Iranian Heavy Water Nuke Plant Goes Online Today

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday August 26, 2006 @11:37AM 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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Re:The problem is not the bomb itself by Ritz_Just_Ritz · 2006-08-26 11:50 · Score: 5, Interesting

I think they're just goading the Israelis to take out the facility, gain more support in the Arab world, and rid themselves of the problem while they secretly create a more clandestine program.