The Iranian
proposal to rejoin EU-led talks
over its nuclear program is
a classic
divide and rule tactic.
The Iranians
are banking that the US will be
isolated in the UN.
Iran
is banking on the fact that the
European
Union would jump at the
opportunity of Nuclear
talks. Iran remains a major
trading partner with Germany.
Europe given its parlous
economic conditions
would not relish a conflict
breaking out over Iran that
could lead to skyrocketing oil
prices. Talks
with Iran would of course boost
the prestige of the European Union
that will welcome a shot in
the arm from any possible
direction.
The Europeans
were suckered
into this game in the previous
decade and will they will
insist this time on serious
concessions from Tehran or will EU
Cahterine Ashton's remarks
about no preconditions represent
the European stance.
Iran
warns
US over aircraft carrier, 'we
insist that this warship not
return...and we warn only
once' AAP
January
03, 2012
"We
advise the US aircraft carrier
and insist that this warship not
return to its former base in the
Persian Gulf," according to
the armed forces website.
The
US keeps at least one aircraft
carrier in or near the Gulf at
all times, on rotations of weeks
or months. It maintains the base
of its Fifth Fleet in the Gulf
state of Bahrain.
Adding
to the tensions, Iran's
Revolutionary Guards, whose
maritime division handles
military operations in the
strait and the Gulf, are soon to hold
their own manoeuvres in the
area.
01/03/12
The
potential for Iran-US conflict
sent a shiver through oil markets
Tuesday, helping oil prices jump
more than a dollar a barrel.
There
was no sign of a let-up in the
tensions.
US
President Barack Obama at the
weekend signed into law new
sanctions targeting Iran's central
bank, which processes most of the
Islamic republic's oil export
sales.
The European
Union, which is mulling an
embargo on Iranian oil, is
expected to announce further
sanctions of its own at the
end
of January.
A lot
is poised to happen way before
the end of January.
The
EU is more than happy to let the
U.S. stick
it's neck out militarily
while they watch. In
turn, criticizing
Israel for it's treatment of
arabs.
It is
Bible Prophecy, I hate to see it
come to pass, but I know my
Father is JUST.
The United States and many
Western nations believe Iran is
developing an atomic
arsenal.
In
a gesture calculated to underline
progress it has made, Iran's atomic
energy organisation said
sunday(01/01/12) its
scientists had made the
country's first nuclear fuel rod
from indigenous uranium.
Recap-
An earthquake
and tsunami that devastated
a large area of northern Japan,
and the radioactive
emissions from
the damaged nuclear
reactors — about
one-tenth of what came out of
Chernobyl in 1986 — caused a
global minipanic.
In my
last post, I pointed out-
Where is Qatar, UAE,
and Saudi
Arabia?
Directly
across from the Iranian
coastline that contains
the Bushehr
Nuclear
Power
Plant
Iran raid
'will be nuclear disaster'
By TARIQ KHONJI
January 9, 2007
ENVIRONMENTAL
contamination could affect the
entire region if Israel
goes ahead with reported plans
to attack Iran's uranium
enrichment facilities or if there
is an earthquake, a
Bahraini expert warned yesterday.
However,
Bahrain University physics
professor Dr Waheeb Alnaser said
things could get much worse if Israel
decides to attack the power
plant in Bushehr.
Dr Alnaser fears that Israel may
go even further by attacking
Iran's power plant in Bushehr,
describing this as a major
disaster for the whole region.
"I'm not saying there would
be no environmental damage from
attacking Iran's uranium
enrichment plants, but the
danger is 100
times worse if they attack an
active nuclear reactor" he
said.
Dr Alnaser said that winds would
carry the pollution to the GCC
countries, potentially making them
uninhabitable.
From an environmental standpoint,
destroying uranium before it
becomes radioactive is
much better than when it is in
operation in a nuclear plant, he
explained.
"It is much safer than when it is
in the core of a nuclear power
plant."
"At least this way the pollution
would be one-off, instead of
having continuous nuclear
activity at our doorstep,"
he continued. He also severely
criticised the International
Atomic Energy Agency for failing
to uncover Iran's heavy water
plant, which can be used to
produce Tritium, a main ingredient
in atomic bombs.