Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Deadly Serious
The latest JPT "Action Release" asks the questions that those in the MSM and the U.N. try to avoid:
"Why does a country that sits atop the world’s third largest oil reserve require 100,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium? Why does a country that denies wanting to make atomic weapons need to enrich such a large amount of uranium, especially since Iran does not have one atomic power plant at this time? These are questions we must ask ourselves in order to determine the gravity of the situation with Iran. " [Emphasis added.]
They give a good assessment of Iran's nuclear ambitions:
"Currently, Iran has 164 centrifuges (called cascades.) Alone, it would take years to produce enough uranium for nuclear arms. According to Tehran, the next installation would be 3,000 centrifuges. This would produce enough uranium for a bomb within the year.
Last Wednesday, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) voted to suspend financial support for one of Iran’s nuclear reactors. It is this reactor at Buscher that would produce enough plutonium to produce an atomic bomb. The IAEA will continue to fund seven so-called “civilian nuclear projects.” This suspension of funding would also apply to the heavy-water reactor under construction near Arak.
The head of the Israeli atomic energy commission told me that the U.S. provided 30 cents on the every dollar that the IAEA funnels to Iran. This needs to be stopped.
It is not likely that the IAEA will reach any accord on sanctions against Iran in the coming days. Both Russia and China have been averse to agreeing to sanctions on Iran. Their concern is that Iran will leave the nonproliferation treaty. It seems to me that Iran is already in violation of the nonproliferation treaty. What would you call a determination to put 100,000 centrifuges on line, if not nuclear proliferation?
The reactor at Arak is of major concern because the spent fuel rods from that location can be used to produce plutonium, which can be used for nuclear bombs. And, in fact, small traces of plutonium have been found in barrels at a site in Iran.
We dare not ignore Iran’s nuclear ambitions. To do so would be to risk the lives of our children and grandchildren. "
"Why does a country that sits atop the world’s third largest oil reserve require 100,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium? Why does a country that denies wanting to make atomic weapons need to enrich such a large amount of uranium, especially since Iran does not have one atomic power plant at this time? These are questions we must ask ourselves in order to determine the gravity of the situation with Iran. " [Emphasis added.]
They give a good assessment of Iran's nuclear ambitions:
"Currently, Iran has 164 centrifuges (called cascades.) Alone, it would take years to produce enough uranium for nuclear arms. According to Tehran, the next installation would be 3,000 centrifuges. This would produce enough uranium for a bomb within the year.
Last Wednesday, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) voted to suspend financial support for one of Iran’s nuclear reactors. It is this reactor at Buscher that would produce enough plutonium to produce an atomic bomb. The IAEA will continue to fund seven so-called “civilian nuclear projects.” This suspension of funding would also apply to the heavy-water reactor under construction near Arak.
The head of the Israeli atomic energy commission told me that the U.S. provided 30 cents on the every dollar that the IAEA funnels to Iran. This needs to be stopped.
It is not likely that the IAEA will reach any accord on sanctions against Iran in the coming days. Both Russia and China have been averse to agreeing to sanctions on Iran. Their concern is that Iran will leave the nonproliferation treaty. It seems to me that Iran is already in violation of the nonproliferation treaty. What would you call a determination to put 100,000 centrifuges on line, if not nuclear proliferation?
The reactor at Arak is of major concern because the spent fuel rods from that location can be used to produce plutonium, which can be used for nuclear bombs. And, in fact, small traces of plutonium have been found in barrels at a site in Iran.
We dare not ignore Iran’s nuclear ambitions. To do so would be to risk the lives of our children and grandchildren. "
In the meantime, the U.N. talks, and talks, and talks....
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