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If you live in or near a nuclear target area then learn when to evacuate. The nuclear targets map shown bellow is based on a number of factors like military installations, nuclear weapons storage and silo locations, bases, cities, etc.. No doubt there are not all of them, as well as other probable strategic locations, but it’s simply food-for-thought. The primary targets will likely be military installations, while a secondary wave will broaden in scope. A third wave would likely involve strategic bombers mopping up what’s left and probably big cities. The first and second wave could be all over...

White House insider report "October Surprise" imminent According to White House and Washington Beltway insiders, the Bush administration, worried that it could lose the presidential election to Senator John F. Kerry, has initiated plans to launch a military strike on Iran's top Islamic leadership, its nuclear reactor at Bushehr on the Persian Gulf, and key nuclear targets throughout the country, including the main underground research site at Natanz in central Iran and another in Isfahan. Targets of the planned U.S. attack reportedly include mosques in Tehran, Qom, and Isfahan known by the U.S. to headquarter Iran's top mullahs. The Iran...

<p>Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday a classified Pentagon report reviewing U.S. options for the use of nuclear weapons was simply "sound, military, conceptual planning" and not a precursor to any imminent U.S. action.</p> <p>Mr. Powell discussed the secret document on the CBS "Face the Nation" program after the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that the Defense Department study outlined a contingency plan to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries — China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Libya and Syria.</p>