Iran Ramps Up Uranium Enrichment

Announces Huge Enrichment Expansion In Defiance Of U.N. Demands

(CBS/AP) 
In the enrichment process, uranium gas is pumped into centrifuges, which spin and purify the gas. Enriched to a low degree, the result is fuel for a reactor, but to a high degree it creates the material for a nuclear warhead. The United States and its allies accuse Iran of seeking to develop weapons, a charge Tehran denies.

The announcement was a strong show of defiance to the United Nations, which imposed limited sanctions in December and strengthened them slightly last month because of Iran's refusal to suspend enrichment. The Security Council has set a deadline of late May for Iran to halt the program, warning it will gradually ratchet up the punishment.

Larijani warned that if the U.N. imposes further sanctions, Iran could reconsider how much it cooperates with the U.N. nuclear watchdog group under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, has been conducting inspections at Natanz and other nuclear sites.

"The European side has made the NPT ineffective by its behavior, but we are not interested in a such a thing. But when we face their harsh attitude, there is a possibility of making another decision under the pressure of the parliament," Larijani was quoted as saying on the state broadcasting company's Web site.

The Iranian parliament last year gave the government permission to reduce cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency in case of sanctions.

The move showed Iran was "definitively going in the wrong direction," said the Foreign Ministry in Germany, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union.

The Vienna-based IAEA had no immediate comment on Monday's announcement. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he hoped Iran would "engage in dialogue ... It is very important for any member country to fully comply with the Security Council resolution."

Larijani repeated Iran's stance that it is open to negotiations with the West and was willing to offer assurances that its program is peaceful. But he said the West must accept its nuclear program as a fact, rejecting a halt in enrichment as a precondition to talks.

So far, sanctions have been limited to a freeze of assets of some Iranian companies linked to Iran's nuclear and missile programs and a call for nations to ban travel by 15 Iranian security and government officials.

But Gen. Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard general who is on the U.N. list for travel restrictions, returned on Monday from a six-day visit to Russia and boasted his trip showed "the ineffectiveness of the resolution." Moscow confirmed the visit and said it was not obliged by the sanctions resolution to ban him from travel.

The ceremonies at Natanz appeared aimed at drumming up support at home for Iran's stance in the nuclear confrontation with the West. Across Iran, school bells rang on Monday to mark the "national day of nuclear energy."

Iran is also facing bitterness from Britain and the United States over its 13-day detention of 15 British sailors by Iran. The sailors, who were seized by Revolutionary Guards off the Iraqi coast, were released on Wednesday, but since then have said they were put under psychological pressure by their captors to force them to "confess" to being in Iranian waters when captured, angering many in Britain.

Ahmadinejad refrained from his firebrand rhetoric against the West and the United States in his speech at Natanz. He vowed the West would not stop Iran's right to develop nuclear energy but focused on touting its benefits — including the argument that it does not contribute to global warming.

David Albright, a former U.N. nuclear inspector, said 3,000 centrifuges would be enough to build a nuclear warhead within a year.

But "it would be very hard to believe" that Iran has been able to enlarge its centrifuge cascade so dramatically, he said. "It all hinges on whether Iran will be able to get the machines working together" at a constant rate.

Levi said Iran has only been able to run its two small cascades of 164 centrifuges "perhaps 20 percent of the time."

Both Levi and Albright said 3,000 centrifuges could not produce enough fuel to keep a single reactor going. "Iran would need approximately 25,000 of its centrifuges operating at one time to produce enough fuel for a single light water reactor," Levi said.

[toolmangler-2009]

"Iran poses no credible, unique threat to the Middle East or the world at large. With or without nukes, or Ahmadinejab."
"I offered the statement of fact that Ahmadinejab's claim that he wants to "wipe Israel off the map" is only referring to his desire for Israel to be decertified as a state (wiped off the map). Which would literally "wipe Israel off the map."
Posted by tuckerndfw at 04:58 PM : Apr 10, 2007

This is where you and I agree to disagree. Ahmadinejab may or may not want Jews eradicated but his bosses (the Clerics of Islam) do. It is my firm belief that Al Qaeda is after a nuclear bomb, (the more the better) and 'will' use them to attempt to destroy the Israel/Western society from the face of the Earth with the aim to replace it with their own brand of intolerance. It is their intention to force their conception of "Armegeddon" in other words force their God to step in and 'Annihilate'all non-muslim peoples.

[lars008-2009]

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

this one best fits muhammad and islam
Matthew 7:15 (Whole Chapter)
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matthew 24:11 (Whole Chapter)
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Matthew 24:24 (Whole Chapter)
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mark 13:22 (Whole Chapter)
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Luke 6:26 (Whole Chapter)
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Acts 13:6 (Whole Chapter)
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
2 Peter 2:1 (Whole Chapter)
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
1 John 4:1 (Whole Chapter)
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

[tuckerndfw]

The topic of this board is not Zionism, Israel, Christians, Jesus or anything related to the bible.

