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The International Atomic Energy Agency says its present objective regarding Iran is to try to determine whether the intelligence documents purportedly showing a covert Iranian nuclear weapons programme from 2001 to 2003 are authentic or not. The problem, according to its reports, is that Iran refuses to help clarify the issue.
But the IAEA has refused to acknowledge publicly significant evidence brought to its attention by Iran that the documents were fabricated, and has made little, if any, effort to test the authenticity of the intelligence documents or to question officials of the governments holding them, IPS has learned.
Originally posted by D.E.M.
I heartily fail to see the connections made in this thread:
1. Why would a nuke go off in the US, due to a turf war between Iran and Israel? When faced with an enemy staring you in the face, are you likely to throw one of your few weapons (because if the do have bombs, they have less than 10 tops) in a completely different direction from your enemy to hit someone mowing their lawn across town? That kind of thing is illogical and ludicrous people.
2. A common misconception that this will drive oil prices up. Most of your fuel oil comes from Saudi Arabia and all points east, and you currently still have control over Iraq. If conflict does break out, it will drive the prices up somewhat due to the increased risk of shipping in the area, but supply is hardly going to be cut off. Iran is not the worlds oil well.
Come on people, deny ignorance, don't just blindly spew nonsense around for the sake of putting your two bits in!
Originally posted by D.E.M.
reply to post by Stargate2012
You...you are aware that al-Qaeda has absolutely nothing to do with Israel and everything to do with Afghanistan, right? That it is an Arab organization? That al-Qaeda has no nuclear arms (well, unless Pakistan dissolves but that is even FURTHER away from the topic at hand).
Just checking with you here, because it seems like you don't.
[edit on 17-9-2009 by D.E.M.]