- I highly suggest that Israel intelligence and it's allies must also monitor Philippine ports as possible destination of Iran's nuclear material coming from critical countries friendly to Iran. Since some authorities here are so weak and not strict particularly the Customs division in many ports. This is why many illegal drug trafficking activities and illegal drug manufacturing are now making Pi as their hub and access point. No doubt nuclear materials can pass by in key ports here in Pi going to the middle east countries.

And why anonymously? Nothing top secret here. An odd sort of news story...

"tubes could be used for nuclear facilities" - Sure, what else ? ,... "aluminum powder that can be used for rockets" , no kiddin, it can also be used to see fingerprints,... For every military application of the listed items there's 99 commercial applications with some essential to save life.

1. Tubes made out of high-tensile titanium steel are pretty much exclusive to nuclear applications. South Korea is adhering to the terms and conditions of the internationally-sanctioned embargo. 2. The embargo criteria says "aluminum powder." Sorry, Singapore is merely adhering to the terms and conditions of the internationally-sanctioned embargo. Moreover, aluminum powder is not used in fingerprint dust. Highly refined and porous charcoal with an added magnetic element is what makes fingerprint dust effective. Aluminum is not magnetic. 3. Sorry, but Iran is not interested in saving lives. They fire live rounds at peaceful demonstrators, after all. That said, please explain which life-saving applications can utilize only high-tensile steel tubes and aluminum powder? You really need to sit down and give your "brain" a rest.

Bulls.t - The hydraulic systems in every jet engine, the jet fighter a jet liner, an aerospace product, even high end cars, ship or yacht engines are made of tytanium alloy tubes. As a matter of fact a couple of years ago I could buy any size tytaniun alloy products including pipes and tubes at Boeing surplus stores in Seattle metropolitan area. Why would they risk buying restricted stuff from US puppets if they can get it from Russia, Brasil,Turkey, China or from dozen other countries?

Ahh ... you said the magic word. "Alloy." Did I use that word? Or do you suppose I deliberately excluded it for a reason? You did not rest your brain long enough. Take a seat.

I open this paper every day just to read your insightful and humorus comments. Thanks for making this paper fun and informational. They should pay you for this. Maybe they are.

Thank you very much for your kind words. No, I am not paid for my posts. I wouldn't take anything even were it to be offered.

Look people. TUBES! It's the end of the world. They have TUBES! Lock up the women; hide the children under the bed; they have TUBES! (Ahem) This same claim about tubes was used in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq and it turned out the tubes (fancy name for a pipe) were intended for a rather benign use. You have a tube holding the toilet paper in its holder in the bathroom, you silly people!

...keep getting all the materials for it's illegal nuclear reactors? Israel is the rogue nuclear, terrorist, apartheid state in the region. We need to keep nukes out of their hands.

Yeah yeah...nuclear this and that. Its always about the State of Israel. Nothing else happening in the world, its all about Israel. All day every day.