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Washington considers selling bunker-busting bombs to UAE
Washington may soon announce plans for a large sale of precision-guided bombs to the United Arab Emirates, according to US reports, as tensions mounted with Iran over its nuclear programme.
The Pentagon is considering a significant sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions made by Boeing, adding to other recent arms deals with the UAE. Those included the sale of 500 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles about which the US Congress was notified in September.
The sale of Boeing-built "bunker-buster" bombs and other munitions to UAE, a key Gulf ally of Washington, is part of an ongoing US effort to build a regional coalition to counter Iran.
No comment on the reports was immediately available from the Pentagon's press office or the Defence Security Cooperation Agency, which oversees foreign arms sales. .......
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Re: Consequences Of Attacking Iran And Why Tehran Is Not Worried
Good news for Armenia.
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Re: Consequences Of Attacking Iran And Why Tehran Is Not Worried
Russia, Iran sign agreement on strategic cooperation
November 12, 2011 - 12:47 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran and Russia have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in line with the policy of increasing bilateral cooperation, a top Iranian security official announced on Friday, November 11.
According to Merh News Agency, Ali Baqeri, the deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said that the agreement was signed during his meeting with Yevgeny Lukyanov, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council, in Moscow on Friday.
“This is a document of cooperation between the two countries’ security councils, which had previously been put forward and was finalized today,” Baqeri told reporters after the meeting with his Russian counterpart.
“The document covers cooperation between Iranian and Russian security councils in security, economic, political, and intelligence fields. Through signing this agreement, the framework of cooperation between the two neighboring countries’ security councils was established in terms of form and content,” he explained.
During his meetings with Russian officials during his visit to Moscow, he said that bilateral ties, the latest report of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran’s nuclear program, and Russia’s step-by-step proposal were thoroughly discussed.
Meanwhile, Fars News Agency reported that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov arrived in Tehran on Friday night after the two countries signed the agreement.
During the two-day visit, the senior Russian diplomat is due to meet with high-ranking Iranian officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, to discuss bilateral ties and exchange views over regional issues.
Bogdanov is also due to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi during his stay in Tehran.
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Re: Consequences Of Attacking Iran And Why Tehran Is Not Worried
Originally posted by Federate View PostSo let's get this straight. The US, France, UK and Israel, who have a combined ~9000 nuclear weapons, are telling Iran it has no right to build a single nuclear weapon. In that list, at least one entity has actually used nuclear weapons and all the listed countries, especially the Zionists, ACTIVELY threaten to attack Iran. GTFO. Kim Jung-il would be an idiot to give up his nukes.
Iran, unlike Pakistan can threaten Europe's capitals and the Israelis aren't going to wait until an Islamist bomb falls into the wrong hands.
btw. Kim doesn't have a proper bomb and that crowd are still sitting in the dark.
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Re: Consequences Of Attacking Iran And Why Tehran Is Not Worried
So let's get this straight. The US, France, UK and Israel, who have a combined ~9000 nuclear weapons, are telling Iran it has no right to build a single nuclear weapon. In that list, at least one entity has actually used nuclear weapons and all the listed countries, especially the Zionists, ACTIVELY threaten to attack Iran. GTFO. Kim Jung-il would be an idiot to give up his nukes.
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The Supreme pip-squeak like all Islamists is a babbling fool and you can't reason with these people.
Supreme Leader Vows Iran's Tough Response to Aggressions
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei warned enemies about Iran's tough response to any aggression or even threat, stressing that the country would respond with full force to any attack.
"Iran is not a nation to sit still and just observe threats from fragile materialist powers which are being eaten by worms from inside," Ayatollah Khamenei told students at a Tehran military college on Thursday.
"Anyone who harbors any thought of invading the Islamic Republic of Iran - or even if the thought crosses their mind - should be prepared to receive strong blows and the steel fists of the military, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and the Basij (volunteer) force, backed by the entire Iranian nation," he said.
"Iran will respond with full force to any aggression or even threats in a way that will demolish the aggressors from within", he added.
The Leader said the message was directed at Iran's enemies, "specially America and its stooges as well as its police dog in the region the Zionist regime (Israel)".
Yet, the Supreme Leader reiterated that Iran did not intend to invade any country.
The remarks by the Supreme Leader followed threats last week from Israel that air strikes could be in the offing against Iran. Israeli President Shimon Peres said last weekend that such action was becoming "more and more likely".
Earlier this week, Israel and the United States dictated a report to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Yukiya Amano on Iran to find a pretext for intensifying war rhetoric on the Islamic Republic.
Once the report was released, not only Iran, but also many world states, including Russia, China and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states, strongly rejected it and blasted the UN nuclear watchdog chief for acting as a White House proxy.
Iran also said that it would not budge "an iota" from its peaceful atomic activities.
