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From The Times December 14, 2009
Secret document exposes Iran’s nuclear trigger
Catherine Philp in Washington
Confidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb.
The notes, from Iran’s most sensitive military nuclear project, describe a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the component of a nuclear bomb that triggers an explosion. Foreign intelligence agencies date them to early 2007, four years after Iran was thought to have suspended its weapons programme.
An Asian intelligence source last week confirmed to The Times that his country also believed that weapons work was being carried out as recently as 2007 — specifically, work on a neutron initiator.
The technical document describes the use of a neutron source, uranium deuteride, which independent experts confirm has no possible civilian or military use other than in a nuclear weapon. Uranium deuteride is the material used in Pakistan’s bomb, from where Iran obtained its blueprint.
I'm surprised this hasn't gotten any attention here. I'd say this is a critical piece of news about Iran's program.
 
But, but, Iran is so peaceful and nice and stuff!
 
But, but, Iran is so peaceful and nice and stuff!

They're only guilty of horrible lying, nuclear proliferation, murder, and funding appendages that murder under a pseudonym, and orchestrating the Qod's Terrorist Orchestra, which is filled with hizb'allah trombones, Taliban violinists, Islamic-Movement-Uzbekistan cellos, and a Houthis pianist.


No "harmful guilt".... The Islamic Republic of Iran's Qod Terrorists Orchestra will be visiting a supermarket, business tower, and a sporting event near you!
 
But, but, Iran is so peaceful and nice and stuff!

yep. just like nuclear equipped israel, it has repeatedly violated sovereign nations' territories in its military campaigns, such as in


nevermind
 
yep. just like nuclear equipped israel, it has repeatedly violated sovereign nations' territories in its military campaigns, such as in


nevermind

Nevermind that Israel has never threatened to wipe any country off the map, doesn't teach it's children Arab's are evil, and gives rights to all it's citizens... those are small details when talking about those damn dirty Jews right?

(that was sarcastic for those of you incapable of detecting such)
 
Nevermind that Israel has never threatened to wipe any country off the map,
here's a challenge. show us where that was said

doesn't teach it's children Arab's are evil,
again, since you are insisting this is a national iranian practice, it should be easy for your to offer up evidence of your allegation. i look forward to seeing it

and gives rights to all it's citizens
if israel gave rights to all of its citizens then the arabs would control the israeli government

... those are small details when talking about those damn dirty Jews right?
please point to my derisive comment about jews ... or, being unable to do so, admit you are once again speaking out of your ass
 
yep. just like nuclear equipped israel, it has repeatedly violated sovereign nations' territories in its military campaigns, such as in


nevermind

Not that this thread has anything to do with Israel, but when did this ever take place?
 
I wish we could give him 72 virgins. :mrgreen:

I can't remember who it was, but someone said that with 72 virgins come also 72 mothers-in-law!

So you can't blame him for starting his Christmas shopping a bit early (like two years ago!) he has a lot of in-laws to impress and still find time to plan the return of the twelfth Imam.
 
Not that this thread has anything to do with Israel, but when did this ever take place?

start a thread on that topic rather than derail this thread and i will post there
 
start a thread on that topic rather than derail this thread and i will post there


So when you posted this:

yep. just like nuclear equipped israel, it has repeatedly violated sovereign nations' territories in its military campaigns, such as in


nevermind

it was not only pro Israel, but NOT derailing the thread topic? You should have stopped with "nevermind".....


j-mac
 
here's a challenge. show us where that was said

ran's president did not stop there, continuing his vitriol during a speech at a conference called "A World Without Zionism." Ahmadinejad told the audience that the "new wave" of Palestinian attacks would destroy Israel, that Muslim countries that made peace with Israel would "burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury" and that a world without the US and Israel would be possible, reported the Iranian government news agency, IRNA.

Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres called for Israel to work to get Iran kicked out of the United Nations, saying Ahmadinejad's comments represented a "crime against humanity."

"The president of Iran's call is even more grave in light of Iran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons and acquire long range missiles," Peres wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

"Israel should immediately turn to the general-secretary of the UN and to the Security Council with an unequivocal demand to distance Iran from the UN."

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said the comments only served to underline the need to send the file on Iran's nuclear development to the UN Security Council for the imposition of sanctions.
Iranian president: 'Wipe Israel off map' | Israel | Jerusalem Post
That was easy.

again, since you are insisting this is a national iranian practice, it should be easy for your to offer up evidence of your allegation. i look forward to seeing it
My lords, Honorable Members of parliament Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to be at the House of Commons.

