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Tehran plans a nuclear weapons test before March 20, 2006 ...
Debkafile ^ | 2006-01-22T09:30 (GMT+02:00) | [unattributed]

Posted on 01/22/2006 10:01:31 AM PST by Boundless

DEBKAfile’s Iranian sources add: FDI reporting has a reputation for credibility. ... For Israel, the timing is getting tight in view of its general election on March 28. Acting prime minister Ehud Olmert must take into account that a ruling party which allows an Iranian nuclear explosion to take place six days before the poll would draw painful punishment from the voter.

(Excerpt) Read more at debka.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2006; iaea; iran; israeli; march; nuclear; nuke; test
Debka weighs in today, which either discredits or confirms the March rumor. The rumor was reported in several threads yesterday (I'll post some links in another response).
1 posted on 01/22/2006 10:01:33 AM PST by Boundless
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To: Boundless

Links from yesterday:

Tehran planning nuke test by march
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562045/posts

Tehran plans nuclear weapon test by March
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561669/posts

Iran - Tehran plans nuclear weapon test by March
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561373/posts


2 posted on 01/22/2006 10:02:26 AM PST by Boundless
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To: Boundless
Their first and last test.
3 posted on 01/22/2006 10:03:15 AM PST by Supernatural (All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie! bob dylan)
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To: Boundless

Well lets hope it goes real good as in opps what happened to half of Iran


4 posted on 01/22/2006 10:03:52 AM PST by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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To: Boundless

It's hit or miss with Debka. Not really much credibility but they have been known to get it right a few times.


5 posted on 01/22/2006 10:04:21 AM PST by Shaun_MD (Peace isn't pretty and freedom isn't free)
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To: Boundless

And of course we have:

IAEA chief holding off Iran report until March ("Mohamed" ElBaradei cuts Iran slack)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562365/posts

There's that March date again.


6 posted on 01/22/2006 10:04:34 AM PST by Boundless
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To: Boundless
FDI reporting has a reputation for credibility....

Words never used when referring to DEBKA.

7 posted on 01/22/2006 10:06:31 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Boundless

I don't put much stock in DEBKA but this is perfectly believable. What is not believable is the estimates that year after year keep pushing Tehran's nuke-ready date farther into the future.


8 posted on 01/22/2006 10:08:25 AM PST by thoughtomator
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To: Boundless

Perhaps the most discrediting thing about these reports is
that simple A-bombs don't need testing.

The Hiroshima gun-type U238 bomb was never tested.
Only the Nagasaki plutonium implosion device was
tested.

So if Iran runs a test, it's either because they are
actually just sending a message, or they are trying
for a more sophisticated delivery device. In either
case, however, they blow off a major percentage of
their fissionable inventory.


9 posted on 01/22/2006 10:09:30 AM PST by Boundless
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To: Boundless

March is looking to be a most scary month. All of these different sources point to something big going down soon. I guess we'll know soon enough...


10 posted on 01/22/2006 10:10:17 AM PST by Shaun_MD (Peace isn't pretty and freedom isn't free)
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To: Shaun_MD
All of these different sources point to something big going down soon.

All these sources reading each other's stuff and jumping on the bandwagon.

I don't believe any of them.

11 posted on 01/22/2006 10:20:37 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Boundless

Anyone care to place bets as to the day the IAF initiates "OsirakII"?

I'll offer a window of a week either way of Iran's proposed Test Date.

Jack.


12 posted on 01/22/2006 11:37:38 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: Jack Deth

the betting pool is here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1538092/posts


13 posted on 01/22/2006 7:37:21 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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