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http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007272853
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Israel may launch strike on Iran as soon as next month to prevent development of nuclear weapons
Senior Foreign Office figure: ‘We’re expecting something as early as Christmas, or very early in the new year’
Foreign Secretary William Hague, speaking yesterday in the House of Commons, London, warned the UN report into Iran's nuclear ambitions could spark a regional arms race
Israel will launch military action to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon as soon as Christmas, intelligence chiefs have warned. A report by a UN watchdog into Iran’s nuclear ambitions ‘completely discredits’ the Islamic nation’s protestations of innocence, according to Foreign Secretary William Hague.
The International Atomic Energy Agency found that Iran is developing a nuclear test facility, nuclear detonators and computer modelling for a nuclear warhead that would fit on an existing missile. Sources say the understanding at the top of the British Government is that Israel will attempt to strike against the nuclear sites ‘sooner rather than later’ – with logistical support from the U.S.
A senior Foreign Office figure has revealed that ministers have been told to expect Israeli military action, adding: ‘We’re expecting something as early as Christmas, or very early in the new year.’
Officials believe President Barack Obama would have to support the Israelis or risk losing vital xxxish-American support in the next presidential election.
In recent weeks, Ministry of Defence sources confirmed that contingency plans have been drawn up in the event that the UK decided to support military action.
But the source ruled out direct British support, adding: ‘Of course we are not in favour of Iran developing a bomb – but do we think they’d use it: no. ‘The bigger concern is it will be impossible to stop Saudi Arabia and Turkey from developing their own weapons.’
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Re: Consequences Of Attacking Iran And Why Tehran Is Not Worried
9 November 2011 Last updated at 14:45 ET
Russia rules out new Iran sanctions over nuclear report
Russia has ruled out supporting fresh sanctions against Iran, despite a UN report that says Tehran may be trying to develop nuclear weapons.
Britain, France and the US all said they would pursue new sanctions against Iran in the wake of the IAEA report.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the report showed the need for the world to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons.
The US and its allies suspect Iran of trying to develop a nuclear bomb, which Tehran denies.
The Iranian government insists that its nuclear programme is for peaceful means.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Interfax news agency that extra sanctions "will be seen in the international community as an instrument for regime change in Iran".
"That approach is unacceptable to us, and the Russian side does not intend to consider such proposals."
The Russian foreign ministry later issued another statement saying that the report "does not contain fundamentally new information".
However, Mr Netanyahu accused Iran of endangering world peace.
"The significance of the report is that the international community must bring about the cessation of Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons which endanger the peace of the world and of the Middle East," he said in a statement.
"The IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] report corroborates the position of the international community, and of Israel that Iran is developing nuclear weapons," Mr Netanyahu added.
The IAEA said it had information indicating Iran had carried out tests "relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device".
The report - published on the Institute for Science and International Security website - says the research includes computer models that could only be used to develop a nuclear bomb trigger.
It documents alleged Iranian work on the kind of implosion device that would be needed to detonate a nuclear weapon.
On Wednesday, a defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would not budge "one iota" from its nuclear programme.
He said the report was based on "empty claims" provided by the US.
"Why do you damage the [UN] agency's dignity because of America's invalid claims?" he said in a televised speech.
Addressing the US he added: "We will not build two bombs in the face of your 20,000. We will develop something that you cannot respond to, which is ethics, humanity, solidarity and justice.
"You should know that no enemy of the Iranian people has ever tasted victory."
'Additional pressure'
Britain and France voiced their "utmost concern regarding the military dimension to Iran's nuclear programme in the light of ... [the] IAEA report".
In a joint statement, the two governments "made clear their determination to seek new powerful sanctions if Iran refuses to cooperate".
"Our goal remains to ensure that Iran fully adheres to its international obligations," it added.
Earlier, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said the seriousness of the report warranted a meeting of the UN Security Council.
"If Iran refuses to conform to the demands of the international community and refuses any serious co-operation, we stand ready to adopt, with other willing countries, sanctions on an unprecedented scale," he told French radio.
A senior US official said Washington would consult with partners on "additional" pressure and sanctions on Tehran.
"We don't take anything off the table when we look at sanctions. We believe there is a broad spectrum of action we could take," the official said, quoted by AFP news agency.
The EU said the report "seriously aggravates" existing concerns.
"Overall these findings strongly indicate the existence of a fully-fledged nuclear weapons development programme in Iran," said a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
Baroness Ashton represents six world powers - the UK, China, France, Germany, Russia and the US - in stalled negotiations with Iran over its uranium enrichment programme.
The BBC's Kim Ghattas in Washington says China is also unlikely to support further sanctions against Iran.
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Re: Consequences Of Attacking Iran And Why Tehran Is Not Worried
maybe they are getting a reality check:
A leading Israeli investment firm said on Thursday any military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would exact an economic price too high for the world to accept, and as a result, it would likely acquiesce to a nuclear Iran.
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