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'US believes Iran not trying to build nuclear bomb'
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Published: 24.02.12, 11:02
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31. 16 US Intel agencies- no n-bombs in Iran
mimi jacques ,   oob.usa   (02.24.12)
Why all of a sudden- what did Pres.Obama write in his 2 (two) personal letters to iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei? Iranians scientists are not second rate for starters- the originators of nuclear programs were students at MIT. It is the same Pres.Obama who is telling that the Patriot missiles in Jordan will protect ISRAEL- (the Alic in Wonderland approach)Then Israel should release Tanzim-Islamic Jihadist Marwin Bhargouti to FPC head (Free Palestine Council) calling for no-fly zones when Intifada Tertium occurs. Is anyuone in US Congress asking any relevant questions in their so-called oversight or is that being usurped by Executive Order?
32. THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (02.24.12)
Have more or less based their findings on the remnants of MKO people migrating to the West and some of the old Shah's relatives and friends. Iran has mastered the Nuclear cycle and in the process has ample of choice in opting for militarisation of its research work which is indeed an automatic conclusion.You use the energy in a civilian requirement as well as making Nuclear devices.What Israel had hoped for is far too a historical event.So the next best choice was to now deny Iran the very right to use this technology irrespective of the Iranian choice of either using it for civilian use or military.That proposition irks even the Russians and the Chinese.You must remember that the non-aligned countries have supposrted Iran on numerous occassions.What Obama is being told is that if he cannot come up with conclusive evidence about Iran's intention,he must agree with AIPEC to announce that come what may,USA knows that Iran is going for the Nuclear bombs.This stance holds no water and Russians have,from time to time played down the hue and cry in the media.The power play is now in the fore front and what we read in the media is what all the conclusions are being drawn. One can safely assume that Iran will not go for the bombs unless they are pushed to an extent where their own survival becomes an issue.How the media works is quite appararent with several dozen statement emanating from Western hemisphere showing contradictory position of Iran. Iran is well past that stage and rediculing them from time to time will be confined to talk-back coloumn only.In reality,Iran has made tremendous progress on many fronts and cannot be stopped.Swallow the truth,for once!!!
33. 19 Noel, Noel
David N. ,   Haifa, ISRAEL   (02.24.12)
Iran is Persia--not Arabia. They are not Arabs. But be all that as it may, Israel hardly controls technology in the Arab OR Persian worlds. The US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China, N. Koreans all sell high-tech weapons and civilian technology to Israels enemies (and their own) all the time. The very basis for your comment is doubly flawed.
34. intelligence assessment
(02.24.12)
Even the wife of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, an Iranian nuclear scientist who was assassinated in Tehran in January, said Tuesday that her husband “sought the annihilation of the Zionist regime wholeheartedly,” according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency. You would think that the Western intelligence agencies would know by now that it is not just Ahmadinejad that wants to wipe out Israel. I guess until Iran has nuclear weapons the West will keep dragging their feet before coming to the conclusion that it’s too late to take action, just like they did with Pakistan. The sad part is that it is the liberal Jews who have been selling out Israel, while seeming to disregard the existential threat that has been put on Israel. The even sadder part is that they will most likely do the same on the next elections. As for Obama, his priorities seem to be on his reelection and reaching out to the Muslim bros even though they are starting to show their true intentions regarding America.
35. obama will not stop iran
alexi   (02.24.12)
obama is not a coward. He has grit. But he is a moslem from his youth regardless of his christianity. He bows to king fahd, an obnoxous figure, he apologizes to moslems more than he has to, he kisses up to erdogan for certain, and smiles and laughs in the company of hariri, abbas, and other arab figures while he frowns while sitting with bibi. He basicall is an arab in his orientation which is fine. That is his right. But he does not have israel's back. He is devoted to his jewish staff-axelrod, emanual, lew but not the state of israel whose history he basically denies saying the holocaust forced a state at the expense of the arabs living there. US intelligence estimates are wrong as usual. when ehud barak, no hawk in military affairs is seriously concerned, then there is something to worry about. US saw no reason to attack osiraq or the syrian reactor so their MO is always the same-talk, UN and containment. Look how they bribe North Korea with food and energy to not start t trouble. And north korea has not said it would destroy USA. Ahamdimejad sabjouran(jewish ancestry) and his boss the lying manipulator kameinei have both said that they want to destroy israel and are waiting for the 12th iman to reappear. So nuclear weaponry in their hands even if not yet produced, the enrichment and knowhow is dangerous. israel will have to do this by itself. It needs dagan to agree to such a decision and talk bloody rubbish about abbas and fahd and their worthless proposals.
36. Stalling
Dave L ,   Seattle USA   (02.24.12)
Iran is using the oldest tactics around. Continue to stall until you get a sucessfull weapon built and tested. Then just say no How stupid are we?
37. The United States and Russia are playing with words to
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (02.24.12)
prevent Israel from attacking Iran in an Election year. Obama is putting out press leaks...Russia is putting out press leaks. One day the leaks are bad....the next day there is no problem whatsoever. Israel has just been abandoned by the United States and the rest of the world. Netanyahu is on his own to protect Israel. Barack Obama is a puppet on a string...spouting whatever Europe...Russia....and Iran want him to say. North Korea is a perfect example of the same catastrophe awaiting Israel. It's amazing how Russia manipulates both parties when billions of dollars of Russian money is at risk......as well as Barack Obama's presidential hopes.
