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Posted on Sep 25, 2009
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours Iran’s first nuclear facility, at Natanz, in April.

Following Thursday’s U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at halting nuclear proliferation, President Obama announced Friday that Iran has concealed a partly built second uranium enrichment plant. The Iranians admitted existence of the plant but asserted that it would be used only for peaceful purposes. —JCL

The BBC:

Iran concealed a partially-built second uranium enrichment plant in defiance of calls for transparency over its nuclear plans, US President Barack Obama says.

The leaders of the US, UK and France demanded UN inspectors be given immediate access to the facility and threatened tough new sanctions.

Iran told the UN about the plant on Monday, saying it was not operational yet and would provide nuclear energy.

Iranian officials in New York and Tehran denied the plant was a secret.

Tehran has previously acknowledged it has one enrichment plant, at Natanz.

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By Political Insurgent, September 26, 2009 at 9:59 am Link to this comment

Who cares? The US, Israel, Korea, and every other psychotic, ego maniacal “developed” nation in this world has nuclear power. The chances of Iran using their nuclear power violently against somebody is about as feasible as, say, the US using their nuclear capabilities against someone violently.

What’s that? The US did use their nuclear capabilities violently already? Oh. Oops.

So…this is pot vs kettle-in-process-of-being-smoldered then, really.

NOBODY needs nuclear power. It’s a disgusting, harmful, toxic waste and it needs to GO. Just like capitalism.

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By jawad hashem, September 26, 2009 at 12:54 am Link to this comment
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iran has the right to produce electrecity from nuclear sources
iran never lies, to be sure: know more about its true leader: http://www.wilayah.org

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By Frank Hansen, September 25, 2009 at 9:37 pm Link to this comment
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It is not surprising to see that the gang of leader of countries who looked paranoid today are leaders of the same countries who supported Saddam Husein in his invasion of Iran in 1980 and causing massacre and handicapping of over 1,000,000 Iranians! Isn’t it a fact that if Iran would ever seek nuke empowerment, it would mainly be due to the past action of these countries?

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By Nap, September 25, 2009 at 8:34 pm Link to this comment
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I have seen this movie before. Right after the warnings and threats, deadlines and options on the table you get notice of spin. Ha-ha, go figure

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By samosamo, September 25, 2009 at 5:15 pm Link to this comment

By tropicgirl, September 25 at 2:15 pm #
““So when is Israel giving up their EXEMPTION from accountability on THEIR WAR-oriented nuclear bombs? And how’s that 2-state solution coming, Obama? You don’t even care how ridiculous you look to the normal of the world.”“
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Good questions, but what answers would you expect of jews such as those ruling the world via the state of izrael via their slave country the U.S.A and of characterics such as this to put a heavier than others racism on jews in general or the ones that act like this and the izraelis:

http://www.startribune.com/nation/61132367.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiacyKUnciatkEP7DhUr

or this:

http://www.alternet.org/world/142478/israeli_government_ads_warn_against_marrying_non-jews_/

I know of several jewish people that are people and not some kind of ideological racist idiots like those in the articles, hell, there more than enough racism in just the U.S. alone for everybody to get more than their shares worth.

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By Blackspeare, September 25, 2009 at 3:10 pm Link to this comment

Is this deja vu all over again?! Didn’t Bush II use the same tactic against Iraq under the banner of the UN?  Well, come to think of it, Afghanistan is not much of a war with enemy troops wearing Pashtun hats and sandals.  Obama needs a real war, like Bush had, with enemy soldiers in decent uniforms.  And a military action against Iran is just what CNN needs to bolster ratings——things are somewhat dull these days.  And as for collateral damage and deaths——the world has a short memory——now where’s my remote!

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By Robert, September 25, 2009 at 2:46 pm Link to this comment

Israel’s Secret Weapon (Secret Nuclear Weapons)


“Mordechai Vanunu, Israel’s nuclear whistleblower, was jailed in 1986 for publishing photographs of Israel’s nuclear bomb factory at Dimona. Olenka Frenkiel reveals the extent of Israel’s nuclear gagging.”

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Click on link to watch this BBC documentary on Israel’s WMD’s. You will be most shocked by the information. Why doesn’t Obama & our zionist/AIPAC controlled News Media raise this topic of great concern to the whole region?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-234685330662058240&q=israel+secret+weapon&total=107&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1#

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By Big Iris, September 25, 2009 at 1:31 pm Link to this comment
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The Iranians didn’t “admit” anything. They informed int’l reg agencies of their plans. Interesting that the whining nations which cause most of the misery in the world don’t reveal their own operations. This is nuts.

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By More propaganda, September 25, 2009 at 12:27 pm Link to this comment
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How sad this attempt at war mongering is

In more complete write-ups of the story it gets revealed that Iran did tell nuclear inspectors about the site.  So in no way could it be called a secret

But yet that’s what its being called here

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By LostHills, September 25, 2009 at 12:08 pm Link to this comment

Is this supposed to make us forget about the foreclosures, reposessions and layoffs and the rising tide of homelessness in our country?

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By jeff, September 25, 2009 at 12:05 pm Link to this comment
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Iran last week wrote a letter and informed IAEA of constructing second plant. Please correct your news that President Obama"announced Friday that Iran has concealed a partially-built second uranium enrichment plant.”. As news source your job is to write the true.

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By tropicgirl, September 25, 2009 at 11:15 am Link to this comment

I guess they are sensibly planning for the upcoming sanctions, which will kill
their children and old people and sicken the rest.

So when is Israel giving up their EXEMPTION from accountability on THEIR
WAR-oriented nuclear bombs? And how’s that 2-state solution coming,
Obama? You don’t even care how ridiculous you look to the normal of the
world.

Ahmadinejad’s speech was courteous, insightful, honest, compassionate and
heroic. His words are indeed teaching words and his bravery is an example to
the world.

There can be no “JEWISH’ state of Israel. Just a state of Israel that governs all
races that exist there equally. A “Jewish” state would not need to give equal
rights, and therefore, would be considered apartheid.

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By samosamo, September 25, 2009 at 9:59 am Link to this comment

Now the military industrial congessional complex is pushing o to invade iran on the samo claptrap w and dick used and where is the IAEA or SCOTT RITTER who I trust to look into such claims other than a corporate sponge like o just coming out with his hopeful view that will lead to unnecessary war.

More fear mongering to take the all-american veggies on another stupid ride.

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