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  • 4 March 1998 Iraq—a testing ground for US militarism Pentagon strategy for nuclear strikes revealed
    17 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    original link Pentagon strategy for nuclear strikes revealed Iraq—a testing ground for US militarism By the Editorial Board 4 March 1998 Brushing aside the objections of virtually all of the members of the UN Security Council, the US has declared that the Security Council resolution passed Monday gives it a carte blanche to unilaterally launch a massive and sustained bombing attack (…)

  • 1976: U.S. endorsed Iranian plans to build nuclear industry
    16 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    U.S. endorsed Iranian plans to build massive nuclear energy industry March 5, 2006 - In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford signed a directive that granted Iran the opportunity to purchase U.S. built reprocessing equipment and facilities designed to extract plutonium from nuclear reactor fuel. When Gerald Ford assumed the Presidency in August 1974, the current Vice President of the United States, Richard B Cheney served on the transition team and later as Deputy Assistant to the President. (…)

  • Nuclear panic
    14 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Jonathan Power
    LONDON Proliferation Lost somewhere in the mists of history is the knowledge that it was the pro-American Shah of Iran who initiated Iran’s quest to build a nuclear bomb. And it was the anti-American revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini that initially suspended work on the bomb.
    Fanning the panic of proliferation has been a mainstay of the Bush administration, supported in the wings by the British government and more recently France’s president, Jacques Chirac. It is (…)

  • How Britain Secretly Helped Israel Build Its Nuclear Arsenal Interview with Tony Benn
    12 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    An Interview With Former Labour MP Tony Benn
    We have an extended conversation with Tony Benn, one of Britain’s most distinguished politicians and the longest serving MP in the history of the Labour party. Benn discusses the new revelations the British government helped Israel build the atom bomb. Benn also speaks about U.S. and U.K. relations, extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo Bay, torture, religion, and the state of the media.BBC News revealed Thursday the British government secretly (…)

  • Israel will have to act on Iran if UN can’t
    9 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    BERLIN (Reuters) - If the U.N. Security Council is incapable of taking action to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Israel will have no choice but to defend itself, Israel’s defense minister said on Wednesday.
    Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was asked whether Israel was ready to use military action if the Security Council proved unable to act against what Israel and the West believe is a covert Iranian nuclear weapons program.
    "My answer to this question is that the state of Israel (…)

  • DRUDGE : NEOCON SHILL TOUTS AMAZING IRANIAN " DISCOVERY"
    8 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    According to the clearly inshamable neocon shill , Matt Drudge , the Bush administration is preparing to "SHOCK" the world with the "STARTLING REVELATION" Iran is now in posession of nuclear weapons grade fuel . 85,000 TONNES OF MEAN NUCLEAR GOO ! ... They haven’t found the goo , but they insist it’s there hiding deep in the darkest recesses of ATOMIC IRAN. ENOUGH TO MAKE TEN NUKES. SCARED YET ? ...... Remember the 30,00 tonnes of mustard gas , nerve gas, and anthrax (…)

  • IRAN TO BE BOMBED TO HELL : THE FACTS BE DAMNED
    6 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Bush administration continues their campaign of relentless disinformation Here are the facts .... a) The Bushitters keep claiming Iran , by resuming nuclear enrichment activities , is violating international law . As a signatory to the nuclear proliferation Treaty they have an unalienable right to pursue a nuclear power programme. b) They have submitted to 3 and 1/2 years of snap inspections . Conclusion of IAEA . No nuclear weapons programme c) The US (…)

  • US conducts subcritical nuclear test
    6 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    US conducts subcritical nuclear test The Energy Department has confirmed the United States has carried out a subcritical nuclear experiment at an underground test site in Nevada on Thursday (local time). The test was aimed at gathering ’’scientific data that provides crucial information to maintain the safety and reliability of... nuclear weapons without having to conduct underground nuclear tests,’’ the department said. Some anti-nuclear groups are concerned that the Bush (…)

  • BUSH breaks the law by unilaterally breaking non-nuclear proliferation treaty
    4 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    BUSH breaks the law by unilaterally breaking non-nuclear proliferation treaty without Congressional approval or even informing his Cabinet
    He did it again, but this time its worse!
    South Asia Mar4 ,2006
    The US’s nuclear cave-in By Joseph Cirincione
    Buffeted by political turmoil at home, US President George W Bush sought a foreign-affairs victory in India. To clinch a nuclear-weapons deal, Bush had to give in to demands from the Indian nuclear lobby to exempt large portions of the (…)

  • Defense Budget Preparing for Nuclear Global War
    1 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    What is obvious in the fiscal 2007 defense budget are the drastic reductions or eliminations of 141 domestic programs in favor of nearly seven percent increase to $439 billion in defense spending. What is not obvious are the omission of the total cost of the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the enormous potential profits to defense contractors and corporations, and the hidden reasons behind escalating research and development of “smart bombs” and nuclear weapons.
    Although the defense (…)