The topic is the alleged threat Iran poses to the world, specifically the Middle East.

On that basis, I offered the statement of fact that Ahmadinejab's claim that he wants to "wipe Israel off the map" is only referring to his desire for Israel to be decertified as a state (wiped off the map). Which would literally "wipe Israel off the map."

Ahmadinejab has never threatened Jews and poses no threat to Jews. Comparing him to Adolf Hitler is hysterical propanganda because Hitler was a Zionist and supported Israel.

Zionism is a subversive ideology to any nation other than Israel. Zionism relies primarily, if not exclusively, on lies and ignorance.

As demonstrated by the current lies being told about Ahmadinejab.

Iran poses no credible, unique threat to the Middle East or the world at large. With or without nukes, or Ahmadinejab.

[toolmangler-2009]

Since even the Romans acknowledge the existance of Jesus over 2000 years ago and Islam only goes back to mohammad 1400 years ago I prefer to go with the 'Original' not the 'johnny-come-lately' wannabe. My chosen Deity did something for me, He came and died for me and only 'asked' that I love him and take 'care' of the less fortunate not kill them if they didn't "kowtow".

[lars008-2009]

Where was Jesus born and to whom? An Arab? A Jew? A babylonian?
Posted by ToolMangler at 04:25 PM : Apr 10, 2007

yah.... lots of arab were named Jesus..........

[toolmangler-2009]

"It's unclear what you are attempting to prove, but according to Hebrew legends (no other sources) Israel existed from 1050 BCE to about 930 BCE, a period of 120 years."
Posted by tuckerndfw at 04:09 PM : Apr 10, 2007

Where was Jesus born and to whom? An Arab? A Jew? A babylonian?

[toolmangler-2009]

"I am an atheist and lifelong Texan."
"Amazing how the typical responses to facts about Zionism, Israel and Jews are insults."


Posted by tuckerndfw at 03:54 PM : Apr 10, 2007

Since I am not,I can forgive you for being an atheist.
As a Christian I was surprised by the vitriol of your heated response but not insulted. One persons view of "facts" are often colored by their perception of reality. Are you Aryian/White supremist? That might explain your responses, if not? I have no other explanation. Enlighten me!

[tuckerndfw]

Posted by ToolMangler at 04:00 PM : Apr 10, 2007

The original claim was that without Israel, Jews would not exist.

It's unclear what you are attempting to prove, but according to Hebrew legends (no other sources) Israel existed from 1050 BCE to about 930 BCE, a period of 120 years.

After which, Israel ceased to exist until 1948.

Demonstrating that the claim Israel's existence is related to, or essential to the existence of Jews is either an outright lie, or the person making the asssertion is ignorant.

Israel & Jews are totally unrelated in the existential sense. Neither is necessary for the other's existence.

[lars008-2009]

But for a Muslim to keep his word to an infidel at the expense of opportunities to expand Islamic power is the Islamic equivalent of a mortal sin.
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?6bdec278-6a71-4436-bc4d-29d1c54b0ad7

[toolmangler-2009]

C. 900 BCE: Israelite kingdom with capital at Jerusalem. First Temple built

586 BCE: destruction of First Temple, rebuilt in next century.

After 400 BCE: text of Jewish Bible ("Old Testament") reaches final form; much of it had originally been composed earlier.

70 CE: Romans destroy Second TempleBend of Jewish state until 1948. Jews remain in settlements throughout Roman Empire.

200-700 CE: "Talmudic period" orthodox Jewish law written down. Main center of Jewish life is in Babylonia (present-day Iraq)

[tuckerndfw]

My!! Such verbosity. Islamic roots seem to run deep and passionate in tuckerndfw.

Posted by ToolMangler at 03:23 PM : Apr 10, 2007

I am an atheist and lifelong Texan.

Amazing how the typical responses to facts about Zionism, Israel and Jews are insults.

What do Zionists have to fear from the truth?

Any organization (or nation) that relies primarily on lies for its existence should be opposed as a matter of principle.

[toolmangler-2009]

"Which begs the question, where did all those Jews go between about 900 BCE and 1948 CE?"
Posted by tuckerndfw at 01:43 PM : Apr 10, 2007


900-1492: Spain becomes main center of Jewish life.

1000-1770: "Jewish Middle Ages" in northern and central Europe.

1770-1870: AAge of Emancipation@: small Jewish communities in western Europe and North America gain legal and civil rights

1870-1933: Rapid changes in Jewish life

Quoted from: http://www.uky.edu/~popkin/323jews.htm

1933-now: You know the rest

[lars008-2009]

ISRAEL SPANKING MUDSCUM BUTTS 4 60YRS!!!

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/israel_palestine_cartoon.gif

silly little mudscums...............LOL

mudscums only brave_raping and killing little girls%u2026

with all that oil money & 1.3 billion MUDSCUM COWARDS, you still can't field an army

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

& they ponder why???...........LOL

Even though six million Jews were wiped out during the Holocaust, "today the Jews rule this world by proxy," he charged. "They get others to fight and die for them."

