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    <title>Sergei Plekhanov on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines</title>
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      <title>The Nightmare Scenario</title>
      <link>http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070319_the_nightmare_scenario/</link>
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      <dc:subject>nuclear, russia, Nuclear Weapons</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:left; margin: 0 10px 0 0; border: 1px solid #333333;"><a href="http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070319_the_nightmare_scenario/"><img src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/eartothegrounduploads/silo_160.jpg" border="0" alt="Russian Missile Silo" width="160" height="110" /></a></div> <p>A former arms control expert in the Soviet Union argues that Bush, in his obsession with North Korea and Iran&#8217;s relatively minuscule nuclear threat, has effectively ignored the much more perilous threat of Russia&#8217;s 10,000-strong nuclear arsenal.
</p><ul><li><b>UPDATE #2:</b> Check out three new pieces relevant to nuclear proliferation (including <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117021711101593402.html" title="one by Gorbachev">one by Gorbachev</a>)</li>
<li><b>UPDATE</b>: The Nuclear &#8220;Doomsday Clock&#8221; <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/01/17/nuclear_climate_perils_push_doomsday_clock_ahead/?p1=MEWell_Pos5" title="Ticks Two Minutes Closer to Midnight">Ticks Two Minutes Closer to Midnight</a></li>
<li>Also: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6270000/newsid_6272300?redirect=6272369.stm&amp;news=1&amp;nbwm=1&amp;bbram=1&amp;bbwm=1&amp;nbram=1" title="Watch professor Stephen Hawking explain">Watch professor Stephen Hawking explain</a> why the clock was moved.</li></ul> <p><a href="http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070319_the_nightmare_scenario/">READ THE WHOLE ITEM</a></p><h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>November 26, 2009 <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/uk_ambassador_details_rush_to_iraq_war_20091126/">U.K. Ambassador Details Rush to Iraq War</a></li>

<li>November 21, 2009 <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/iran_to_play_war_games_20091121/">Iran to Test Its Readiness</a></li>

<li>November 20, 2009 <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/iran_faces_punishment_within_weeks_20091120/">Obama Warns of Iran Sanctions</a></li>

<li>November 19, 2009 <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/enough_g-2_talk_already_20091119/">Enough G-2 Talk Already</a></li>

<li>November 19, 2009 <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_afghan_speech_obama_should_give_but_wont_20091119/">The Afghanistan Speech Obama Should Give (but Won&#8217;t)</a></li>
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