Dec
30
Iran’s first atomic power plant will start operating in mid-2008, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday, two days after the country received a second delivery of nuclear fuel from Russia.
Iran says its first atom plant to start in mid-2008 | International | Reuters
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Dec
29
The assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has thrown Pakistan and its 165 million people into one of the worst crises in its 60-year history, raising the specter of widespread civil unrest and the cancellation of elections. Counterterrorism experts warn that the assassination of Benazir Bhutto brings closer the ultimate nightmare of Al-Qaeda and its affiliates being armed with nuclear weapons. In fact, Democrat US Senator Joseph Biden went so far as to claim, that an out-of-control Pakistan would be far more dangerous to the United States than a clerical ruled Iran. The most disturbing element is its nuclear arsenal that makes an unstable high-risk Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world: its stockpile of at least 30 and perhaps as many as 45 nuclear weapons has for years caused sleepless nights in worldwide security establishments.
Bhutto’s Murder Spurs Al Qaeda’s Quest for Islamic Nukes - Defense Update News Analysis.
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Dec
29
If confirmed, claims of al-Qaeda complicity in Benazir Bhutto’s assassination will crown a year in which the terrorist group made determined and ominous inroads in North Africa, on Europe’s southern doorstep, while attempting to burnish its global image by boldly stealing a page from U.S. presidential races.
Bhutto murder could strengthen al-Qaeda, say experts
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Dec
27
FOXNews.com - Report: Iran Would Suffer Up to 20 Million Casualties in Nuclear War With Israel - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
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An estimated 16-20 million Iranians would die in a nuclear war with Israel, according to a report issued by a respected Washington think tank.
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Dec
24
Iran to seek bids for 19 atomic power plants: MP | Reuters
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it rejected any preconditions for talks with the United States, which suspects it wants an atomic bomb, and a member of parliament was quoted as saying Tehran planned 19 nuclear power plants.
Iran to seek bids for 19 atomic power plants: MP | Reuters
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Dec
24
This challenging inter-religious relationship is again evident when some Muslims feel uncertain whether they should greet their Christian neighbors on holidays. The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) declared in 1981 that greeting Christians on Christmas was haram (forbidden). According to the MUI, such greetings implied that Muslims recognized Jesus as God, while in Islam Isa (Jesus) is a prophet.
The Jakarta Post - Greeting neighbors
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Dec
22
Syrian President Bashar Assad turned down an offer to buy nuclear missiles from Pakistani weapons smugglers in 2001, he was quoted as saying Wednesday.
Assad: I turned down nukes | Jerusalem Post
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Dec
22
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a year-end news conference Friday, left open the prospect of better relations with U.S. adversaries North Korea, Iran and Syria before the end of the Bush administration.
Bush offers olive branch to Iran-North Korea-Syria
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Dec
17
To accept the U.S. intelligence community’s finding that Iran halted its nuclear weapons development program three years ago, one must assume that Tehran suspended its most important state program on a “cost analysis” basis. Funny, writes Spook86, we never knew that Iran’s ruling mullahs were B-school graduates.
Pajamas Media: Three More Reasons to Reject the NIE on Iran
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Dec
17
Iran indicates it is building another nuclear plant - International Herald Tribune
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Iran confirmed on Monday that it had received the first fuel shipment for its nuclear power plant at Bushehr, but also indicated for the first time that it was building a second nuclear power plant.
Iran indicates it is building another nuclear plant - International Herald Tribune
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