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Officials: Iran slowing down uranium enrichment efforts
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Published: 28.12.12, 08:57
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1. Give me a break
Israel Watchdog ,   Akko, Israel   (12.28.12)
If you believe that Iran would ever be looking for a way out of this then I've got some swamp land for you in Florida. Again, the spinmeisters dupe the mindless with their plans in order to buy more time in their goal of nuk proliferation. They've got one goal and one only and that is to be the king of the ME and to use that power to destroy Israel and the USA!
2. Sorry! I dont buy this story!
Alan ,   SA   (12.28.12)
3. The Mullahs would eat sand before giving up on nukes
Stan Marsh   (12.28.12)
4. Yet at the same time
Tim ,   Brighton   (12.28.12)
Doesnt fit too comfortably with reports of new naval manouvres in the Hormuz Logic tells us there other than a cessation of their nuclear weapons development - the ONLY best course to stopping sanctions is to stop shipping through the Hormuz until sanctions are lifted. They know that even halting shipping via the Hormuz for a few days would send oil prices touching $300.00pb and the global community into a panic This is Ahmadinejads final throw of the dice before he retires which he believes if successful will raise him to become the 'Saviour of Iran' And this is an open secret...Masses of chatter about not if but when and how Clearly it is a gamble...but dont mistake the relative recent 'quiet' from Teheran as aquiesence. The 'quiet' hides a frenzied activity and preparation for the imminent seizure of the Hormuz followed by the invasion of Bahrein The world would better be prepared
5. Obama might want to believe this BULL
Tartoufle ,   Marseille   (12.28.12)
but these Iranians are more slippy than Egyptians How many times have we had on off? They have what it takes for some nukes except a few months which is what they are playing for now.
6. Tactical behaviour !
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (12.28.12)
Iran is comming close to the so called red line, and need some tactical manouvers to gain more time for its goal. The Western analysts are only Usefull Idiots. Nr 1 has the point. Arn.Sweden.
7. iran
spookey ,   birmingham uk   (12.28.12)
cant see it myself , just keep the pressure on ,
8. The West believes anything
Eyal ,   USA Israel   (12.28.12)
The NY Times is the biggest bull c$#p newspaper in the US. They also believe Obama is the anointed one. Iran will never end its nuclear program. Not now and not never. They are too far into it.
9. The West - Poor Fish
rays ,   usa   (12.28.12)
Iran plays the West, USA and Israel like a sharp fisherman plays a dumb fish. Ease off a bit ,tighten the line, ease again. Then the gaff and suddenly it is over for the fish.
10. More spin. NYT is Obama's mouthpiece.
SG ,   Teaneck   (12.28.12)
11. THE ANTISEMITIC THREAT OF THE PRESENT IRANIAN REGIME.
SJOERD VAN DER VELDE ,   HOORN NH, HOLLAND   (12.28.12)
EVERY DICTATORSHIP IS A THREAT/DANGER TO IT'S OWN PEOPLE, TO HUMANITY/MANKIND AS A WHOLE, EVERYWHERE AND ALWAYS AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF, FOR EXAMPLE IN THE UN. OTHERWISE IT CAN BE CONSIDERED AS THE UNITED NOTHING. LONG LIVE ISRAEL!
12. #4 Tim
DavidR ,   USA   (12.28.12)
If Iran is actually slowing down production, it is because they have already acquired enough and the intelligence community has been duped. As to the quietness, I agree. I would point out however that there is quiet on both sides. There is not much being said about Iran from Israel either. Ask yourself why. Does it also hide a frenzied activity and preparation by Israel. Methinks so.
