U.N. Report Says Iran Undeterred on Nuke Course
EmailIran is undeterred from its current course of gaining the ability to enrich large quantities of uranium, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com. The strongly worded report says Iran has failed to comply with the U.N. Security Council resolution calling on them to demonstrate their nuclear program is strictly peaceful. According to the IAEA report, Iran now has 2,132 centrifuges either enriching uranium or in the process of installation. THE BLOTTER RECOMMENDS Blotter IAEA: Iran Has 1,300 Centrifuges Up and Running Blotter Exclusive: Iran Nuclear Bomb Could Be Possible by 2009 Click Here to Check Out Brian Ross Slideshows The U.N. inspectors found Iran is making rapid progress toward the goal of having 3,000 centrifuges up and running sometime this summer. Nuclear experts say that once Iran has the 3,000 centrifuges operating, they will have the technical capacity to produce enough enriched uranium for one bomb a year. The reports says as of May 13, eight 154-machine cascades were operating simultaneously and being fed with uranium hexafluoride, the gas needed to produce enriched uranium. Click Here for Full Blotter Coverage. The IAEA report says Iran has reached enrichment levels of 4.8 percent U-235, consistent with the levels needed for reactor fuel. Weapons-grade uranium would require enrichment of 90 percent or more. The report also says Iran has continued to refuse to answer longstanding requests from the IAEA about a long list of issues, including possible weaponization of uranium and studies of missile warhead design. "The agency remains unable to make further progress in its efforts to verify certain aspects relevant to the scope and nature of Iran’s nuclear programme," the report concluded. Do you have a tip for Brian Ross and the Investigative Team?
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While I appreciate the role of the media, I found ABC’s decision to disseminate the presidential authorization of the CIA covert action story to be an irresponsible one. We should not be notifying (or even confirming to) Iran what steps we are taking v.a.v. its govenment. Respectfully, Peter Lane
Posted by: Peter Lane | May 23, 2007, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm
Iran’s logic is the same’s as Japan pre ww2….”if other countries can why not us?: In other words Japan’s reasoning that they could colonize other countries because the US and Britian did is sound reasoning…and the same goes for Iran if other countries have nukes why not us?
If we want to show the world what to do we must do it by example….
Posted by: Aaron C | May 23, 2007, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
Peter, perhaps the CIA’s Office of Public Affairs, which releases news and information to the press, released this information. Maybe Brian Ross isn’t sneaking around government buildings in a trenchcoat and sunglasses, snooping out this possibly already declassified information…anyway, I think you posted your issue under the wrong story…this is about the IAEA, not the CIA.
Posted by: Jazz | May 23, 2007, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm
(These people scare me and the UN! ) Nukes we have a lot. But I don’t want the US to use them!!!!!!!
Posted by: Pamela For Peace | May 23, 2007, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm
It’s high time we as a nation LEAD the world in a non-nuclear build-up. Not as we have been lately by re-building a the stock pile of “New and Improved” radio active missiles.
Posted by: skidog | May 23, 2007, 3:43 pm 3:43 pm
“ABC News is coming under heavy criticism for its exclusive report revealing a purported CIA covert operation designed to destabilize the government of Iran.”
YEAAAH! SCREW you ABC! AND I HOPE THEY HANG YOU BY YOUR RAISIN LIKE BALLS!
Maybe NOW you’ll show just A FUCKIN RESPONSIBILITY IN YOUR REPORTING!
Posted by: JelloBiafra | May 23, 2007, 9:12 pm 9:12 pm
ANY NEW COVERT ACTS ABC CAN TELL ME ABOUT?
ARE THERE ANY TOP SECRET PLANS ABC WANTS TO UNLEASH TO THE WORLD?
PLEEEASSE! TELL ME, TELL ME NOW!!!!
Are you THIS desperate for ratings???
Posted by: JelloBiafra | May 23, 2007, 9:19 pm 9:19 pm
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
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Amendment IV
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Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
NonZionist, seems like the B.O.R. is pretty much still intact…
Posted by: Jazz | May 25, 2007, 10:45 am 10:45 am