U.S. accidentally releases nuclear information on internet

Nothing much to say than the government is stupid. It was marked "highly confidential."

IN THE NEWS:
Fox News: Report: U.S. Accidentally Releases Confidential Nuclear Info
New York Times: U.S. Accidentally Releases List of Nuclear Sites

Israel may strike Iran within days

Israel has had enough with the threats from Iran. The nation of Israel may attack Iran's nuclear facilities in a couple of days. Also, Israeli President Benjamin Netenyahu does not seem to trust President Barack Obama on protecting Israel.

Read the articles below for more information.

IN THE NEWS:
The Times (of London): Israel stands ready to bomb Iran's nuclear sites
The Age (of Melbourne, AU): Obama's stance worries Israelis
Fox News: Report: Israel Preparing Assult on Iran's Nuclear Sites

Hillary: 'We don't know what to believe' about Iran

Iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb and now they aren't even trying to hide that. Meanwhile, the United States just sits and laughs at the entire situation.

Hillary doesn't know what to believe. Obama says nothing. Meanwhile, why does France tend to care more about this? And Israel?

Is he US too concerned with making friends with the Middle East than to take a stand on what is right?

IN THE NEWS:
Reuters: Iran says running 7,000 enrichment centrifuges
AFP: France concerned over Iranian nuclear boast
Reuters: U.S. does not see Iran's nuclear claims as rebuff

Obama calls for a world without nukes

President Barack Obama talks about fear to the people of Prague and the others who showed up to see the great orator and messiah.

This was not expected. Obama spoke on the campaign trail about ruining the American military arsenal. We must all be equal, if all cannot have weapons, nobody should have it at all, he says. However, who will have the weapons now? The terrorists and those who want to destroy America. Good plan, Obama.

Obama wants to have an agreement with the Russians about this too. Good idea. I trust the Russians. Not.

The Russians are the same Russians of twenty, thirty and forty years ago. Wake up people!

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Breaking: Iran holds enough uranium for bomb

From: Financial Times

Iran holds enough uranium for bomb
By Daniel Dombey

Published: February 19 2009 21:18 | Last updated: February 19 2009 21:18

Iran has now built up a stockpile of enough enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb, United Nations officials acknowledged on Thursday.

In a development that comes as the Obama administration is drawing up its policy on negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear programme, UN officials said Iran had produced more nuclear material than previously thought.

They said Iran had now accumulated more than one tonne of low enriched uranium hexafluoride at a facility in Natanz. If such a quantity were further enriched it could produce more than 20kg of fissile material – enough for a bomb.

“It appears that Iran has walked right up to the threshold of having enough low enriched uranium to provide enough raw material for a single bomb,” said Peter Zimmerman, a former chief scientist of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

The new figures come in a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog, released on Thursday.

This revealed that Iran’s production of low enriched uranium had previously been underestimated.

When the agency carried out an annual stocktaking of Natanz in mid-November Iran had produced 839 kg of low enriched uranium hexafluoride – more than 200kg more than previously thought.

Tehran then produced an additional 171 kg by the end of January.

“It’s sure as hell certain that if they didn’t have it [enough] when the IAEA took these measurements, they will have it in a matter of weeks,” Mr Zimmerman said.

Iran’s success in reaching such a “breakout capacity” – a stage which would allow it to produce enough fissile material for a bomb in a matter of months – crosses a “red line” that for years Israel has said it would not accept.

However, UN officials emphasise that in order to produce fissile material Iran would have to reconfigure its Natanz plant to produce high enriched uranium rather than low enriched uranium – a highly visible step that would take months – or to shift its stockpile to another clandestine site.

No such sites have been proved to exist, although for decades Iran hid evidence of its nuclear programme.

A senior UN official added that countries usually waited until they had an enriched uranium stockpile sufficient for several bombs before proceeding to develop fissile material. But he conceded that Iran now had enough enriched uranium for one bomb.

“Do they have enough low enriched uranium to produce a significant quantity [enough high enriched uranium for a bomb]?” he asked. “In theory this is possible, [although] with the present configuration at Natanz it isn’t.”

David Albright, the head of the Institute for Science and International Security, said: ““If Iran did decide to build nuclear weapons, it’s entering an era in which it could do so quickly.”

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Soviet Russia building nuclear reactor in Iran

Soviet Russia is back and better than ever. Well, somewhat. They still have some work to do to become a dominant world power instead of just a regional power. But this is a start.

Russia is building a nuclear reactor in a power plant in Bushehr, Iran. The plan is to have the plant up and running by year's end. But what does this mean? Is this just a ploy to help Iran's making of a nuclear bomb, or is it only for power? It is hard to say.

