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I.H.T. Op-Ed Contributor - Al Qaeda’s Quest for the Bomb - NYTimes.com

While the world focuses on Iran as the greatest potential source of nuclear proliferation, the clearest danger may be forming somewhere in Pakistan under the direction of Zawahri and bin Laden. And unlike Iran, Al Qaeda would have no reason to develop a bomb other than to use it.

With Mohamed ElBaradei out of the way, the truth can now be revealed about Iran’s nuclear weapon programme – Telegraph Blogs

Has anyone else noticed that, now Mohamed AlBaradei is no longer in charge of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, we are suddenly seeing a more realistic assessment of what the Iranians are really up to with their nuclear programme?

Advice From Brzezinski on How to Curb Iran - WSJ.com

Play the long game, because time, demographics and generational change aren’t on the side of the current regime.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Says Islam Opposes Nuclear Weapons | Middle East | English

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is reiterating a previous claim that Islam is “opposed to nuclear weapons,” insisting that Tehran is not trying to build them. Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency is also calling a leaked report that Tehran is working to build a nuclear warhead “baseless.”

Fars News Agency :: US Intelligence Chief: Iran Not Seeking N. Arms

Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair said that Iran has not decided to pursue the production of weapons-grade uranium and the parallel ability to load it onto a ballistic missile, the Washington Post reported.

Obama Extends Sanctions Against Iran for Another Year - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com

Citing a continued “unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security,” President Obama on Thursday extended sanctions against Iran for one year in a public notice.

CQ Politics | Winnowing Down the Bio Threats

For much of his administration, Bush and homeland security officials said the threat of rogue scientists or al Qaeda sympathizers cooking up terror bugs like anthrax or plague was as great as that posed by a nuclear attack.

The high-profile case of Bruce Ivins, the government researcher charged with masterminding the 2001 anthrax mailings, only heightened such concerns.

But one outcome of the heightened vigilance is the [government’s list of “select agents” has gotten a bit long. It now includes 80 naturally occurring pathogens, from the potent toxin ricin and the exotic and potentially lethal Ebola virus to the treatable brucella — a parasite that causes livestock disease on three continents.

Danger Room - Wired Blogs:

The rest of the world may be focused on Iran’s nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence agencies, think tanks, and non-governmental organizations just can’t shake the suspicion that Iran may be trying to assemble other weapons of mass destruction, too: an arsenal of chemical and biological arms.

Iran Turns Tables, Threatens Strike on Israel - Middle East Times

In an upping of the tit for tat rhetoric between Tel Aviv and Tehran, several senior Iranian officials have recommended a pre-emptive strike on Israel in order to neutralize any Israeli attempt to bomb the Islamic republic’s alleged nuclear facilities.

Expert says nuclear terrorism is not a major threat (10/20/08) — www.GovernmentExecutive.com

“Brian Michael Jenkins, a longtime terrorism expert with the Rand Corp.,
says that the threat lies more in the realms of Hollywood dramas and
terrorist dreams than in reality.”

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