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Diplomats: Iran expands enrichment facility
jpost.com ^ | 5/14/10 | ap

Posted on 05/14/2010 1:07:45 PM PDT by Nachum

Second "cascade" of centrifuges for enriching Uranium to critical 20% level ready to go online

VIENNA — Iran has set up new equipment that will allow it to boost its efficiency at enriching uranium at higher levels, diplomats said Friday. The move is likely to give the US more leverage with Russia and China in its push for new UN sanctions on Teheran.

Iran's clandestine enrichment activities were discovered eight years ago and have expanded since to encompass thousands of centrifuges churning out material enriched to 3.5 percent. But despite three rounds of Security Council sanctions meant to enforce demands of a freeze, Teheran moved to a new level in February, when it set up a small program to produce material enriched to near 20 percent.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: diplomats; enrichment; facility; iran

1 posted on 05/14/2010 1:07:46 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Looks like we are going to sit around and wait for those bastards to nuke us!


2 posted on 05/14/2010 1:09:11 PM PDT by ontap
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To: Nachum

Some day in the not too distant future, the US and Israel will look at each other and wish they’d done something to stop this.


3 posted on 05/14/2010 1:11:39 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (The 0bama regime represents an "Clear and Present Danger" to the US - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Some day in the not too distant future, the US and Israel will look at each other over the smoking ruins of their capitals and wish they’d done something to stop this.

Better.


4 posted on 05/14/2010 2:35:16 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Nachum

We know the Kenyan isn’t going to do anything, but what are the Israelis waiting for?


5 posted on 05/14/2010 5:52:58 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: tet68

Sadly, you are correct.


6 posted on 05/15/2010 6:44:27 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (The 0bama regime represents an "Clear and Present Danger" to the US - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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