I am an Iranian, a practicing Muslim woman, who sees it as her responsibility to stand up to hard core Muslims who use Islam to brainwash children of that faith, in particular the Iranian children, who the Iranian government is turning into ticking bombs.

After all I have gone through, some in the audience might ask, why do I put myself in danger again? I made it out alive. I have a successful life outside Iran. Why would I want to be here?

My answer is best summed up by the Edmond Burke quotation, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."

I teach people that if they have something to say, it shouldn't be just a desire but a human duty and responsibility to help others. If we can change the text books, if we can teach the children of Iran and the Middle East that hate is not inherited; it is taught. If they can understand that children everywhere are innocent and if they can learn, as I often say, that "Governments do and People pay", we will save generations of our human family from the hard core fundamentalists who are turning them into human bombs.
+_+_+
During the years I was studying in Iran, we were lined up at 7 A. M, every morning, rain or shine, before attending our classes at 8 A. M to yell, "Death to America, Death To Israel, Death To United Kingdom, Death to France and Death to Germany.
Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education

That was Easy.
if israel gave rights to all of its citizens then the arabs would control the israeli government
That's a political issue. They only have 52% of the population.

please point to my derisive comment about jews ... or, being unable to do so, admit you are once again speaking out of your ass
yep. just like nuclear equipped israel, it has repeatedly violated sovereign nations' territories in its military campaigns, such as in


nevermind


Here you imply Israel's nuclear weapons are a threat, and that Israel starts unjustified wars.

Playing the "Hate Israel" game.

If you wanna play kiddo, let's play. I've done exactly as you asked, and I shut you down on all fronts.
 
if israel gave rights to all of its citizens then the arabs would control the israeli government
justabubba,

While Israel gives rights to all of its citizens, the reason why Israeli Arabs do not rule Israel is mainly because they make only 1/5th of the population.
 
Originally Posted by justabubba
here's a challenge. show us where that was said


Quote:
ran's president did not stop there, continuing his vitriol during a speech at a conference called "A World Without Zionism." Ahmadinejad told the audience that the "new wave" of Palestinian attacks would destroy Israel, that Muslim countries that made peace with Israel would "burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury" and that a world without the US and Israel would be possible, reported the Iranian government news agency, IRNA.

Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres called for Israel to work to get Iran kicked out of the United Nations, saying Ahmadinejad's comments represented a "crime against humanity."

"The president of Iran's call is even more grave in light of Iran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons and acquire long range missiles," Peres wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

"Israel should immediately turn to the general-secretary of the UN and to the Security Council with an unequivocal demand to distance Iran from the UN."

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said the comments only served to underline the need to send the file on Iran's nuclear development to the UN Security Council for the imposition of sanctions.

Iranian president: 'Wipe Israel off map' | Israel | Jerusalem Post
That was easy.

easy it may have been, but it is also erroneous. read what was ACTUALLY said ... here's a hint (as has been provided numerous times previously) ... the iranian president was advocating the destruction of zionism. it is the zionist propaganda which would want you to believe that he was proposing the destruction of israel. that distinction is not unlike confusing one's opposition to nazism and instead repeating it as opposition to germany; they are not synonymous terms

Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
again, since you are insisting this is a national iranian practice, it should be easy for your to offer up evidence of your allegation. i look forward to seeing it


Quote:
My lords, Honorable Members of parliament Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to be at the House of Commons.

I am an Iranian, a practicing Muslim woman, who sees it as her responsibility to stand up to hard core Muslims who use Islam to brainwash children of that faith, in particular the Iranian children, who the Iranian government is turning into ticking bombs.

After all I have gone through, some in the audience might ask, why do I put myself in danger again? I made it out alive. I have a successful life outside Iran. Why would I want to be here?

My answer is best summed up by the Edmond Burke quotation, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."

I teach people that if they have something to say, it shouldn't be just a desire but a human duty and responsibility to help others. If we can change the text books, if we can teach the children of Iran and the Middle East that hate is not inherited; it is taught. If they can understand that children everywhere are innocent and if they can learn, as I often say, that "Governments do and People pay", we will save generations of our human family from the hard core fundamentalists who are turning them into human bombs.
+_+_+
During the years I was studying in Iran, we were lined up at 7 A. M, every morning, rain or shine, before attending our classes at 8 A. M to yell, "Death to America, Death To Israel, Death To United Kingdom, Death to France and Death to Germany.


Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education

That was Easy.

it may have been easy, but again, it is wrong.
here is your own statement:
doesn't teach it's children Arab's are evil
that must be embarrassing. let me add to your needed embarrassment. iranians are persians - NOT arabs. no more kool aid for you


Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
if israel gave rights to all of its citizens then the arabs would control the israeli government


That's a political issue. They only have 52% of the population.
i accept your concession that your previous statement was wrong, where you insisted israel gave all rights to ALL of its citizens. at least you now realize that is not the case. extra points awarded for that concession

Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
please point to my derisive comment about jews ... or, being unable to do so, admit you are once again speaking out of your ass


and we are now able to witness that you were indeed speaking out of your ass as you were unable to point to any derisive comment from me about jews

Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
yep. just like nuclear equipped israel, it has repeatedly violated sovereign nations' territories in its military campaigns, such as in


nevermind



Here you imply Israel's nuclear weapons are a threat, and that Israel starts unjustified wars.

Playing the "Hate Israel" game.

nuclear weapons are a threat. i didn't need to imply that fact, einstein
i stated that israel crosses sovereign borders in its conduct of war. you have been unable to deny that fact ... so, you misrepresent it. goebbels would be proud

why would i hate israel? israel is an American ally. i have no problems with jews or a predominately jewish community or nation. again, you are caught speaking out of your ass. you may want to have a proctologist look at that


If you wanna play kiddo, let's play. I've done exactly as you asked, and I shut you down on all fronts.

it appears that you are playing with yourself; (no surprise there). i am engaging you in debate and feel like i am taking advantage of the defenseless
please point out the part where you shut me down
 
justabubba,

While Israel gives rights to all of its citizens, the reason why Israeli Arabs do not rule Israel is mainly because they make only 1/5th of the population.

ok, just so long as we are all cognizant that low percentage of the arab population is due to israel's intended practice of refusing citizenship to non-jews

we don't want anyone to leave this conversation in the wrong headed belief that israel welcomes all, including non-jewish arabs, to reside there
 
ok, just so long as we are all cognizant that low percentage of the arab population is due to israel's intended practice of refusing citizenship to non-jews

we don't want anyone to leave this conversation in the wrong headed belief that israel welcomes all, including non-jewish arabs, to reside there
No, the high percentage of Arab citizens in Israel is mainly due to Israel's acceptance of them as citizens at the end of its independence war.

If you do not want people to "leave this conversation in the wrong headed belief", do not partake in history and reality denial.
 
Originally Posted by justabubba
here's a challenge. show us where that was said


Quote:
ran's president did not stop there, continuing his vitriol during a speech at a conference called "A World Without Zionism." Ahmadinejad told the audience that the "new wave" of Palestinian attacks would destroy Israel, that Muslim countries that made peace with Israel would "burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury" and that a world without the US and Israel would be possible, reported the Iranian government news agency, IRNA.

Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres called for Israel to work to get Iran kicked out of the United Nations, saying Ahmadinejad's comments represented a "crime against humanity."

"The president of Iran's call is even more grave in light of Iran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons and acquire long range missiles," Peres wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

"Israel should immediately turn to the general-secretary of the UN and to the Security Council with an unequivocal demand to distance Iran from the UN."

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said the comments only served to underline the need to send the file on Iran's nuclear development to the UN Security Council for the imposition of sanctions.

Iranian president: 'Wipe Israel off map' | Israel | Jerusalem Post
That was easy.

easy it may have been, but it is also erroneous. read what was ACTUALLY said ... here's a hint (as has been provided numerous times previously) ... the iranian president was advocating the destruction of zionism. it is the zionist propaganda which would want you to believe that he was proposing the destruction of israel. that distinction is not unlike confusing one's opposition to nazism and instead repeating it as opposition to germany; they are not synonymous terms

Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
again, since you are insisting this is a national iranian practice, it should be easy for your to offer up evidence of your allegation. i look forward to seeing it


Quote:
My lords, Honorable Members of parliament Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to be at the House of Commons.

I am an Iranian, a practicing Muslim woman, who sees it as her responsibility to stand up to hard core Muslims who use Islam to brainwash children of that faith, in particular the Iranian children, who the Iranian government is turning into ticking bombs.

After all I have gone through, some in the audience might ask, why do I put myself in danger again? I made it out alive. I have a successful life outside Iran. Why would I want to be here?

My answer is best summed up by the Edmond Burke quotation, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."

