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Iran has secret nuclear weapon plant
The Telegraph ^
| 12JUN06
| Con Coughlin
Posted on 06/11/2006 5:05:54 PM PDT by familyop
Fresh evidence has emerged that Iran is working on a secret military project to develop nuclear weapons that has not been declared to United Nations inspectors responsible for monitoring Iran's nuclear programme.
Experts working for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna are pressing the Iranians to make a full disclosure about a network of laboratories they have set up at a secret military base outside Teheran.
The project is codenamed Zirzamin 27, and its purpose is to enable the Iranians to undertake uranium enrichment to military standard. Zirzamin means "basement" in Farsi, which suggests the laboratories are located in an underground bunker, and 27 refers to the 27-year-old Iranian revolution.
Concerns over activity at Zirzamin 27 will be raised at this week's meeting of the agency's board of governors in Vienna, which starts today.
Suspicions have been growing that Iran has a secret military nuclear research programme since UN inspectors discovered particles of enriched uranium at a research complex at Lavizan, a military base on the outskirts of Teheran, in 2003. The Iranians agreed to allow IAEA inspectors to visit the complex but then destroyed it before they arrived.
Although IAEA officials do not know the precise location of Zirzamin 27, they have been given comprehensive details of its activities.
"This is a truly alarming development," said a Western diplomat working with the IAEA. "This new evidence indicates that the Iranians remain committed to developing nuclear weapons.''
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alteredtitle; axisofevil; enrichment; facility; iran; nuclear; on; plant; proliferation; terror; uranium; war; weapons; zirzamin27
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:05:55 PM PDT
by
familyop
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: familyop
Iran has secret nuclear weapon plant.
Sun rises in the East tomorrow.
To: familyop
"This new evidence indicates that the Iranians remain committed to developing nuclear weapons."
This is not even the half of it. Iran is much more closer than anyone thinks
An American Expat in Southeast Asia
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:09:32 PM PDT
by
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
To: familyop
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:09:36 PM PDT
by
null and void
(You see in others what you need to see most in yourself)
To: familyop
Well, as the diplomat said- it is alarming. But this alarm has been going off for some time now...and it seems everyone is asking for just five more minutes of sleep...
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:09:57 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve.)
To: Katatak
It's time to take the mullahs out because we are going to be target #1 right behind Israel.
To: Katatak
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:12:24 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(It wasn't the black guy after all - the dutch boy did it.)
To: Katatak
Yes, I'm sure "BUSH" is in charge of the IAEA.
Come ON the guy is a maroon!
/sarc
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:12:34 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Katatak
Get a GRIP.
Oh- and welcome to FR.
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:13:56 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve.)
To: null and void
ShazZam!
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:14:10 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
To: familyop
The project is codenamed Zirzamin 27 I'll bet that Israel has a more descriptive codename, like Melting Pot or Splatt, ,etc...
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:14:22 PM PDT
by
Mark
(REMEMBER: Mean spirited, angry remarks against my postings won't feed even one hungry child.)
To: Katatak
The Bush Administration leaks the info via media in a timely strategic way to cause alarm amongst the people and, hence, have another reason to begin another war...This must be the work of Karl Rove!
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:14:51 PM PDT
by
meyer
(A vote for amnesty is a vote against America.)
To: Katatak
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:19:17 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Either you're with us, or your with the terrorists." --pre-Roadmap President Bush)
To: Katatak
To: Deo volente
by the way...do you have the longitude and latitude for that site?
Please send it to the base commander at Vandenberg....
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:20:16 PM PDT
by
pointsal
(Q)
To: familyop
The Telegraph is a credible source. I think we can believe the specifics of this -- name of the project, location, etc.
But in line with Deo volente's comment, I don't think any of us are really surprised.
To: Lead Moderator
But they're so fun to play with.....
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:21:54 PM PDT
by
sissyjane
(Don't be stuck on stupid!)
To: sissyjane
To: StJacques
Agreed- and particularly when it's written by Con Coughlin- he's a pretty knowledgeable fellow.
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posted on
06/11/2006 5:23:41 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve.)
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