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24 Aug 2007 11:41:29 PM |
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Iran"s Underground Nuke Tests |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/24/wiran24.xml
N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing
By Con Coughlin
Last Updated: 2:30am GMT 26/01/2007
North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground nuclear test similar
to the one Pyongyang carried out last year.
Under the terms of a new understanding between the two countries, the
North Koreans have agreed to share all the data and information they
received from their successful test last October with Teheran's nuclear
scientists.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong il; Iran and N Korea are said to be
collaborating over a nuclear test
Nuclear partners? Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong il of
N Korea
North Korea provoked an international outcry when it successfully fired a
bomb at a secret underground location and Western intelligence officials
are convinced that Iran is working on its own weapons programme.
A senior European defence official told The Daily Telegraph that North
Korea had invited a team of Iranian nuclear scientists to study the
results of last October's underground test to assist Teheran's
preparations to conduct its own ‹ possibly by the end of this year.
There were unconfirmed reports at the time of the Korean firing that an
Iranian team was present. Iranian military advisers regularly visit North
Korea to participate in missile tests.
Now the long-standing military co-operation between the countries has been
extended to nuclear issues.
As a result, senior western military officials are deeply concerned that
the North Koreans' technical superiority will allow the Iranians to
accelerate development of their own nuclear weapon.
"The Iranians are working closely with the North Koreans to study the
results of last year's North Korean nuclear bomb test," said the European
defence official.
"We have identified increased activity at all of Iran's nuclear facilities
since the turn of the year," he said.
"All the indications are that the Iranians are working hard to prepare for
their own underground nuclear test."
The disclosure of the nuclear co-operation between North Korea and Iran
comes as Teheran seems set on a collision course with the West over its
nuclear programme, although it insists it is entirely peaceful.
Both countries were named in President George W Bush's famous "axis of
evil" State of the Union speech in 2002.
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously authorised the
imposition of "smart" sanctions against Iran.
This is because of its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment
programme, which most Western intelligence agencies believe is part of a
clandestine nuclear weapons programme.
France expressed concern yesterday over an Iranian decision to bar 38 UN
nuclear inspectors from Iran, claiming that Teheran appeared to be
singling out westerners from the inspection team.
Intelligence estimates vary about how long it could take Teheran to
produce a nuclear warhead. But defence officials monitoring the growing
co-operation between North Korea and Iran believe the Iranians could be in
a position to test fire a low-grade device ‹ less than half a kiloton ‹
within 12 months.
The precise location of the Iranian test site is unknown, but is likely to
be located in a mountainous region where it is difficult for spy
satellites to pick up any unusual activity.
Teheran successfully concealed the existence of several key nuclear sites
‹ including the controversial Natanz uranium enrichment complex ‹ until
their locations were disclosed by Iranian dissidents three years ago.
Western intelligence agencies have reported an increase in the number of
North Korean and Iranian scientists travelling between the two countries.
The increased co-operation on nuclear issues began last November when a
team of Iranian nuclear scientists met their North Korean counterparts to
study the technical and political implications of Pyongyang's nuclear
test.
The Iranians are reported to have been encouraged by the fact that no
punitive action was taken against North Korea, despite the international
outcry that greeted the underground firing.
This has persuaded the Iranian regime to press ahead with its own nuclear
programme with the aim of testing a low-grade device, which would be
difficult for international inspectors to detect.
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| User: "JTEM" |
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| Title: Re: Iran"s Underground Nuke Tests |
25 Aug 2007 04:10:41 PM |
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(Jason) wrote:
North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground
nuclear test similar to the one Pyongyang carried out
last year.
Everyone else reported that the test was a failure.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Iran"s Underground Nuke Tests |
25 Aug 2007 09:45:46 PM |
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On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:10:41 -0700, JTEM <jtem01@gmail.com> wrote:
Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:
North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground
nuclear test similar to the one Pyongyang carried out
last year.