38. An other timely political US government PR
Joe ,   Canada   (02.24.12)
This "revelation" in the LA Times seems to be part of the recent flood of leaks & declarations all intended to prevent any disturbing event to occur before the November US presidential elections, in particular any preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear plants. If this is not a public relation effort of Washington, then why were all those UN , EU & unilateral sanctions applied to Iran if the West believes Iran's intentions are all peaceful? What about the repeated recent reports of the AIEA showing the speed up of the nuclear program? What about the development of long range missiles able to carry nuclear bombs?
39. Doesn't mean a thing, oBama's propaganda
mea   (02.24.12)
40. Only research? Why do it in secret, refuse IAEA inspections?
Dr. L. Brnd ,   San Diego, USA   (02.24.12)
If its only harmless basic research, why not do it in full compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty? Why do it inside a hollowed out mountain? If a bomb program doesn't exist, what are all the UN sanctions about? And what is that NATO radar station Obama frantically built in Turkey all about?? What was Obama's massive arms sale to the Saudis all about if there's no Saudi threat??No "civilian" nuclear power reactors anywhere use uranium enriched to the twenty percent Iran has just begun producing, this is just the intermediate enrichment to move on to the ninety percent enrichment needed for a bomb. It has no other purpose. And the IAEA inspectors just accused Iran of conducting explosive implosion tests and refusing to allow inspection of the site where this occurred. This fraudulent "assessment" - made and publicized one week before Netanyahu's visit [cooincidence, of course] was solicited by the Obama regime from its political appointee heads of these agencies to side with Iran, buy time for Iran, to defuse the crisis by "proving" it doesn't exist. This is exactly what America has come to expect from the cheap Chicago political hack now occupying our White House. He is not on Israel's side. He is not even on America's side. What we always get from this guy when he's found out is always "You just didn't understand me". We'll see it again this time.
41. no they are building sweet candy bars
Gerry   (02.24.12)
US believes Iran not trying to build nuclear bomb, no they are building sweet candy bars that's why they deny the IAEA access to the bunkered nuke sites
42. 16 unnamed agencies and all that jazz
Dan ,   USA   (02.24.12)
It is important for to note that under Obama administration US government reports, for the first time in my lifetime, have become unreliable. Unemployment statistics exclude those who have not been looking for jobs all to make the numbers look better for Obama's re-election. A recent mandate was issued regarding screening for prostate cancer that did not include a single urologist (the kind of doctor that treats prostate cancer) on the panel. The "consensus" opinion was written and published in the New York Times by a pediatrician. So this administration is looking and acting like a third world country (which may be an insult to many of those countries). Sixteen spy agencies???? C'mon. Who is in that group? And why haven't we heard of them before. It's all lies. Don't believe anything this President says. And please, Israel, don't let this man put your own lives in danger. He is just trying to win the next election and he does not know how to manage a war so he is furiously trying to avoid it so as not to be exposed for the incompetent fool he is.
43. Iran not building nuk yet
Fidel ,   Ho / Ghana   (02.24.12)
But remember the meaning of the name Obama?,find out from the district head of his Kenya village,the name means crocked persön.So he will certainly betray Israel.
44. Bibi Will Have To Send IAF
World Citizen ,   the world   (02.24.12)
And that will be a disaster for Israel. If you think the military looked bad after their defeat by Hezbullah in 2006 think how bad it will be when they lose a large percentage of their F-16s and you see a nightly parade of captive Israel pilots through the streets of Teheran.
45. 1973?
Avramele   (02.24.12)
Having been in Israel during the lead up to the yom kippur war and having been in the Sinai during that period I can attest how dismally inadequate and wrong was pre war intelligience and government wisdom. And visiting a severely injured cousin weeks after taught me never to underestimate the virtues of humility and praying for peace.
46. And the super-drone just 'happened' to fail over Iran!
David ,   Hartford USA   (02.24.12)
No doubt about it- the only way all the fail-safe auto destruct mechanisms could fail is if someone deactivated them. Guess who that was? Now why would the USA give the absolute latest technology to Iran? To let them reverse-engineer the technology to use against Israel. The latest remote sensing technology, the latest remote piloting technology- it's just unbelievable that this could happen 'by accident.' What happens if a fleet of armed stealth super drones comes calling on Israel? Iran may just choose to vaporize the Knesset. And who's to say the pilot of the drone wasn't sitting in Omaha? For all intents and purposes, it will be an American drone that made the attack. Iran can sit back and deny the whole thing. After all, if a drone could go haywire over Iran, it could do the same thing over Israel. Iran is in the clear. BTW, did anyone in the US armed services get fired for letting this technology into the hands of psychopaths? Nope! Because that was the goal. Israel had better be well prepared, and had better not count on any 'friends' for backup.
47. Naive
oliver ,   eilat   (02.24.12)
Naive and stupid americans you will as usual only wake up when it is to late.The same way you did about Osama.
48. Rational Actor?
Scott ,   Australia   (02.25.12)
Yes, Ahmadinejad is a bullhorn of bullshit and the Ayatollahs aren't far behind. However, he is spouting off this stuff solely as does nearly every politician in nearly every country of the world. It is fear-mongering and throwing meat to the base of their support. They are leaders trying to wears pants larger than their respective countries can wear. The rational knows that if Iran were to even attempt to try something, then the Islamic republic would effectively be removed from the face of the planet in a matter of minutes.
49. Of Course Iran has No A-Bomb
Rick Z ,   U.S.A.   (03.02.12)
The only reason that Iran has built its facilities under hundreds of feet of mountain is .... well, out of respect for Mr. Obama. They are not building A-Bombs there ... No, No, No. ... They are merely storing President Obama's Birth Certificate, College and Law School transcripts, passports, draft card, pre-college transcripts, financial aid forms, medical reports, etc. ..... Nice to know all those important documents are kept so securely.
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