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Iran Forced To Replace Centrifuges To Stop Stuxnet

Posted by Soulskill on from the going-to-have-to-amputate dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Reports that Iran had recovered from the infection of the Stuxnet worm may have been overblown, as a new report suggests the country is being forced to replace thousands of expensive centrifuges damaged by the worm. The report from the website DEBKAfile cites 'intelligence sources' in claiming that Stuxnet was not purged from Iran's nuclear sites and that the country was never able to return its uranium enrichment efforts to 'normal operation.' Instead, the country has said in recent days that it is installing newer and faster centrifuges at its nuclear plants and intends to speed up the uranium enrichment process, according to the country's foreign ministry."

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  1. Nuclear Iran. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Iran believes they need nuclear weapons to be taken seriously. Why? Because they have seen that when a country has nuclear capability no one, especially the US, fucks with them.

    The World is going to have to pay for generations the complete and utter fucked up foreign US policy - even when we're a broke run down ex-Super Power.

    1. Re:Nuclear Iran. by afidel · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Really, we aren't performing drone strikes, incursions, and firefights with Pakistan's border patrols on a daily basis? No, nuclear weapons alone does not make you immune from US military involvement, having a stable and friendly government is the only way to partially insure that.

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    2. Re:Nuclear Iran. by Desler · · Score: 3, Insightful

      having a pro-US dictatorship is the only way to partially insure that.

      FTFY.

    3. Re:Nuclear Iran. by kevinNCSU · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Because they have seen that when a country has nuclear capability no one, especially the US, fucks with them.

      Yea, we would definitely never ever fuck with Russia even a little bit in the entire history of it having nuclear weapons, and certainly not Pakistan since they're nuclear armed. Well at least we wouldn't bomb them. No? We're doing that? Oh. Well, maybe just a few missiles, but we would certainly never send any troops into their territory without permission and kill- oh? oh.....wait, never mind, what are we saying again?

    4. Re:Nuclear Iran. by Spy+Handler · · Score: 4, Insightful

      no, what you're describing is not "Fucking with them".

      Fucking with them would be, launching airstrikes and cruise missiles on Pakistani capital trying to kill the leaders of the Pakistani government. Which is precisely what Obama/Hillary is doing in Libya.

      Kaddafi has no nukes, so Obama is free to bomb Libya.

      Pakistan has nukes, so he can't do that even if they suddenly decide today they hate the US and announce an alliance with Al Qaeda and declare jihad.

      Best thing to do would've been for USA to mind its own fucking business and not get involved in the territorial disputes and internal politics of the Middle East. Btw this isn't an Obama bashing session, Dubya was three times worse than him, and actually it goes all the way back to Churchill and FDR, when they decided to play Emperor and carve out new nation-states on a whim.

  2. not credible by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    DEBKAfile is not a credible source of news. I remember in Gulf War 2 when they were reporting on the imminent launch of WMD gas my Saddam on US forces. This should not be on slashdot.

  3. Re:Debka is not reliable by ColdWetDog · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Vague unsourced rumours from Debkafile should not be showing up on slashdot. Debka is meant to be read for fun, not for actual news.

    Slashdot is meant to be read for fun, not actual news. Good fit.

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  4. Re:Consider the source by swilde23 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not to antagonize here, but I am amused by someone saying "consider the source" linking to wikipedia to prove their point. (I don't necessarily doubt that Debka is "unabashedly in the hawkish camp of Israeli politics"... it's just the principle.)

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  5. You're all missing the point by _0xd0ad · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's an editorial, for crying out loud. Of course it's biased.

    The real news is that Iran is scrapping somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 centrifuges and replacing them with "faster" and "improved" ones. They supposedly announced this in a press conference, so I presume this can be independently verified apart from DEBKA's claim?

    The rest of the article is conjecture, so feel free to come up with a better theory of why Iran is rebuilding their enrichment program from scratch.