Russia has made some critical moves to get back to a world power in the past few months. Russia has become closer to Cuba again and sent some Soviet era battle ships to the Caribbean Sea. Now they are helping Iran.

Is the Cold War over? Or, has it just cooled off?

America now has a new president and this president wants to become friends with every country in the world. He wants to become friendly with the Middle East. He wants "world peace." He wants what Jimmy Carter wants. Haha. Carter said that Hamas is just "misunderstood."

IN THE NEWS:
International Herald Tribune: Russia to start Iran nuclear power plant by year end

Obama Wants To Rid World Of Nuclear

(picture by Paul E Nunn)

Obama says time to rid world of nuclear weapons

From Alexander Mooney, CNN
Wed July 16, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday said he wants to rid the world of nuclear weapons and pledged to fight emerging threats posed by biological and cyber-terrorism.

Sen. Barack Obama joins in a roundtable discussion on national security Wednesday at Purdue University.

"It's time to send a clear message to the world: America seeks a world with no nuclear weapons," the White House hopeful said.

"As long as nuclear weapons exist, we'll retain a strong deterrent. But we'll make the goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons a central element in our nuclear policy."

The remarks, delivered at Purdue University in Indiana before a roundtable discussion with foreign policy experts, come as the senator from Illinois is preparing for a trip abroad. Obama also is seeking to gain traction on national security issues.

In a fact sheet distributed to reporters, Obama's campaign said he will work to eliminate all nuclear weapons, but will not commit the United States to giving them up while other states retain them.

Going after one of John McCain's signature issues, the war in Iraq, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said invading the country after the September 11, 2001, attacks has allowed other emerging threats to develop.

"Instead of taking aggressive steps to secure the world's most dangerous technology, we have spent almost a trillion dollars to occupy a country in the heart of the Middle East that no longer had any weapons of mass destruction," he said.

"It's time to update our national security strategy to stay one step ahead of the terrorists -- to see clearly the emerging threats of our young century and to take action to make the American people more safe and secure.

"It's time to look ahead -- at the dangers of today and tomorrow rather than those of yesterday. America cannot afford another president who doesn't understand the threats that confront us now and in the future," he said.

Obama, who plans to visit Europe and the Middle East this month, said nuclear terrorism is "the gravest danger we face," and said he would seek to rally international support to place increased pressure on Iran and North Korea over their apparent nuclear ambitions.

"Both of these nations have a history of support for terror," he said. "Both should face strong and increasing sanctions if they refuse to verifiably abandon their illicit nuclear programs. And both demand sustained, aggressive and direct diplomatic attention from the United States, and that's what I'll provide as president."

The presidential candidate also pledged to protect the country from the threat of biological and cyber attacks.

"We know that the successful deployment of a biological weapon -- whether it is sprayed into our cities or spread through our food supply -- could kill tens of thousands of Americans and deal a crushing blow to our economy," he said.

The campaign also said Obama will seek to secure all nuclear weapons materials in four years and to increase funding by $1 billion a year to make sure nuclear weapons are removed from vulnerable sites around the world.

The scene of Obama's remarks was no accident -- Indiana is a state that has long voted Republican in presidential elections but one the Democrat's campaign is hoping to make competitive this cycle. Taking part in the roundtable discussion with Obama was Indiana's Democratic U.S. senator, Evan Bayh, a popular figure from a powerful political family.

Obama also went out of his way to praise Indiana's other senator, Republican Dick Lugar. The two teamed up in the Senate on legislation seeking to curb the threat of loose nuclear weapons.

Former Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia also joined Obama in the discussion. Nunn is considered one of the most respected Democratic voices on national security issues and, along with Bayh, is said to be on Obama's short list for vice president.

Shortly after Obama concluded his remarks, the McCain campaign released a letter signed by 10 retired admirals and generals touting the senator from Arizona's national security credentials.

"This country has learned the peril of treating terrorists and their state sponsors as little more than a law enforcement problem," the letter said. "We are unanimous in our view that the failures of the past should not be repeated, and we believe that John McCain's long record of national service, and his demonstrated judgment on matters of national security, make clear who can best defend this country abroad, and assure peace and prosperity at home."

The retired military officials who signed the letter were Navy Adm. Ronald J. Hays, Navy Adm. James L. Holloway, Navy Adm. Jerome L. Johnson, Marine Corps. Gen. P.X. Kelley, Army Gen. James J. Lindsay, Air Force Gen. John Michael Loh, Navy Adm. Leighton W. Smith, Army Gen. Carl Stiner, Coast Guard Vice Adm. Donald C. "Deese" Thompson and Coast Guard Vice Adm. Howard B. Thorsen.