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Report: In Devastating Blow, Israel Sets Back Iran's Nuke Program Two Years
https://pjmedia.com ^ | 07.07.2020 | P. DAVID HORNIK

Posted on 07/07/2020 2:49:45 PM PDT by rxsid

Report: In Devastating Blow, Israel Sets Back Iran's Nuke Program Two Years

The last couple of weeks have seen a string of apparent sabotage incidents in Iran. Questions about them abound. Possible answers are intriguing to say the least.

Probably the most significant attack came early Thursday morning at Natanz, when, as the New York Times reported:

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A Middle Eastern intelligence official…said the blast was caused by an explosive device planted inside the facility. The explosion, he said, destroyed much of the aboveground parts of the facility where new centrifuges…are balanced before they are put into operation….

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Instead, Iran appears to be facing a more dismal prospect. On Monday, Israel’s Channel 12 News said the “attack on the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran, credited to Israel, had managed to set back Tehran’s uranium enrichment program by two years, citing Western intelligence estimates.”

Channel 12 also said Israel’s Mossad had “recently foiled planned or attempted Iranian attacks on Israeli diplomatic missions in Europe and elsewhere,” and that “frustration is growing fast in Iran.”

And what of the other incidents? The biggest of them, which came on June 26, was a huge blast at Iran’s secret Parchin nuclear complex. Breaking Defense reported that the explosion “destroyed big parts” of the facility

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: centrifuges; iran; iraq; irgc; israel; israeliran; isreal; jerusalem; kaboom; letshavejerusalem; natanz; nuclear; parchin; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; tehran; waronterror
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1 posted on 07/07/2020 2:49:45 PM PDT by rxsid
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To: rxsid

Oops


2 posted on 07/07/2020 2:52:20 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: rxsid

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3862412/posts?page=17#17
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3 posted on 07/07/2020 2:55:55 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: gandalftb

This reads like a Vince Flynn Book.


4 posted on 07/07/2020 2:57:51 PM PDT by Metrobank
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To: rxsid

Here’s a better look at the complete damage:
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https://twitter.com/mhmiranusa/status/1279676101992873985/photo/1


5 posted on 07/07/2020 2:59:13 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: gandalftb

So Iran has another problem. Is Iran finally admitting they are making nuclear weapons? I thought they denied enriching uranium for decades now.


6 posted on 07/07/2020 3:02:05 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Metrobank

Or a Daniel Silva book


7 posted on 07/07/2020 3:02:57 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse (Nothing dies harder than a lie that people want to believe)
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To: rxsid

Hopefully so! And maybe the good Iranian people will in that time figure out how to take their country back from the Mad Muslim dictators and put it on a peaceful footing again.


8 posted on 07/07/2020 3:03:48 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, theyÂ’re excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: rxsid

Unconfirmed report that the building was not being just used for centrifuge assembly but was primarily for storage of UF6.
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They have been refining uranium ore, yellowcake for several years into UF6 to be further separated into U235 weapons grade.
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The blast destroyed about 80% of their stockpile of UF6. The blast would have contaminated the entire area with highly toxic and corrosive UF6. Any centrifuges in the building would now be useless.


9 posted on 07/07/2020 3:06:21 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: rxsid

John Kerry deeply saddened...


10 posted on 07/07/2020 3:11:57 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: rxsid

Democrats are outraged!


11 posted on 07/07/2020 3:12:06 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Metrobank

Our county library had two shelves full of his novels, enjoyed them all, starting with a copy of The Avaitors I found in the used books at the SA store.


12 posted on 07/07/2020 3:15:20 PM PDT by W. (What, me worry?)
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To: rxsid

Achmed, stop downloading porn!!!!


13 posted on 07/07/2020 3:15:58 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: W.

Aviators. Stupid brain!


14 posted on 07/07/2020 3:17:54 PM PDT by W. (What, me worry?)
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To: gandalftb

good

how the heck do they do these things?

I read that The Great One had sanctioned explosive devices being put on USSR oil pipelines throughout those years and it made life difficult for folks there.

I guess there are enough people that can be bought

Unfortunately it goes both ways.


15 posted on 07/07/2020 3:27:48 PM PDT by dp0622 (TRUMP!)
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To: rxsid

Now we understand why the Democrat Party hates Israel so much. The Democrat Party are the best friend of Iran and will do whatever is needed to support their efforts to destroy the present American Government. They would be more than happy to become a loyal vassal government to the Iranians once they achieve a complete overthrow of the present American government.


16 posted on 07/07/2020 3:29:34 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: faithhopecharity

I think there are an abundance of good Iranian people who would like nothing more than to take their country back from the Mullahs. If Trump is re-elected and keeps the pressure on, and Israel does their Mossad thing, the time for Iran’s liberation will come.


17 posted on 07/07/2020 3:33:25 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is More often surrendered than seized.)
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To: gandalftb

UF6 (uranium hexafloride) is VERY toxic

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_hexafluoride


18 posted on 07/07/2020 3:34:30 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...A Middle Eastern intelligence official…said the blast [at Natanz] was caused by an explosive device planted inside the facility. The explosion, he said, destroyed much of the aboveground parts of the facility where new centrifuges…are balanced before they are put into operation...
We turned Qasem Soleimani into kebab bits, and reimpose sanctions, and move our embassy, and meanwhile Israeli intelligence sneaks in and steals files, and sneaks in *again* and plants an explosive...

19 posted on 07/07/2020 3:40:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: rxsid

I’d guess they intercepted a material shipment bound for the faculty and replaced it with an explosive device.


20 posted on 07/07/2020 3:42:20 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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