Russia finishes building Iran's nuclear plant
Russia finishes building Iran nuclear plant
My heart skipped a couple beats when Russia and Iran announced that they just finished building the nuclear power plant. As I recall, Iran kept on insisting that the plant would not be completed till 2006 at the least, and Russia said no, no, it's gonna be completed in early 2005. Israel swears that they will not allow Iran have nuclear capabilities.
So, you can imagine the fibrillation that my heart went through when it was quietly announced that the Iranians have achieved their nuclear capability, WAY, WAY ahead of schedule. "We're done," said a spokesman for Russia's Atomic Energy Agency. "All we need to do now is work out an agreement on sending spent fuel back to Russia."
Now that Iran has already tore up their agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and began highly enriching uranium, it would be very easy for Iran to quickly divert their nuclear fuel "on loan" from Russia, convert it into uranium hexafluoride gas, pump it through their already-active centrifuges. They would have weapons-grade nuclear material on their hads in a day. ONE day. That is how long it will be before they lob their new Shihab-3 missiles to Tel Aviv and Haifa.
According to The guardian, a British newspaper, Iran's Shehab-3 missiles were rolled out painted with the messages, "We will crush America under our feet' and "Israel must be wiped off the map."
Another article by BBC.com shows a picture of an Iranian Shehab-3 missile with the slogan "THE U.S.A. CAN DO NOTHING."
That BBC article quotes an Israeli Knesset member, Ephraim Sneh, talking about pre-emptive strikes: "I am talking about the possibility, if we have no choice, of a pre-emptive strike with conventional weapons." As I understand it, Israel did exactly that with Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981- which proved to be the ultimate factor that prevented Saddam Hussein from getting a nuclear weapon. Saddam would have used a nuke, no question about it. He had already used all the WMDs he had in his arsenal at one point or other, either against his own people or the Iranians.
Moreover, the U.S. has just shipped 500 bunker busters to Israel, part of a 5,000 smart-bomb purchase. Israel has completed training for the operation needed in order to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Time is of essence. Russia and Iran say that everything can be finalized by November. That is when the nuclear reactor will go active. If they attack, Israel HAS to do it BEFORE the nuclear fuel rods go into the core, just like it was with the Osirak reactor, a French-built reactor, by the way. That is the only way to prevent a radioactive disaster. It will require a blitzkrieg-style attack, with waves and waves of aircraft, perhaps hundreds, with a high possible casualty rate. But it is doable.
The reality on the ground indicates that all hell's gonna break loose. Very soon. Regardless of American politics.
My heart skipped a couple beats when Russia and Iran announced that they just finished building the nuclear power plant. As I recall, Iran kept on insisting that the plant would not be completed till 2006 at the least, and Russia said no, no, it's gonna be completed in early 2005. Israel swears that they will not allow Iran have nuclear capabilities.
So, you can imagine the fibrillation that my heart went through when it was quietly announced that the Iranians have achieved their nuclear capability, WAY, WAY ahead of schedule. "We're done," said a spokesman for Russia's Atomic Energy Agency. "All we need to do now is work out an agreement on sending spent fuel back to Russia."
Now that Iran has already tore up their agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and began highly enriching uranium, it would be very easy for Iran to quickly divert their nuclear fuel "on loan" from Russia, convert it into uranium hexafluoride gas, pump it through their already-active centrifuges. They would have weapons-grade nuclear material on their hads in a day. ONE day. That is how long it will be before they lob their new Shihab-3 missiles to Tel Aviv and Haifa.
According to The guardian, a British newspaper, Iran's Shehab-3 missiles were rolled out painted with the messages, "We will crush America under our feet' and "Israel must be wiped off the map."
Another article by BBC.com shows a picture of an Iranian Shehab-3 missile with the slogan "THE U.S.A. CAN DO NOTHING."
That BBC article quotes an Israeli Knesset member, Ephraim Sneh, talking about pre-emptive strikes: "I am talking about the possibility, if we have no choice, of a pre-emptive strike with conventional weapons." As I understand it, Israel did exactly that with Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981- which proved to be the ultimate factor that prevented Saddam Hussein from getting a nuclear weapon. Saddam would have used a nuke, no question about it. He had already used all the WMDs he had in his arsenal at one point or other, either against his own people or the Iranians.
Moreover, the U.S. has just shipped 500 bunker busters to Israel, part of a 5,000 smart-bomb purchase. Israel has completed training for the operation needed in order to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Time is of essence. Russia and Iran say that everything can be finalized by November. That is when the nuclear reactor will go active. If they attack, Israel HAS to do it BEFORE the nuclear fuel rods go into the core, just like it was with the Osirak reactor, a French-built reactor, by the way. That is the only way to prevent a radioactive disaster. It will require a blitzkrieg-style attack, with waves and waves of aircraft, perhaps hundreds, with a high possible casualty rate. But it is doable.
The reality on the ground indicates that all hell's gonna break loose. Very soon. Regardless of American politics.
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