I teach people that if they have something to say, it shouldn't be just a desire but a human duty and responsibility to help others. If we can change the text books, if we can teach the children of Iran and the Middle East that hate is not inherited; it is taught. If they can understand that children everywhere are innocent and if they can learn, as I often say, that "Governments do and People pay", we will save generations of our human family from the hard core fundamentalists who are turning them into human bombs.
+_+_+
During the years I was studying in Iran, we were lined up at 7 A. M, every morning, rain or shine, before attending our classes at 8 A. M to yell, "Death to America, Death To Israel, Death To United Kingdom, Death to France and Death to Germany.


Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education

That was Easy.

it may have been easy, but again, it is wrong.
here is your own statement:
that must be embarrassing. let me add to your needed embarrassment. iranians are persians - NOT arabs. no more kool aid for you


Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
if israel gave rights to all of its citizens then the arabs would control the israeli government


That's a political issue. They only have 52% of the population.
i accept your concession that your previous statement was wrong, where you insisted israel gave all rights to ALL of its citizens. at least you now realize that is not the case. extra points awarded for that concession

Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
please point to my derisive comment about jews ... or, being unable to do so, admit you are once again speaking out of your ass


and we are now able to witness that you were indeed speaking out of your ass as you were unable to point to any derisive comment from me about jews

Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
yep. just like nuclear equipped israel, it has repeatedly violated sovereign nations' territories in its military campaigns, such as in


nevermind



Here you imply Israel's nuclear weapons are a threat, and that Israel starts unjustified wars.

Playing the "Hate Israel" game.

nuclear weapons are a threat. i didn't need to imply that fact, einstein
i stated that israel crosses sovereign borders in its conduct of war. you have been unable to deny that fact ... so, you misrepresent it. goebbels would be proud

why would i hate israel? israel is an American ally. i have no problems with jews or a predominately jewish community or nation. again, you are caught speaking out of your ass. you may want to have a proctologist look at that


If you wanna play kiddo, let's play. I've done exactly as you asked, and I shut you down on all fronts.

it appears that you are playing with yourself; (no surprise there). i am engaging you in debate and feel like i am taking advantage of the defenseless
please point out the part where you shut me down
Justabubba, I do not think that by now it is possible to deny and/or hide Iran's true wishes.
The chance to deny this piece of reality has long been gone, perhaps after the 100th threat made by the Iranian president against the western world and against Israel in private.

You are also aware, I am sure, that Ahmedinejad has never denied his intentions, so I am very confused as to why would you choose to do so instead of him.
 
Back on topic,

According to the article: "The documents have been seen by intelligence agencies from several Western countries, including Britain. A senior source at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that they had been passed to the UN’s nuclear watchdog."

That's good. So this will be handled by the United Nations which will determine whether Iran was acting against international law and in breach of the treaties it signed.

In order for diplomacy to succeed you need the UN to enforce its own resolutions. That way everyone wins, justabubba. Iran can get safe peaceful nuclear power and enjoy all the benefits. Nobody is saying they can't have nuclear power. They just can't have nuclear weapons, that's all.
 
So when you posted this:



it was not only pro Israel, but NOT derailing the thread topic? You should have stopped with "nevermind".....


j-mac

not surprising a south carolinian lost their way ... blame it on your pitiful excuse of a school system
- do try to keep up
read the statement to which i responded:
Originally Posted by apdst
But, but, Iran is so peaceful and nice and stuff!
and here was my reply:
yep. just like nuclear equipped israel, it has repeatedly violated sovereign nations' territories in its military campaigns, such as in


nevermind
rather than wait for your english teacher to point out why you should have understood my response to be a direct repy to the previous statement, i will explain it to you

apdst's snarky point was that iran is not a peaceful nation, and therefor should not be trusted to possess nuclear weapons

i compared and contrasted that with a nuclear power in that region which has a history of violating sovereign boundaries in the conduct of wars - wars it initiates - to demonstrate the hypocrisy of tolerating israel's ownership of nuclear devices while simultaneously condemning iran's pursuit for military parity. the hypocrisy is heightened, when one also recognizes that it is israel, which is pushing for military intervention to suppress the iranian achievement of nuclear weaponry

Einstein advissed us to make things as simple as possible, but not simpler. that is as simple as i can explain it to you. given the educational disadvantage you have acquired by residening in sc, if you need its simpler, you must appeal to a reich wing conservative for an answer you will then find acceptable (and erroneous)
 
No, the high percentage of Arab citizens in Israel is mainly due to Israel's acceptance of them as citizens at the end of its independence war.

If you do not want people to "leave this conversation in the wrong headed belief", do not partake in history and reality denial.

to accept your presentation would be to pretend that the israeli state was established on land which was sparsely occupied by few Palestinian inhabitants

let's disabuse everyone of that notion and any zionist efforts to re-write the historical facts
 
Originally Posted by justabubba
here's a challenge. show us where that was said


Quote:
ran's president did not stop there, continuing his vitriol during a speech at a conference called "A World Without Zionism." Ahmadinejad told the audience that the "new wave" of Palestinian attacks would destroy Israel, that Muslim countries that made peace with Israel would "burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury" and that a world without the US and Israel would be possible, reported the Iranian government news agency, IRNA.

Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres called for Israel to work to get Iran kicked out of the United Nations, saying Ahmadinejad's comments represented a "crime against humanity."

"The president of Iran's call is even more grave in light of Iran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons and acquire long range missiles," Peres wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

"Israel should immediately turn to the general-secretary of the UN and to the Security Council with an unequivocal demand to distance Iran from the UN."

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said the comments only served to underline the need to send the file on Iran's nuclear development to the UN Security Council for the imposition of sanctions.

Iranian president: 'Wipe Israel off map' | Israel | Jerusalem Post
That was easy.

easy it may have been, but it is also erroneous. read what was ACTUALLY said ... here's a hint (as has been provided numerous times previously) ... the iranian president was advocating the destruction of zionism. it is the zionist propaganda which would want you to believe that he was proposing the destruction of israel. that distinction is not unlike confusing one's opposition to nazism and instead repeating it as opposition to germany; they are not synonymous terms

Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
again, since you are insisting this is a national iranian practice, it should be easy for your to offer up evidence of your allegation. i look forward to seeing it


Quote:
My lords, Honorable Members of parliament Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to be at the House of Commons.

I am an Iranian, a practicing Muslim woman, who sees it as her responsibility to stand up to hard core Muslims who use Islam to brainwash children of that faith, in particular the Iranian children, who the Iranian government is turning into ticking bombs.

After all I have gone through, some in the audience might ask, why do I put myself in danger again? I made it out alive. I have a successful life outside Iran. Why would I want to be here?

My answer is best summed up by the Edmond Burke quotation, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."

I teach people that if they have something to say, it shouldn't be just a desire but a human duty and responsibility to help others. If we can change the text books, if we can teach the children of Iran and the Middle East that hate is not inherited; it is taught. If they can understand that children everywhere are innocent and if they can learn, as I often say, that "Governments do and People pay", we will save generations of our human family from the hard core fundamentalists who are turning them into human bombs.
+_+_+
During the years I was studying in Iran, we were lined up at 7 A. M, every morning, rain or shine, before attending our classes at 8 A. M to yell, "Death to America, Death To Israel, Death To United Kingdom, Death to France and Death to Germany.


Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education

That was Easy.

it may have been easy, but again, it is wrong.
here is your own statement:
that must be embarrassing. let me add to your needed embarrassment. iranians are persians - NOT arabs. no more kool aid for you


Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
if israel gave rights to all of its citizens then the arabs would control the israeli government


That's a political issue. They only have 52% of the population.
i accept your concession that your previous statement was wrong, where you insisted israel gave all rights to ALL of its citizens. at least you now realize that is not the case. extra points awarded for that concession

Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
please point to my derisive comment about jews ... or, being unable to do so, admit you are once again speaking out of your ass


and we are now able to witness that you were indeed speaking out of your ass as you were unable to point to any derisive comment from me about jews

Quote:
Originally Posted by justabubba
yep. just like nuclear equipped israel, it has repeatedly violated sovereign nations' territories in its military campaigns, such as in


nevermind



Here you imply Israel's nuclear weapons are a threat, and that Israel starts unjustified wars.

Playing the "Hate Israel" game.

nuclear weapons are a threat. i didn't need to imply that fact, einstein
i stated that israel crosses sovereign borders in its conduct of war. you have been unable to deny that fact ... so, you misrepresent it. goebbels would be proud

why would i hate israel? israel is an American ally. i have no problems with jews or a predominately jewish community or nation. again, you are caught speaking out of your ass. you may want to have a proctologist look at that


If you wanna play kiddo, let's play. I've done exactly as you asked, and I shut you down on all fronts.

it appears that you are playing with yourself; (no surprise there). i am engaging you in debate and feel like i am taking advantage of the defenseless
please point out the part where you shut me down

Semantics, claims I'm wrong and demands of concession.


About what I expected.
 
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