Posted on 06/18/2004 10:14:44 AM PDT by wmichgrad
NEW YORK — Satellite photos of two locations in Iran show the nation may be continuing to pursue and hide a program to produce nuclear weapons, images obtained exclusively by Fox News show.
One site at Natanz appears to show a hidden uranium enrichment plant, possibly surrounded by defense fortifications capable of thwarting an attack. The other site, Arak, is a heavy water facility used to make plutonium.
The two sites together could be capable of building atomic bombs. "You have to conclude this is not part of an energy program, this is part of a weapons program," John Pike, the founder of Globalsecurity.org , told Fox News.
Iran — one of three nations President Bush labeled as part of an "axis of evil" in 2003 — has come under heavy criticism by the international community for not doing away completely with its nuclear program, which has been under investigation for nearly two decades.
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Axis of Evil bump!
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Iran razed nuclear sites: US (VERY IMPORTANT/PASS AROUND)
AFP ^ | Jun 18, 2004 | AF
Posted on 06/18/2004 4:36:04 AM PDT by faludeh_shirazi
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1155784/posts
Good news! More potential targets for the Israeli Air Force to deal with.....
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