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Iran has enough nuclear material to make bomb, US says
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Published: 01.03.09, 16:54
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1. A preventive strike against a declared genocidal Iran ...
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (03.01.09)
A preventive strike against a declared genocidal Iran should not be postpones. A nuclear Iran has become an increasingly contentious issue as Ahmadinejad will not have any moral consideration keeping him from using the atomic bomb. A preventive strike against a declared genocidal Iran, will be a severe blow to world terrorism and will reduce significantly our problems with the terrorist state of Syria, the Hizbullah and Hamas. It will also remove the threat of a nuclear missile attack on Europe, Russia, China and India. The population in the West, as well as in the other peace loving countries will feel safer again. Learn more about Iran at : http://xrl.us/h8ydt
2. fire 'em up
b52s   (03.01.09)
3. Way to go Iran. God bless you!
Bandar ,   Beirut, Lebanon   (03.01.09)
4. Defense Sec Gates" "Iran is far from a nuclear bomb"
PunditRich ,   Wisconsin, USA   (03.01.09)
5. Iran Nuke
Steven ,   Colorado USA   (03.01.09)
Take them down. Show them no mercy. Steven
6. He is so right in one chose
Mathew   (03.01.09)
A nuclear Iran is a bad bad bad very bad chose for them and Israel,not for the region.I think a nuclear Iran will force the peace in the region, of course in other terms. I always have thinked Iran had nukes,now the question is how many????? has Iran the long range missiles???? has Iran enough capabilities to retaliate in the US????? Meanwhile,Iran has officially 3 kinds of long range missiles to hit Israel,with ranges about 2000-2500km..........
7. Iran played us all for fools & won because we had no guts
zionist forever   (03.01.09)
The US & Europe didn't want to do anything other than play around for years. They made an offer many months ater Iran refused said we will never compromise. They propose sanctions Iran says we want to talk more so we talk more and go round and round in cicrcles. Neither Russia or China will permit any serious UN sanctions that will do any real damage to Iran. After alot of big talk Bush looses his nerve on air strikes out of fear Iran will make trouble in Iraq. Olmert, Livni & Barak for all their talk about not letting Iran get nukes did nothing. US air strikes could have ended the program for good along with a large part of the conventional Iranian military but did nothing. Israel may have been able to slow things down by a couple of years with the hardware it has which would have at least given more time to the politicians. Obama has not only ruled out air strikes but he also wants to end all sanctions and give the persian monkey an invitation to the White House. Iran has played the world for fools and if they do get nukes they have earned them for playng their part so well and we will have nobody to blame but ourselves for the fact they now have these nukes. Before WW2 Germany wasn't allowed an airforce as a condition of the WW1 ceasefire. British inteligence saw they were building an arforce illigaly but the politicians didn't want to do anything because they were afraid of another war so they turned a blind eye. CONGRATULATIONS IRAN YOU WON FAIR AND SQUARE.
8. to bandar
Barney ,   USA   (03.01.09)
you are really a sick pup. should the iranians put this in the wrong hands or use it do you really think there will be anything left of beirut or that part of the world. an ocean of glass and death. but i guess you will be reclining by a river of wine with your 72 virgins
9. Thank you G.W. Bush
Ethan ,   Eilat   (03.01.09)
this is another result of Bush's messing up the balance of power in the Gulf.
10. #3.Way to GO!!!.off the map END.
peace ,   tlv, israel   (03.01.09)
11. America needs a Reagan , not an Obama
Nora ,   Tel Aviv   (03.01.09)
Reagan`s Star Wars theory to the Soviets was very effective . Obama`s theory of Open-Hand-first to Ahmadinejad reminds us Chamberlain`s open hand to Hitler.
12. Well we waited till moslim boy was
jason white ,   afula,israel   (03.01.09)
elected pres of the U.S. and he appointed his bitch as sec of state along with a whole bunch of anti Israel creeps. Now what? Best thing to do would be to use neutrons bombs on teheran and nukes on the nuclear sites.
13. ????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????
ROLAND SEENER ,   LONDON ENGLAND   (03.01.09)
14. Bandar # 3
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (03.01.09)
Bandar ! Why do you use God's name in vain ? God is a western concept,while you Muslims worship a pagan deity,called Allah,who demands blood, a lot of blood.Ullike your Allah, the God of the infidels is a God of reason and compassion.You Bandar,pray hard (not to Allah) for a strong Israel.As long Israel has nuclear teeth,Beirut is safe too,you know,Beirut is not far from Tel Aviv-Haifa,Achmajenun may miscalculate and drop the bomb on Beirut,for now you are safe, but you must pray to the God of the infidels,if there are no church or Synagogue left in Beirut,you may ask for a viza to enter Israel.I am sure Israel will grant you an entrence visa,for the purpose of praying.(but don't spy around).
