Category: Nuclear Proliferation

"Iran reports test-fire of new missile"

August 25, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"3rd generation of Fateh-110 has accurate guidance control system."

"Iran Guards chief secretly oversees war plans - in Damascus"

August 24, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Iranian Revolutionary Guards chief Gen. Mohamed Ali Jafari, who rarely leaves his country, paid a secret visit to Damascus a few hours before Tehran launched its first nuclear reactor at Bushehr Saturday, Aug. 21. With him were top Al Qods Brigades commanders in Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories. The group stayed only long enough to confer with Syrian president Bashar Assad and his military and intelligence chiefs on three topics . . . . This . . . Read more »

"The Hurt Can Be Much"

August 19, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The leading ayatollah in Tehran has described Israel as 'a one-bomb country.' About that, he is right. One nuclear weapon is all that it would take to kill millions of Israelis. It would be a twenty-minute Holocaust. President Obama has wasted his first year in office 'reaching out' to the mullahs in Tehran."

"Iran's secret pipeline into the U.S."

August 18, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Iran Air 744 is a bimonthly flight that originates in Tehran and flies directly to Caracas with periodic stops in Beirut and Damascus. The maiden flight was Feb. 2, 2007. The mere existence of the flight was a significant concern for U.S. intelligence officials, but now a broader concern is who and what are aboard the flights."

"It's Not Just About Israel"

August 17, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Six more reasons why we can't let Iran get nukes."

"Iran says to unveil array of weapons next week"

August 17, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Tuesday that Iran will unveil next week an array of weapons, including missiles, speedboats and a long range drone, the ISNA news agency reported." Meanwhile, some curious events around Iran's nuclear reactor site. Read more »

"The Real Problem Is Not the Mosque but the Nukes"

August 17, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"All the energy devoted to this issue of the Ground Zero Mosque is distracting us from the far more serious problem of Iran's nuclear weapons program. If this more fundamental problem is properly addressed, then the NYC mosque issue will become irrelevant. Conversely, if America doesn't deal with this more fundamental problem, then any legal or political maneuvers to stop the NYC mosque -- even if successful -- will make little difference in the long run."

"Eagleburger: World's Going to War Over Iranian Nukes"

August 16, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger says that unless civilized nations act soon to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions 'the world's going to go to war over this.'"

"Bomb kills Iran's military drone program chief "

August 16, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"[I]ntelligence source report that bombs were planted in at least three corners of the building and expertly rigged to explode simultaneously and bring the ceilings crashing down on its occupants. . . . Reza Baruni's death will most likely put Iran's ambitious project for developing sophisticated UAVs in mothballs in the foreseeable future."

"Flap in Jerusalem over Aug. 21 activation of Iran's first reactor"

August 16, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The sudden announcement in Moscow and Tehran on Aug. 11 that Russia is set to activate Iran's first nuclear power reactor by loading the fuel on Aug. Read more »

"Bomb Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Reactor?"

August 16, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The endgame may be coming soon."

"Iran will build uranium enrichment centers"

August 16, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Iran plans to begin construction of 10 uranium enrichment centers across the country by next year, state-run media is quoting Iran's nuclear chief as saying."

"Russian S-300s in Abkhazia block possible Israeli air route to Iran"

August 13, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"US and Israeli military sources [say] . . . that a threat from Georgia was not the reason why Russian posted advanced S-300 interceptor batteries . . . in Abkhazia and air defense weapons in South Ossetia on the northern shore of the Black Sea -as Moscow officially maintained, but rather possible moves by the US and/or Israel against Iran and its nuclear facilities."

"Iran reactor to be fueled Aug. 21"

August 13, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Russia has announced that it will start loading fuel into the nuclear reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power station in Iran on August 21, a spokesman for Russia's state atomic cooperation reportedly told Reuters Friday.

"According to the report, the spokesperson was quoted as saying that the addition of fuel will be crucial to initiating the country's first nuclear reactor, although it will not become operational."

"Barack Obama 'may be prepared to meet Iranian president’"

August 12, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Barack Obama’s national security adviser, Gen James Jones, has indicated the President may be prepared to meet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad if the regime resumed negotiations over its nuclear programme." Offering Iran's militant leaders legitimization and more stalling time.

"The Point of No Return"

August 11, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"In the gap between Washington’s and Jerusalem’s views of Iran lies the question: who, if anyone, will stop Iran before it goes nuclear, and how? As Washington and Jerusalem study each other intensely, here’s an inside look at the strategic calculations on both sides—and at how, if things remain on the current course, an Israeli air strike will unfold."

"USS Truman posted opposite Hormuz as Iranian threats spiral"

August 11, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"To meet increasingly defiant Iranian threats to US regional military forces, Washington has detached the USS Truman carrier from support duty for Afghanistan in the Arabian Sea and reassigned it to Dubai opposite the Gulf of Oman and the Straits of Hormuz with thousands of marines aboard."

‘Iran did not receive S-300 from Belarus’

August 10, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Western intelligence sources dismiss Teheran’s claims it has 4 of the anti-aircraft systems."

"State Department: Iran Sponsors Terrorists Who Kill Americans"

August 6, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The State Department’s latest terrorism report makes it clear that Tehran sponsors terrorists targeting U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan."