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Iranian Heavy Water Nuke Plant Goes Online Today

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the uncomfortable-night-at-the-weekly-poker-un-poker-game dept.

avtchillsboro writes "According to an article in the NYT, an Iranian heavy water nuke plant goes online today. From the article: 'An Iranian plant that produces heavy water officially went into operation on Saturday, despite U.N. demands that Tehran stop the activity because it can be used to develop a nuclear bomb. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the plant, which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes. The announcement comes days before Thursday's U.N. deadline for Iran to stop uranium enrichment — which also can be used to create nuclear weapons — or face economic and political sanctions.'"

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  1. Right. by daeg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Future conversation:

    UN: Stop enriching uranium or face political and economic consequences.
    Iran: Do so and we will stop selling you oil. China will buy it if you don't. Continue your threats and we will use our position in OPEC against you.
    UN: Uhhh....

    1. Re:Right. by Millenniumman · · Score: 3, Funny

      US: You do realize that enriching uranium can result in accidents.
      Iran: We have safety personnel, etc.
      US: Not those kind of accidents...
      Iran: What kind?
      US: The kind that fall out of planes.
      UN: That's mean!
      Iran: And we still have that oil, we'll stop selling!
      US: Yeah... Ever heard of Alaska?
      Iran: Touche.

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  2. Radioactive Oil by bozojoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    I alway wondered if radioactive oil is as useable as the clean crude. I suppose we could always use it to lube the current nuke plants ;)

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  3. Iranian Heavy Water Nuke Plant Goes Online Today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Iranian Heavy Water Nuke Plant Goes Online Today.
    How long before it feels the slashdot effect?

  4. Re:Count me in the skeptic camp by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, no, no!

    When he said he wants to "wipe Israel off the map", what he *really* meant was that Israel's military aggressiveness should be wiped off the map. And when he said Jews are evil, what he *really* means what that militaristic Zionism is evil. And when he said each and every Jew in the entire world should be rounded up and taken to concentration camps to be killed, what he *really* meant was that he wants to kill the spirit of hatred that resides in the hearts of Israel's policymakters!

    Don't read him out of context!

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  5. Re:The problem is not the bomb itself by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mossad: "Let's ignore international law and destroy their nukes."

    Delta Force: "Let's ignore international law and steal their oil."

    SAS: "Why are there no fucking pubs in this bloody desert?"

  6. Re:RTFA by rts008 · · Score: 3, Funny

    LOL!!!
    Best chuckle I've had all day here! Thanks for that, and since you done me a good turn....I've got some oceanfront real estate here in Oklahoma I'll make you a real sweet deal on!

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  7. Re:Typical Peace-Nick Response by matt21811 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some history lesson.

    Considering Hitler died in 1945 and Israel wasn't a state until 1948, I'm not the least bit suprised that Hitler refused to recognise Isreal.