Posted on 07/29/2008 7:46:32 PM PDT by nuconvert
'Secret N-plant Discovered at Al-Zarqan Area'
July 29, 2008
Arab Times
Al-Seyassah
KUWAIT CITY -- A secret nuclear bomb manufacturing center at Al-Zarqan Area in Al-Ahwaziya Region, which was first established in 2000, was discovered recently, highly reliable sources told Al-Seyassah. Sources from Al-Ahwaziya claimed Tehran has started building a secret nuclear plant for manufacturing atomic bombs in Al-Zarqan Area near Al-Ahwaz City in southwest Iran and its border with Iraq.
Sources said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is not aware of this plant since it was not included in negotiations with Iran held in Geneva at the beginning of this month. Sources revealed Iran started implementing the project some time between 2000 and 2003, which led to the evacuation of a large number of Arab tribes from the area to Al-Zarqan. Sources added the Tehran administration vacated the location, destroyed all the houses, wells and farms, and started full implementation of the project in 2007.
Disclosing Tehran directed international A-bomb inspectors to other places, sources warned the project poses a very serious threat to international security. Sources affirmed the Iranian authorities built a three-meter high wall around the project site, which allegedly measures thousands of kilometers.
Sources added IAEA inspectors focused on other Iranian nuclear plants, such as Dour Khawain in Al-Ahwaz and Bu Shahri reactor, because the Iranian government diverted the international media’s attention from the secret nuclear plant. Sources asserted the Iranian government is currently working on another nuclear program touted to be more dangerous than Bu Shahri.
Intensified
According to sources, intensified security efforts raised doubts on the legality of the activities in the area, especially after observing a heavy presence of Revolutionary Guards which, sources pointed out, indicates the importance of the area.
Reportedly, Al-Ahwaziya - an Islamic Sunni organization - in coordination with National Society for Arabstan State, started investigations on the activities in the area. The organization allegedly received documents from the company in charge of the project that frequently transports employees to and from the project site. After a thorough investigation, sources said the organization uncovered plans of the Iranian regime to build an A-bomb plant in the area. Attached with a report about the alleged plant are documents from the office of the assistant of Revolutionary Guard Chief in Al-Ahwaz City Brigadier Hassan Jalaliyan — dated April 7, 2008 — and stamped as “highly confidential”. Sources revealed ‘Al-Zarqan Nuclear Reactor’ was the subject of a letter from Jalaliyan to the manager of Mehab Qudus Company for Construction and Supervisory, Mohammed Kayafir.
In the letter, Jalaliyan allegedly asked Kayafir to secretly transport the construction materials from the warehouse to the nuclear reactor center, emphasizing that citizens should not question the purpose and destination of the materials.
Recruit
Jalaliyan has also instructed Kayafir not to recruit Arabic-speaking workers from Khuzestan for the construction of Al-Zarqan Nuclear Reactor. He said employees, including the administration staff, should all be recruited from the northern parts of the country. National Society for Arabstan State took satellite pictures of the location, which looked perfect for the construction of a nuclear reactor. It is near Karoon River which, sources say, will provide water for the project in addition to increasing the capacity of Al-Zarqan Power Plant. The site is more suitable for building a nuclear reactor than Bu Shahri, which is close to American bases and Dour Khuwain Plant located in an open area and an easy target. Al-Zarqan Nuclear Reactor is in the middle of very highly populated areas, making it a very difficult target due to a possibility that the Iranian authorities will use civilians as human shields.
Iranian authorities had also closed the main road between the plant and Karoon River to install main water pipes, sources added.
This song is just for the insane Mullahs and insane Islamofacist thugs in charge of Iran:
My secret love is no secret any more!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XE4IwzETxU
It’s a secret - go figure.
Using Google Earth and the photo of the supposed area provided with the story originating in the Arab media....I went to the city described and then searched along the river (needed for cooling) for area using an overlay.
Once I found the exact area, Google Earth displays the coordinates in the lower left hand corner.
My point is....looking at the area through Google Earth, there is nothing there that hints at a nuclear facility unless it is underground (and save having a power plant nearby, there is nothing that hints at that).
Google Earth’s lag(time) is not that bad.
I dont see anything there...is this a story spun up by Iranian Arabs in order to hype America or Israel into a strike against the Iranian Persians?
Is this just a matter of the image provided by the Arab media being incorrect?
I you look along the lower left (through google earth) of the supposed location, you do indeed see an area that appears to have had structures removed. However, there is no indication of a wall around the area or any demoloition or construction taking place. No piping to the river which could’ve long since been underway. Nobody guarding the area etc, etc.
Am I to believe Google Earth snapped a shot between demolition and construction?
I’m not saying the story is BS but I’d like to see something other than clear, unoccupied land before I go for a Nuke construction site.
Yup, that’s a theory too.
IMO, if true, such a facility that close to Iraq would be either to provoke and bait, or to mask something else.
‘Secret N-plant Discovered at Al-Zarqan Area’
That’s Monday’s headline.
Wednesday’s headline SHOULD read:
‘Smoking Crater Observed at Al-Zarqan Area’”
Anything here tied to Olmert’s announcement which should have been made at 10 AM pacific time today???
“N-plant”? Nuclear is now the n-word?
Does Jesse Jackson know?
Bushear is closer to American aircraft carriers in the gulf than this site is to the Iraq border.
I dont see what it could mask.
The date on that image is September 3, 2006.
The question then becomes...how backdated is the Google Earth shot?
y’okay.
I think the satellite photo is dated 9/3/06.
Take a look at the very bottom of the image, just slightly to the right. The date is there, and to the left of that is the latitude, longitude and elevation info. On the far right is the altitude of the shot.
Thanks.
Then I reckon we need something up to date.
You ever get the feeling that the US doesn’t know that we’re at war with Iran?
I'm guessing they don't make "N-words" at an "N-Plant"...
How about this: 31°22’36.75”N 48°42’20.37”E Industrial Buildings
and
31°22’25.54”N 48°43’36.94”E Round emplacements
Near the river, near the airstrip.
I mean there are locations all up and down that river. I cant go off of supposition (especially considering my untrained eye). I’m going off of the site identified by the arabs.
The location identified has been cleared since at least September of 06 (a year) yet they’re supposedly just now giving the order to build.
I dunno.
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