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Better than "law of the jungle" !
Khan was out of control...I wonder how many more of people like him are out there? I sure he is not the only one. Now 30 countires involed.
South Africa Reports Critical Stage in Nuclear Black Market Probe
Marlene Smith
Vienna
15 Sep 2004, 14:07 UTC
South Africa has told the International Atomic Energy Agency it has carried out raids to secure nuclear equipment and documents that authorities believe were part of a global black market, selling weapons designs to countries like Libya.
The South African government began investigating the illicit smuggling network run by Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Quadeer Khan last year with the help of information provided by Libya.
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He told reporters that as many as 30 countries, many European, could have been involved in the network under investigation for supplying Libya, Iran, and North Korea with nuclear technology.
snip, this is a lot of stuff
Mr. Minty said police raids discovered 11 shipping containers of components associated with a centrifuge uranium-enrichment plant as well as instrumentation and documents. The equipment was seized and placed under IAEA seals
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=8A9A4BA2-D5F5-4A4F-8D9329DCF73461AC&title=South%20Africa%20Reports%20Critical%20Stage%20in%20Nuclear%20Black%20Market%20Probe
"I am very glad to hear that you and Keith are making good progress. Almost there... Yah!
Continued prayers for a smooth and safe final leg of your journey."
Ditto...ongoing prayers...
THANK YOU DC that's a very good find.
bump!
Any idea where Khan is, now?
his friendly neighbor was A.Q. Khan, father of the Pakistani nuclear program,...Khans are a busy little bunch...
The nuclear club is growing out of control
Sep 16, 2004
What're we going to do when everyone has a nuclear weapon? Well, OK, not everyone, but, say, twice as many countries as have them now? Short answer: America will need to reassess its national security situation.
The "nuclear club" contains seven acknowledged members: the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, India, and Pakistan, plus an eighth unacknowledged member, Israel. And since 2002, it's been apparent North Korea has a nuke or three. And now come reports that South Korea has been working on a nuclear program since 1982.
John Blackton, a longtime foreign-affairs hand who once oversaw aid to anti-Soviet forces in Afghanistan while operating from Pakistan-where his friendly neighbor was A.Q. Khan, father of the Pakistani nuclear program-suggests that the South Koreans might not have actually built nukes, out of deference to the U.S. But, Blackton continues, the South Koreans, ever mindful of the threat from the North, "are not going to get caught flat-footed." That is, the Seoul government, sitting atop the world's 11th largest economy, is able to assemble A-weapons on a moment's notice.
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-vppin163972591sep16,0,5921309.column?coll=ny-news-columnists
Off-topic- kudoes to Free Republic sleuths!
This is an excerpt from a posting I just saw at rumormillnews:
"Yes, the Washington Post, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal belatedly advanced the story. But they weren't by any means the chief agents of the allegations' demolition. That credit goes to America's "citizen journalists" - the amateur sleuths who are sitting in their homes and pounding out web logs, exposing what they see as the institutional biases of the Establishment media.
Seventy years ago, the celebrated American commentator A.J. Liebling wrote that "freedom of the press belongs to those who own one". Now, thanks to the internet, everyone does, and politics and the media can never be the same again.
The flap over Bush's purported service records explains why.
No sooner had Dan Rather broadcast images of the documents than a poster at the right wing bulletin board FreeRepublic noted that the typeface was that of a modern personal computer, not a 70s-era typewriter.
Other posters piled on, bringing their own multiple varieties of expertise. The memos weren't in standard US Air Force format and the paper wasn't Pentagon-issue size. One of the commanding officers supposedly critical of Bush's performance had retired from the service 18 months earlier. Other documents, official ones, were available for downloading that further contradicted the forgeries' timeline.
Rather and CBS reacted angrily. Who were these people to question Murrow's heir, a network exec sneered? Why, nothing more than strange little men who sit at home and "write in their pyjamas".
It did no good; the flap refused to subside. Powered by the internet, it expanded.
Bloggers and FreeRepublic-types checked the credentials of the one expert CBS quoted as confirming that its documents were genuine. He turned out to be not only unqualified but something of a nut. Show him a woman's signature, he had written, and he could tell if she was likely to be good in bed.
As news organisations joined the hunt, the pyjama-clad legion set the pace. Who manufactured the damning documents and why? Tapping into the internet's wealth of public records and old news stories, they soon established a network of personal connections leading straight back to Rather."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3592355&thesection=news&thesubsection=dialogue
My time is about up here at the library. :(
Does anyone here know who this freeper is?
"a poster at the right wing bulletin board FreeRepublic noted that the typeface was that of a modern personal computer, not a 70s-era typewriter."
Could someone ping him/her with a congrats?
Thank you!
The freeper was Buckhead
Buckhead
Thanks godzilla---congrats to Buckhead for a job well done!
Yep, and a lot of those not paying attention are the Democrats, sadly for them.
Thanks for bringing the trackingterrrorism post to us!
Excellent billboard. Praying for you to reach your destination safely. It's no fun moving anyway, let alone obstacles like large trucks and hills to climb.
This is nerver wracking. It is hard to figure who he thinks the terrorist are. You know we have that one guy they want and WILL NOT turn him over to them.
Russia Will Strike First in Fight Against Terrorists, Putin Says
Anya Ardeyeva
Moscow
17 Sep 2004, 17:29 UTC
AP
Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning of preemptive strikes on terrorists. His announcement came shortly after prominent Chechen warlord, Shamil Basayev, claimed responsibility for the bloody school siege in Beslan two weeks ago. More than 320 hostages were killed in the siege.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments are the highest-level warning that Russia might launch pre-emptive strikes on terrorists.
Speaking in Moscow on Friday, the Russian leader said serious preparation to act preventively against terrorists is under way. If taken, the measures would be in strict accordance with the law and norms of the constitution and rely on international law, he said. Mr. Putin didn't specify whether attacks would happen at home or abroad.
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=AB55EA64-088B-4575-BB356164E6AD8BED&title=Russia%20Will%20Strike%20First%20in%20Fight%20Against%20Terrorists%2C%20Putin%20Says%20
RUSSIA... ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1219027/posts
Americans reveal Russian MiGs in Venezuela
LENTY.RU ^ | September 17th, 2004
Posted on 09/17/2004 10:21:22 AM PDT by struwwelpeter
15:21 2004-09-17
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1219009/posts
Al Gore, lookin' scary in Russia
AP Photos
Posted on 09/17/2004 10:07:04 AM PDT by Jhensy
Not just looking scary, but very bloated.
Where are the daily stories from embedded reporters or are they all gone? It seems to me there is much to report each and every day from various locations in Iraq. It doesn't matter how mundane the story may be, but soldiers and support personnel deserve to have their stories told - one by one would be an interesting start and help Americans to understand and visibly see that change in Iraq is the best thing for the Iraqis and that at least some of the citizens there are indeed appreciative of the help we give them. Friends and loved ones of our military and support personnel deserve better reporting on the war and get zilch from our media other than what headlines are routinely released.
Our soldiers need all the support we can give them and our media have failed miserably to do their part to tell the world we are Americans fighting to make the world a better place to live in. Instead our own networks promulgate America as deserving no respect for trying to rid the world of terrorists and despots who killed thousands of innocent people. With CBS dishing out anti-Bush propaganda and alleging it to be true, what can we expect from the rest of them? Even the talking head shows on Sunday mornings are evidenced with political slant instead of making valid points for debate without imbued political overtones.
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