15. #11 Nora
David ,   USA, exile   (03.01.09)
You may be right about that Nora, maybe America does need a Ray gun. However, don't you also believe that Israel needs to grow a pair? Why wait for your god in the West to give you permission, or why wait for them to do the job for you? A little t'shuvah would go a long way in providing the strength needed.
16. Don't forget Mullen's perfidy.
Steve   (03.01.09)
Remember Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen? At a Pentagon press conference, Mullen was asked, "How concerned are you ... that Israel may undertake a unilateral strike against Iran by the end of the year?" Mullen: "My strong preference, here, is to handle all of this diplomatically with the other powers of governments, ours and many others, as opposed to any kind of strike occurring," he answered. "This is a very unstable part of the world. And I don't need it to be more unstable....I've been pretty clear before that from the United States' perspective, the United States' military perspective in particular, that opening up a third front right now would be extremely stressful on us," he said.
17. Israel murderd & wounded 5000 Palestinians in 2 weeks
D ,   USA   (03.01.09)
Iran has every right to do what it takes to protect its own people from Israel's WMDs and nukes.
18. Support for Iran and American air power
Gene ,   Raleigh, USA   (03.01.09)
I hope if Israel is dumb enough to launch a strike, US Naval Air will destroy them over Syria.
19. the republicansatzgrupen and evangelical
AY_Lamb ,   USA   (03.01.09)
establishment are moving Israel into checkmate. Either way they win, you see in this information dominance campaign combined with various other power projection apparatchik the subjugation of the "primitive atavistic" Semitic peoples will be accomplished per the Neo-Con schedule of events under the guise of "waging peace" and "peace enforcement" Adm. Mullen, like Gen Petras I mean David Petraeus and other various Dominionist intelligentsia have achieved a modicum of success pre-positioning various neo-con sycophants i.e. Charles "Chas" Freeman into enough politically advantageous positions to mitigate the influence of what they consider a "dovish" POTUS and exert enough influence to achieve Neo-Fascist goals pioneered by Prescott Bush to counter the "Roosevelt Doctrine". Read the book "End Game" for "crying out loud" a few less cautionary "free radicals" of this Neo-Con movement have overtly stated their goals, the hypothesis presented in the book states that a global equatorial region dominated by US forces and collaborative elements would suffice in precipitating a lasting "pre-millennial" imperturbable peace. However, this "heady" and ambitious agenda is premised on a dogmatic interpretation of evangelical eschatology in other word "faith based and fact free".
20. CHANGING STORIES
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (03.01.09)
Every other week,a new article appears with different headlines suggesting Iran being away from Nuclear bombs at least for 10 years,another says 7 years,4 years and now the knowledge that it already has enogh to manufacture one.THESE ARTICLES,ONCE AGAIN REMINDED TO THE READERS,ARE MEANT TO KEEP THE ISSUE OF IRAN ALIVE AND THUS THE ARTICLES WITH DIFFERENT HEADLINES.Iran may or may not be doing anything now,but an intelligent mind will pick up the signals from Tehran.If you continue to show your aggressiveness and think you will have pacive response from Tehran.................forget it!!! If things improve and Iranians are allowed to use the Nuclear technology peacefully and for peaceful purposes,so will the positive response come from Tehran.Choice lies OUTSIDE Iran and not in Iran.
21. # 18 In Your Dreams Moron
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (03.01.09)
22. #14 J.K
Bandar ,   Beirut, Lebanon   (03.01.09)
J.K, what an idiotic person you are. It seems that your little brain does not comprehend the concept that God and Allah are one and the same. The translation of God into arabic is Allah. Capiche a$$ hole?
23. And The Western Liberals Say...
Mary Witherspoon ,   Liverpool, UK   (03.01.09)
Come on, western liberals, let's hear it. Watcha got to say?
24. #12 Jason White
Mark Wilson ,   usa   (03.01.09)
Dont call our president boy, you idiot. He is more man than you or your poeple will ever be.
25. Thank you.........
Lior ,   Israel/U.S.   (03.01.09)
George Bush for caring so much about Israel that you refused to sell us our much needed long range aircraft so we can get to Iran to knock out their nukes seeing we are not allowed to refuel in the phony democracy of Iraq. Thank you President Obama for reaching your hand out to those who wish to destroy Israel. You are both idiots but worse appeasers of the very worst kind. If we live for a history to be written may it place you on the same level as Chamberlain.
26. #24 Learn How To Spell You illiterate
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (03.01.09)
Halfwit.
27. #25 Lior
Mark Wilson ,   usa   (03.01.09)
No need to thank us Lior. You are always welcome. Anyway, what are friends for???
28. #24 Do You Mean The Jooish Poeple?
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (03.01.09)
Fool.
29. #28 Lawrence
Mark Wilson ,   usa   (03.01.09)
YES! You have a problem with that?
30. Iran has won, Israel has lost
Iran#1   (03.02.09)
Admit defeat and act like a defeated entity if you want to be treated with respect.
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