13. oh...that is all fine and dandy
mark ,   usa   (12.28.12)
Provided that intelligence about how much 20% u235 iran is actually producing is correct. What if iran is actually producing much more, then the divergence of this sub-par weapons grade u235 to fuel is meant to re-enforce perceptions. 1. Its program is peaceful 2. All program sites are known. 3. The amount being converted renders nuke mute. Again...all decisions made by iran are highly calculated. Then algebra of this iranian calculation should give a more accurate picture of Iranian u235 enrichment progress. take fact not all declared or suspected 20% u235 is being converted. Minus that from amount needed for three bombs. This remainder amount is the amount needed to be enriched to bomb grade. Make an assumption about time frame, can be a set of values, anyway... x@frodo(t)+y@unknownsites(t)+amountonhand=three bombs Limiting factors...all time frame related and number of bomb grade centrifuges...some educated guesses could be made here. But the calculation remains the same, wherever iran is enriching to bomb grade the supply of 20% u235 likely out paces the rate of enrichment capacity. Get it, nytimes...just because you buy your ink by the barrel does not make you smart.
14. Let's not be stupid...
esse ,   --   (12.28.12)
...I know this is hard for some of us. The US and its allies are united in keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. You can be assured that the US and Israeli intelligence is watching very closely what Iran is doing. If they begin taking actions that point to making a nuclear weapon, they will be destroyed. Iran knows this. What Iran is hoping for is a deal that takes away all sanctions against Iran and allows Iran to fully rejoin the international community. What Iran is relying on is continued Israeli paranoia. They are playing us like a fiddle as they know that many Israelis are very, very fearful. Thus they are being secretative about their actions in the hope of continuing to fool the Israeli public while knowing that US and Israeli intelligence services know that no bomb is being built. This allows them to avoid being attacked while sustaining Israeli public pressure on Israeli leaders to "do something." Iran is going to win this. They are going to get all sanctions dropped in return for doing something that they don't really want to do anyway (build a weapon.) It is our fear that is allowing them to win so big.
15. "Carthridge must be destroyed."
Stephen in New York   (12.28.12)
Nothing will dissuade the moolahs from fulfilling the apocalyptic dictates of their moon god.
16. ***ALL*** of Irans illegal nuke installations
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (12.28.12)
MUST be DESTROYED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17. the shia nuclear terror bombs
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Zion, Zion   (12.28.12)
the shia terror entity has no intention of ever giving up its nuclear weapons program. indeed, the known enrichment sites are supplemented by hidden enrichment sites. furthermore, the shia terror entity has a dual program of uranium and plutonium bomb development. one must remember that busher is up and running. the new york times is just a propaganda paper and it prints what its sources in the obama administration tell them. the nyt does not have independently verifiable sources. obama wants to avoid a war at all costs. his intelligence services are politicising the intelligence as he wants them to. we saw this happen regarding benghazi. nothing that comes out of the obama administration can be believed.
18. #12...Where we disagree is
Tim ,   Brighton   (12.28.12)
The Theatre Is squarely in the Hormuz and the Gulf There is no question that Iran is preparing to start a naval blockade in the Gulf to break sanctions at the earliest opportunity and possibly invade Bahrein. So now its the proverbial calm before the storm They have to do this before drawing Israel into any possible preemptive attack hence the urgency to seize the Hormuz and 'throttle oil supplies' first before accelerating enrichment any further Clearly Iran would use Hezbollah to try to contain or even attack Israel in the event of a Hormuz War BUT there is one major flaw in this assumption The open hatred of the majority of Lebanese of Hezbollah. Its public knowledge that in the event of a war with Israel, Hezbollah positions and bunkers will be made known by by 'thousands of Lebanese Patriots 'to hasten the destruction of 'The Hezbollah Monster' and bring about the long awaited reunification of a divided Lebanon
19. iran only needs three bombs to...
mark ,   usa   (12.28.12)
Render a new world order in its favor. One to test and spook the markets. One for dc And One for Saudi capital. watch fold... Three bombs...poof they go missing Theocracy goes down in iran. World rejoices...then... Boom...mad mullah with bomb warns. Ship goes up potamac...boom. Who are we going to attack some stateless entity...ha ha Next...Saudi capital goes boom... End of world as we know it. Mad mullah, retakes power in iran and theocracy is once again law of the land.
20. NY Times acts as a shill for the Obama regime
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (12.28.12)
So you know it's claims about Iran are a bit suspect at best.
21. #17, Cipora...you are right about the dual
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (12.28.12)
program...something which was not adressed in Bibis UN message...!
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