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A second Iranian nuclear facility has exploded, as diplomatic tensions rise
The Australian ^ | 11/30/11 | Sheera Frenkel

Posted on 11/30/2011 5:10:33 PM PST by Nachum

AN IRANIAN nuclear facility has been hit by a huge explosion, the second such blast in a month, prompting speculation that Tehran's military and atomic sites are under attack. Satellite imagery seen by The Times confirmed that a blast that rocked the city of Isfahan on Monday struck the uranium enrichment facility there, despite denials by Tehran.

(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2011; 201111; economy; engineers; exploded; facility; iran; iranian; isfahan; nuclear; oil
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To: Mariner
More than just the Iranians are spooked.

Well, Tom Cruise has been kind of missing lately.

81 posted on 11/30/2011 8:42:32 PM PST by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: Nachum

The Mossad working overtime.


82 posted on 11/30/2011 9:00:07 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Randy2u

Thank you for your suggestion. I might just pick up on your suggestion because I find that even here amongst fellow freepers there is a lot of misinformation and a lot they don’t consider or see/understand about the nuances of Iranian people and society and politics which is crucial to cracking that nut.

On the whole, even after all these years of mullahcracy and it’s non-stop anti-USA anti-west propaganda, as well as the public’s full understanding and knowledge of carter/brzezinki’s machinations in 1979 which left Iran in the state that it is today, the vast majority of Iranians even to this day are western oriented, pro USA, anti-islamist, secular-minded, and they seek freedom and democracy western style. They don’t hate USA. That’s a leftist media fabrication to advance their anti-Shah, pro-Mossadegh, anti-1953-CIA-plot, narrative. They use that narrative to shield carter/brzezinski from their eternally worst and eternally more wicked machination against Iran in 1979.


83 posted on 11/30/2011 9:15:07 PM PST by parisa
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To: Nachum

YES. This is amazing and wonderful.


84 posted on 11/30/2011 9:15:30 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: ImNotLying
More like Hillary told the military to do it.

The mullahs probably dissed her one too many times.

You know what they say about a woman scorned and no one scorns a woman like those mullahs.

Boom!

85 posted on 11/30/2011 9:31:45 PM PST by GBA (Natural Born American)
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To: lonevoice

Prayers for Israel. I wish that they did not have to stand alone to face the threat of a nuclear Iran or a Middle East that wants Israel gone from the face of the map. I can only hope that we are at least helping behind the scenes in a big way, but with the Obamanation at the helm, I have my doubts.


86 posted on 11/30/2011 10:58:54 PM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: Krankor
So Israel is blowing up Iranian nuclear plants and Iran is just sitting there taking it?

Iran is teetering on the brink of a revolution. Remember all the riots a year or two back when the government hiked the heavily-subsidized gasoline prices (equivalent to less than US$0.40 per gallon) a few cents).

The Israelis launching air strikes are one thing. Having their country so heavily infiltrated by the Mossad - to the point where heavily guarded military facilities are being taken out seemingly with impunity - is entirely another.

If the Ayatollahs and Imanutjob were to admit that sort of thing the already-spun up Iranian public would go absolutely nuts.
87 posted on 12/01/2011 3:03:05 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I am not convinced he cares a whit about our nation’s security, or Israel’s security.

WHY would a Radical Muslim playing President want to do anything except destroy Israel and the US?

You can't name ONE thing the Muslim is doing that will help the US, not ONE thing.

The DEMS set up the financial collapse and some of the REPUBS supported it. Who are the traitors AND who are the idiots? It makes little difference, they are destroying the US and you still don't have a clue that it is an organized conspiracy.

88 posted on 12/01/2011 4:07:52 AM PST by politicianslie (plug in RADICAL MUSLIM into Obama's idiotic actions and you can figure out his next moves)
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To: battlecry

It depends. The air-to-plasma (brightness) could be reduced with aerodynamic shaping and coatings. A cool trick to prevent cratering would be to have it explode just above the target. This would spread out its mass for instant heat conversion, i.e. a bigger explosion. That would instantly release all the projectile’s kinetic energy and vaporize it as well. Big boom, no crater, no residue.


89 posted on 12/01/2011 4:51:43 AM PST by Justa
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To: politicianslie

WTF? Did you understand what I said? Your bold faced font seems to attack me for no reason.


90 posted on 12/01/2011 5:29:36 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Nachum; Travis McGee; ASA Vet; BIGLOOK; LonePalm

This was a fairly serious industrial “accident”. Go to the linke below and check out the before and after satellite photos of Iran’s former nuclear plant.

The photos are at the end of the report. Besure to click the after view.

http://israelinsider.net/profiles/blogs/satellite-photos-recent-blast-in-iran-struck-isfahan-uranium-enri


91 posted on 12/01/2011 8:44:38 AM PST by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: Nachum

Who’s the idiot that put the Jiffy Pop in the microwave?


93 posted on 12/01/2011 4:54:07 PM PST by windsorknot
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