| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 |
| The axis of uh-oh |
Bush mentioned two members of the so-called "axis of evil" in his state of the union speech: Iraq, which had no weapons of mass destruction, and Iran, which he hopes will one day be our friend (oh, sweet democracy! How you encourage populations alien to us to elect terrorist groups and Islamist radicals!) He left out North Korea, perhaps because really, what else is there to say...
Back to Iran. The country that actually is interested in nuclear technology (for energy or for bombs, depending...) has taken another step in the scare the world shitless direction:
The United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog has confirmed Iran has begun preparing for nuclear enrichment, which can make fuel for bombs, and continues to hinder a probe of unanswered questions about Iran's atomic aims.
In a confidential report to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) 35-nation board of governors, the agency says Iran has not yet begun uranium enrichment itself but has started renovation work at its Natanz enrichment site.
"Substantial renovation of the gas handling system is underway at the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) at Natanz," the report said, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters.
Iran has said it will begin small-scale enrichment and the IAEA said earlier this month that Iran had broken UN seals on atomic equipment. Meanwhile, Tehran's friends in Moscow have a new toy as the Truckin' blog points out...
Tags: Iran, Nukes |
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