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Note: The following text is a quote: NEWS ARTICLE ‘No Doubt’ New Iranian Nuke Facility is ‘Illicit,’ Gates Concludes By Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2009 – Revelations that Iran has covertly been building an underground nuclear-fuel processing plant belie the Iranian-government’s denials that it is attempting to develop nuclear weapons, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on the Sunday TV talk show circuit today. “We’ve been watching the construction of this facility for quite some time and one of the reasons that we’ve waited to make it public was to ensure that our conclusions...

The United States and five other world powers are planning to demand what they call "unfettered access" to Iran's new nuclear facility. A senior U.S. official, who refused to be named, says the United States and other world powers will also demand Iran turn over within weeks other information it has been withholding on its nuclear program. Diplomats from the U.S. and the five other powers - Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China - are scheduled to meet with an Iranian delegation in Geneva Tuesday. But even as world powers increase the pressure on Iran about its nuclear ambitions, Iran's...

Russian authorities in Sverdlovsk Oblast recently arrested three heavily armed Chechans who were carrying a security pass giving them access to a nuclear weapons center.Russia's government owned newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported last week that the Chechans carried an AK-47 assault rifle with a silencer, two pistols, eight grenades, 400 grams of plastic explosive, detonators, and remote controlled triggers.The pass gave the three men access to the closed city of Lesnoy, where Russia produces nuclear warheads.Authorities first thought the pass had been forged. But later investigation showed it to be authentic. It was issued to Roman Tasukhanov, whose father served in...