Everyone else reported that the test was a failure.
But "Iran" and "nuclear test" were in the same article, so that's
proof ... of Jason's total lack of intelligence.
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| User: "655321" |
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| Title: Re: Iran"s Underground Nuke Tests |
26 Aug 2007 04:04:30 AM |
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In article <c9q1d3tdv8a044fopk9bcpnqkau23mbk8t@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:10:41 -0700, JTEM <jtem01@gmail.com> wrote:
Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:
North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground
nuclear test similar to the one Pyongyang carried out
last year.
Everyone else reported that the test was a failure.
But "Iran" and "nuclear test" were in the same article, so that's
proof ... of Jason's total lack of intelligence.
Jason celebrates his lack of intelligence. He lets Google searches do
all his thinking -- and arguing -- for him.
--
655321
"We are heroes in error" -- Ahmad Chalabi
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| User: "Pt. Lurk Pt." |
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25 Aug 2007 07:55:01 AM |
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"Jason" <Jason@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:Jason-2408072141290001@67-150-0-3.lsan.mdsg-pacwest.com...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/24/wiran24.xml
N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing
By Con Coughlin
This is, of course, the same Con Coughlin who was so endlessly enthusiastic
in his presentation of government-supplied stories about how Saddam didn't
merely 'possess' WMDs, but also had them a mere '45 minutes from use'...
In short, the man is a compliant servant of the government, and should be
ignored.
***For more on Coughlin's deplorable record, see:
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/07/070524_pentagon_propaganda_occupies.php
L.
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| User: "655321" |
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25 Aug 2007 02:13:33 PM |
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In article <FEVzi.39454$1G1.6679@newsfe2-win.ntli.net>,
"Pt. Lurk" <Pt. Lurk@renvcom.net> wrote:
"Jason" <Jason@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:Jason-2408072141290001@67-150-0-3.lsan.mdsg-pacwest.com...
http://www.dishonestcrapfromaknownliar.com
N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing
By Con Coughlin
This is, of course, the same Con Coughlin who was so endlessly enthusiastic
in his presentation of government-supplied stories about how Saddam didn't
merely 'possess' WMDs, but also had them a mere '45 minutes from use'...
In short, the man is a compliant servant of the government, and should be
ignored.
***For more on Coughlin's deplorable record, see:
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/07/070524_pentagon_propaganda_occupies.php
Yup.
Add to that: http://www.payvand.com/news/06/dec/1052.html
A relevant portion:
....
A quick look at the contents and a general classification of Coughlin¹s works
during the recent years indicates that his writings have four specific
particularities in terms of journalistic techniques and method of
compilation.
Firstly, writings with big and bizarre allegations combined with
controversial and eye-catching titles against Iran and upon other Middle
Eastern issues are identical to tabloids. Such writings are easily given
extra attention and weight based on the position and executive rank of the
writer within the Telegraph group. This is to the extent that sometimes such
stories are printed as the first or second headline on the front page of
these two papers.
Secondly, news, analysis and reports are produced with suspicious, unknown
and particularly untraceable sources, which are absolutely impossible to be
tracked by readers and critics. These usual sources are unknown ³senior
Western intelligence officials² or ³senior Foreign Office officials².
Thirdly, articles and reports of this nature are usually published at
sensitive and delicate times where there has been a relatively positive shift
in the international scope and within the media towards Iran. This is done in
an effort to further add to the weight of the other pan of the scale that
bears opposition to Iran.
Finally, the pivotal argument and the gist of the story related to the
controversial title of these articles do not usually exceed one line or at
the most one paragraph. The rest of the analysis or report is focused on
unworthy issues such as scattered and marginal background information that
are irrelevant to the title, so that the article would be of an acceptable
volume, in a presentable format and reader-friendly.
Unreliable sources; tabloid techniques; scattered, marginal background
information....
Sounds like someone after Jason's heart.
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655321
"We are heroes in error" -- Ahmad Chalabi
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