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The Doomsday Scenario – A Nuclear Iran?
Accuracy in Media ^ | July 10, 2008 | KT McFarland

Posted on 07/12/2008 9:44:00 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Throughout the Cold War, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists kept a Doomsday Clock, monitoring how close they thought the world was to catastrophic nuclear destruction, measured as ‘minutes from midnight.' This week Iran tested its first nuclear-capable, long-range missile and moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock a little closer to disaster.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aim; armageddonclock; doomsdayclock; geopolitics; iran; iraniannukes; nuclear; nucleariran; nukes; proliferation; straitsofhormuz; wot
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Iranian Missile Test Moves Doomsday Clock Closer to Midnight

1 posted on 07/12/2008 9:44:01 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; Allegra; SandRat; tobyhill; G8 Diplomat; Dog; Cap Huff; ...

fyi


2 posted on 07/12/2008 9:45:41 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: All
Related thread:

Iran ready to strike at Israel’s nuclear heart

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The Sunday Times ^ | June 29, 2008 | Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv

Posted on Sat 28 Jun 2008 05:52:06 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Iran has moved ballistic missiles into launch positions, with Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant among the possible targets, defence sources said last week.

The movement of Shahab-3B missiles, which have an estimated range of more than 1,250 miles, followed a large-scale exercise earlier this month in which the Israeli air force flew en masse over the Mediterranean in an apparent rehearsal for a threatened attack on Iran’s nuclear installations. Israel believes Iran’s nuclear programme is aimed at acquiring nuclear weapons.

The sources said Iran was preparing to retaliate for any onslaught by firing missiles at Dimona, where Israel’s own nuclear weapons are believed to be made.

Major-General Mohammad Jafari, the commander of the Revolutionary Guard, told a Tehran daily: “This country [Israel] is completely within the range of the Islamic Republic’s missiles. Our missile power and capability are such that the Zionist regime – despite all its abilities – cannot confront it.”

An editorial in a government newspaper, Jomhouri Eslami, said: “Our response will hit right at their temple.”

The sabre-rattling coincided with a visit to Israel yesterday by the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, for talks with his Israeli opposite number, Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi. This intensified speculation that Israel was seeking US approval for a possible attack on Iran.

3 posted on 07/12/2008 9:55:56 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: All; Chode

4 posted on 07/12/2008 9:57:31 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

It is 5 minutes to midnight according to the doomsday clock, but it seems to rank climate change and carbon footprints right up there with a nuclear Iran. When Algore runs the doomsday clock, it begins to lose its meaning.


5 posted on 07/12/2008 10:04:19 AM PDT by Sender (Never lose your ignorance; you can never regain it!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

This week Iran tested its first nuclear-capable, long-range missile and moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock a little closer to disaster.

If Obama gets elected, it'll move even closer to disaster. 11:04:08 -- hey, that IS pretty close to midnight! Lol
6 posted on 07/12/2008 11:07:22 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Remember the days when these sorts of things were presumed to have integrity?

These days people are willing to boldly and obviously lie about the color of the sky if it suits their agenda.


7 posted on 07/12/2008 11:27:57 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

These are not Atomic Scientists and should be ignored.

8 posted on 07/12/2008 11:36:08 AM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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To: RightWhale
These are not Atomic Scientists and should be ignored.

Their collective IQ is about the size of an atom.
9 posted on 07/12/2008 11:49:11 AM PDT by Deo volente
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Filed.


10 posted on 07/12/2008 12:15:27 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Duncan Hunter was our best choice...Now we are left with a bunch of idiots.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

We’re not dealing with rational people.
Iran is a problem that needs to be eliminated-asap.I’m inclined to believe if they acquire or are able to develop their own nukes-they’ll use them.I don’t think they appreciate the concept of “mutually assured destruction”.


11 posted on 07/12/2008 1:27:50 PM PDT by Thombo2
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
absolutely...
12 posted on 07/12/2008 1:28:18 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©® - CTHULHU/NYARLATHOTEP'08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
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To: RightWhale
These are not Atomic Scientists and should be ignored.

Hello again.

I was just wondering if you would perhaps indulge everyone and just let us hear you say once again that there 'is no crisis' so far as Iran is concerned?

Thank you, and have a nice weekend.
13 posted on 07/12/2008 5:07:04 PM PDT by mkjessup
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Doomsday Scenario – A Nuclear Iran?

Doomsday for Iran, perhaps.

14 posted on 07/12/2008 9:44:38 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (maybe apes evolved from people.)
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To: Thombo2
Oh I think they appreciate it, alright. It is just that "assured destruction" sounds so wonderful that they accept the "mutual" as a minor price, and the whole seems to rhyme with "paradise".
15 posted on 07/13/2008 2:25:36 PM PDT by JasonC
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