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ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=ahmadinejad

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http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/IRAN01257.xml

"BREAKING NEWS -- Iran Set to Try Space Launch"
By Craig Covault/Aviation Week & Space Technology

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Iran has converted its most powerful ballistic missile into a satellite launch vehicle. The 30-ton rocket could also be a wolf in sheep's clothing for testing longer-range missile strike technologies, Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine reports in its Jan. 29 issue."

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246958,00.html

"Report: Iran Preparing to Put Satellite in Orbit"
Friday, January 26, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The reported Iranian space launcher, which U.S. intelligence agencies believe to be a derivation of the Shahab 3 ballistic missile, has recently been assembled and "will liftoff soon" with a satellite, according to Iranian officials.

Western officials fear that the Iranian space vehicle could lead to upgrades in Iran's missile technology, eventually leading to an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a range capable of reaching Europe, Russia, China and India, the magazine reports.

"A reconnaissance satellite of reasonable performance should weigh about 300 kilograms [660 lb.]," says Uzi Rubin, the former head of the Israel Missile Defense Organization, in a report for The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. "Once Iran learns how to put 300 kilograms into earth orbit, it could adapt the satellite launcher into an ICBM that could drop more than 300 kilograms anywhere in the world.""

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Thank you piasa for the ping to this post.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/948088/posts?page=69#69

Pinggg ...
Senior U.S. State Department official resigns (January 26, 2007 - it's tomorrow there) http://english.people.com.cn/200701/26/eng20070126_344929.html

Robert G. Joseph, undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, has submitted his resignation to President George W. Bush, Associated Press reported Thursday... the senior U.S. arms control and security official resigned amid uncertainty about the future of negotiations to curb nuclear programs in Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the report said.

-----126 posted on 01/25/2007 6:40:10 PM PST by LurkedLongEnough

69 posted on 01/25/2007 7:39:09 PM PST by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)