Report Claims Iran Has Data To Build a Nuclear Bomb

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 4, 2009 @01:08AM from the don't-tell-cheney dept.

reporter writes "According to a startling report just covered by the New York Times, 'senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable atom bomb.' In 2007, American intelligence erroneously concluded that Tehran in 2003 stopped further research into designing a nuclear bomb. This conclusion was contradicted by German, French, and Israeli intelligence. Recently, London also concluded that the American assessment is incorrect. So, here we are. The Iranians have the knowledge to build a nuclear bomb and have been working relentlessly to perfect its design. Tehran is apparently able to create the components (e.g. enriched uranium) that can be assembled into such a weapon. Meanwhile, Jerusalem is communicating with the Kremlin about a list of Russian scientists it believes are assisting Iran's efforts to develop the bomb."

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Oil by Dr_Barnowl · 2009-10-04 03:12 · Score: 0, Redundant

Dons tinfoil hat and asbestos apron

(CIA World Factbook)
Oil - proved reserves:
136.2 billion bbl based on Iranian claims (1 January 2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
Want to know why western nations are starting to get all shock-horror about the Iranian bomb? Follow the money.