

Yet some involved in the increasingly aggressive standoff over Iran fear tensions will reach snapping point between March and June this year, with a likely scenario being Israeli air strikes on symbolic Iranian nuclear plants.

And the “NUCLEAR POINT OF NO RETURN:”

The escalating sense of crisis is being driven by two imminent events, the ‘installation’ of 3,000 centrifuges at Natanz and the scheduled delivery of fuel from Russia for Iran’s Busheyr civil nuclear reactor, due to start up this autumn. Both are regarded as potential trigger points for an Israeli attack.

Iran has already set in motion an ever cascading series of events that are unacceptable to Israel and the United States. As soon as the logistics are in place, the nuclear facilities of Iran will be destroyed by military means.

Captain Ed has Iran Loses Its Bearings

The Israelis face that now with Iran. Iran represents a material and existential threat to the existence of Israel, especially with the new Shahab-3 missiles Iran has tested the past few years. Even without the nuclear warheads, those missiles could hit all over Israel. Tipped with nukes, they could wipe out the entire country — and more than a few of the Palestinians — in a few minutes. They cannot afford to just sit and watch the Iranians bring nuclear facilities on line without reliable, outside verification of their civilian purposes, nor can they abide Russian deliveries of nuclear materials without verifiable controls on their use.

If these events come to pass, expect the Israelis to act aggressively to protect themselves. And perhaps that’s what the mullahs really want: an attack from Israel would unite the nation under their rule for the next twenty years, much more so than a narrowly-targeted American strike. If so, then the billions thrown away on this program will be forgotten as Iran continues its life in darkness for at least another generation. The sensible and cosmopolitan Iranian people will have lost the bearings in more than just the literal sense.

Stay tuned……..

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his budget bill to the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007. Ahmadinejad on Sunday defended his economic policies from sharp recent domestic criticism and said U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed in December would never deter the country from pursuing its nuclear program.

AFP: Iran defiant on UN sanctions, plans war games

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed that Iran will never bow to UN resolutions over its nuclear programme, as the military prepared for war games that will include short-range missile tests.

“Even if they adopt 10 other resolutions it will not have any effect,” Ahamdinejad told parliament as he introduced a new budget for the Iranian year starting March 21.

The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1737 on December 23 imposing sanctions on Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment — the process which can not only make nuclear fuel, but also, in highly purified forms, produce the fissile core of an atomic bomb.

Reciting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s emphatic rejection of the UN resolution on January 8, the president said: “No Iranian official has the right to back down on Iran’s nuclear right.”

Iranian state television revealed on its website that Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards would on Monday begin three days of military exercises, 140 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of Tehran.

Flap cannot refrain from thinking that this sabre-rattling by Ahmadinejad is in response to Secretary of Defense Gates statement that Iran has “OVERPLAYED THEIR HAND” on the world stage; President Bush’s warning about Iranian involvement in the Iraq War and the announced deployment of an additional Nimitz-class Aircraft Carrier Strike Group, USS John C. Stennis to the Persian Gulf.

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USS John C. Stennis

AP: Iran Plans to Conduct Missile War Games

Iran plans three days of military maneuvers, including short-range missile tests, beginning Sunday – its first since the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions against it in late December, state-run television said.

“The elite Revolutionary Guards plans to begin a three-day missile maneuver on Sunday near Garmsar city,” said the broadcast. The city is located in northern Iran on the edge of Kavir desert, about 60 miles southeast of Tehran.

“Zalzal and Fajr-5 missiles will be test fired in the war game,” the television quoted an unnamed commander of the guards, as saying. Both are considered short-range missiles.

Iran conducted three large-scale military exercises last year as tensions with the West and the United States rose.

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fire test missiles during the first phase of military manoeuvres in the central desert outside the holy city of Qom. Iran has fired its longer-range Shahab-3 ballistic missile on exercise for the first time as it began 10 days of war games amid a mounting standoff with the West over its nuclear programme (November 2, 2006).

Here is a video of Iran’s Missile Capability:

So, how can Iran hurt the United States if a conflict escalated into military action?

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And military war plan scenarios have been discussed in the American press and nuclear strike plans leaked from the Israeli’s.

The latest Iranian maneuvers also come just days after the U.S. announced it would deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf, the USS Stennis.

That appeared to have alarmed some in Iran’s hard-line leadership. A prominent member of a powerful cleric-run body this week warned that the U.S. plans to attack Iran in the coming months, possibly by striking its nuclear facilities.

The United States has said it is focusing on diplomacy but will not rule out other options.

Washington has accused Iran of backing militants fueling Iraq’s violence and has tried to rally its Arab allies in isolating Tehran.

Last year, Iran held three large-scale military exercises. In April, Iran tested what it called an “ultra-horizon” missile, fired from helicopters and jet fighters, and the Fajr-3 missile, which can reportedly evade radar and use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.

While U.S. officials have suggested that Iran is exaggerating the capabilities of its newly developed weapons, Washington and its allies have been watching the country’s progress in missile technology with concern.

Flap believes Iran’s nuclear program with the ultimate goal of manufacturing a nucear weapon will ONLY be stopped by military action. The Bush Administration has allowed diplomacy to run its course and now it is time to PREVENT Iran to further develop its nuclear weapons program.

Mr. President it is time to take action.

And as a reminder to the Iranians as to what military might the United States may employ in any attack on United States ships or troops, there are these:

Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile

John C. Stennis Strike Group

Stay tuned……..

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in Damascus January 21,2007

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Saudi King Abdullah (R) meets with Iran ‘s top national security official Ali Larijani in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia’s official SPA official news agency said that Larijani, who is also Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator, delivered a letter from Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Saudi monarch.

Guardian: Next target Tehran

All the signs are that Bush is planning for a neocon-inspired military assault on Iran

The evidence is building up that President Bush plans to add war on Iran to his triumphs in Iraq and Afghanistan – and there is every sign, to judge by his extraordinary warmongering speech in Plymouth on Friday, that Tony Blair would be keen to join him if he were still in a position to commit British forces to the field.

“There’s a strong sense in the upper echelons of the White House that Iran is going to surface relatively quickly as a major issue – in the country and the world – in a very acute way,” said NBC TV’s Tim Russert after meeting the president. This is borne out by the fact that Bush has sent forces to the Gulf that are irrelevant to fighting the Iraqi insurgents. These include Patriot anti-missile missiles, an aircraft carrier, and cruise-missile-firing ships.

Many military analysts see these deployments as signals of impending war with Iran. The Patriot missiles are intended to shoot down Iranian missiles. The naval forces, including British ships, train to pre-empt Iranian interference with oil shipments through the straits of Hormuz.

Having been given so much advice on what to do in Iraq – most notably by the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group – the president went with the recommendations of the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI). So much for the idea that the Iraq debacle marginalised the neocons.

Well, DUH

Let’s see why:

Iran continues (despite United Nations resolution 1737) to enrich uranium to manufacture a nuclear weapon

Iran is sending war material including IED’s and advisors to kill American troops in Iraq

Iran’s President Ahmadinejad is fomenting anti-American activities in Central and South America to THWART the United States

Iran’s President wants to “wipe Israel off the map.”

President Bush has put Iran on notice.

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The USS Enterprise and USS Dwight David Eisenhower

Military assets have been positioning themselves for some time, including 21,000 more troops and war plans have been gamed.

Israel has been evaluating the Iranian threat to its survival and is rumored to be planning a nuclear attack.

Tick Tock Tick Tock

The “NUCLEAR POINT OF NO RETURN” is imminent.

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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.


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