If a small number of Jews can do that, he implied, how much more should 1.3 billion Muslims be capable of achieving.

"One-point-three billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews. There must be a way. And we can only find a way if we stop to think, to assess our weaknesses and our strength, to plan, to strategize and then to counter-attack."
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1225697.html

[toolmangler-2009]

My!! Such verbosity. Islamic roots seem to run deep and passionate in tuckerndfw. What does 1.5 billion Muslim practitioners have tto fear from a country the size of Rhode Island USA.

[lars008-2009]

In 1786, Thomas Jefferson, then U.S. ambassador to France, and John Adams, then American Ambassador to Britain, met in London with Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja, the Dey%u2019s ambassador to Britain, in an attempt to negotiate a peace treaty based on Congress%u2019 vote of funding. To Congress, these two future presidents later reported the reasons for the Muslims%u2019 hostility towards America, a nation with which they had no previous contacts.


%u2026that it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman (Muslim) who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise.

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?6bdec278-6a71-4436-bc4d-29d1c54b0ad7

[lars008-2009]

Mohammed%u2019s ethnic cleansing

The Jews proved obdurate; their doctrine had no place in it for Arab prophets or messiahs. They took a malicious pleasure in exposing the ignorance of biblical history which Mohammed displayed in his stories about biblical persons, thus impugning his claim to have his stories by revelation. He retorted that his was the true and original version; if it was told otherwise in the books of the Jews it was because they had falsified their Scriptures. The attitude of the Jews was not only vexatious, but had in it a visible element of danger. In conjunction with the %u2018hypocrites,%u2019 as Mohammed calls the numerous class who outwardly professed Islam but had no real faith in it, they might at more than one crisis have made his position in Medina untenable. In the interludes in the conflict with the Meccans, Mohammed, on one pretext or another, fell upon the Jews, and did not stop till he had driven out all their tribes from Medina, and conquered their strongholds in the oasis of Khaibar.%u201D
http://libertyandculture.blogspot.com/2005/08/mohammeds-ethnic-cleansing.html

[lars008-2009]

Mohammed%u2019s ethnic cleansing
%u201CAt Medina he expected the Jews to recognize the agreement between his teaching and theirs, and to own him as a prophet in the true succession, perhaps as the Messiah for whom they were waiting. The Moslems, when they prayed, turned their faces toward Jerusalem; the Day of Atonement was made a solemn fast for Moslems, the one great fast in the year. Mohammed did not see why if he acknowledged Moses and his Torah, the Jews should not acknowledge him and his Koran.
http://libertyandculture.blogspot.com/2005/08/mohammeds-ethnic-cleansing.html

[tuckerndfw]

Zionist are a cult, Jews are a race, Israel is a nation comprised of Jews, Zionist and Muslims.

Posted by ToolMangler at 12:11 PM : Apr 10, 2007

Zionists are members of a political party formalized in 1897 in Basel, Switzerland after its platform was rejected by German Jews.

Zionists are not a cult, they are primarily concerned with raising money and influencing others to support their goals. Zionism is more likened to an organized criminal enterprise than a cult.

Zionists accomplished their goal of establishing a safe haven ("Israel") for international gangsters by collaborating with German Nazis and Soviet Stalinists, as well as US & UK political parties.

Zionists continue to collaborate with governments and organizations in all nations. Otherwise known as "playing both sides against the middle," or "divide and conquer."

Zionism is subvervise to any nation outside Israel.

Jews are not a race. A person is a Jew by membership of himself or his mother in the cult called Judaism. The majority of Jews are imposters from the former Soviet Union, Nazi Germany or their descendants.

Ethnic Jews and Palestinians have identical DNA. Most Israelis are not "ethnic Jews (Palestinians)".

We agree that Israel is a nation. Its existence as a nation is as irrelevant as the existence of any other nation.

[lars008-2009]

the war that fascist nazi Islamic muslims started and continues on yet today%u2026%u2026

The Truth about Islamic Crusades and Imperialism

Historical facts say that Islam has been imperialistic%u2014and would still like to be, if only for religious reasons. Many Muslim clerics, scholars, and activists, for example, would like to impose Islamic law around the world. Historical facts say that Islam, including Muhammad, launched their own Crusades against Christianity long before the European Crusades.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/11/the_truth_about_islamic_crusad.html
http://www.americanthinker.com/2004/08/the_muslim_crusades.html

[lars008-2009]

I NO LONGER SUPPORT THE OCCUPATION

The real %u201Coccupation%u201D
1400 years of muslim occupation

muslims, whose home is Arabia, have occupied and brutalized for centuries.

During that time, non muslims have...

been murdered en masse
had their land stolen
their holy places destroyed and desecrated
been sold into slavery
their women raped
their children butchered

and the arabs have the nerve to whine about "occupation" when non muslims fight back

I NO LONGER SUPPORT MUSLIM OCCUPATION