Iran Ready To Build Nuclear Bomb, Just Waiting For Ayatollah Khamenei's Order: Times Of London

Times London:

ran has perfected the technology to create and detonate a nuclear warhead and is merely awaiting the word from its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to produce its first bomb, Western intelligence sources have told The Times.

Read the whole story: Times London

Comments

[jonjon66]

11:49 AM on 08/03/2009

Wait doesn't Israel have like 3,000 nukes?

[Rog49Thomas]

07:40 AM on 08/03/2009

The Times of London owned by the same folks who bring you Faux News.

[Freenation]

11:01 PM on 08/03/2009

yep...fair and balanced for twilight zone....

[obamanomics]

07:36 AM on 08/03/2009

The article is sketchy at best. That being said, Israel should still strike Iran's nuclear facilities.

[punk]

07:37 AM on 08/03/2009

It is people like you who are the "mad men," not the religious zealots in Tehran.

[Betrayed]

07:44 AM on 08/03/2009

Your name and photo says it all.

You're a gem!

[poco767c]

07:38 AM on 08/03/2009

Why?

[joebhed]

07:26 AM on 08/03/2009

Well, actually, if you read the article, it doesn't really say that Iran is ready to build a nuclear bomb.
And it doesn't really say that Iran is awaiting an order from the country's leader to build one.
What it actually says is that some clandestine "westerner" doing 'intelligence';-) work - and think what a broad brush that could turn out to be - says that Iran has a bunch of low-enriched uranium that it is going to be used to make nuclear fuel.
It also says that if Iran were to make a decision to build a nuclear weapon, then Iran could possibly take that low-enriched uranium and re-run the enrichment up to HEU levels that COULD, if Iran had the nuclear weapons building technology ready to deploy, which we have NO information that they do, but if they did, and if the country's Supreme Leader decided to build a nuclear weapon, could have the LEU run up to HEU in something over six months.
Here's a clue for the "western intelligents".
Have your people give the people at the IAEA a call, and tell them what you've got.
They operate out in the open on behalf of peoples of the world to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation.
Quite frankly, running this headline is of truly questionable judgment.

[instagladiator]

08:38 AM on 08/03/2009

Attempts to gain support for the Provoke Iran Operation.

I am sadden by this administrations continuance of the previous administrations lack of "open and honest" debate. I recall Iran offered, more than once, to sit down and debate with no pre-conditions. But the US has, and from the looks of it will continue to, avoid this and will settle for no less than "what THEY (the US) wants"..

[punk]

07:21 AM on 08/03/2009

Remember in 2002 when France reported that Saddam had NO nuclear weapons? Remember "freedom fries"??

Well, France today reports Iran has NO nuclear weapons program. "The Foreign Affairs Committee of the French senate has released its latest report saying there is no strong evidence to prove the nature of Iran's nuclear program is military."

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=102364§ionid=351020104

[poco767c]

07:29 AM on 08/03/2009

where is my liberty toast.

[Rog49Thomas]

08:17 AM on 08/03/2009

You do know that "they" hate us for our freedom fries. And they abhor us for our Liberty Toast. And if you have to ask who "they" are it's time to turn in that American flag themed shield!!

On the other hand, they embrace our Liberty Cabbage.

[instagladiator]

08:27 AM on 08/03/2009

Be careful, the French may ask for THEIR statue back.

[Rog49Thomas]

08:15 AM on 08/03/2009

OK the French disagreed with us and were later proven right. I suppose next you're going to point out that they said that invading Iraq was a truly bone head idea and would lead to all sorts of unfortunate consequences, including the expansion of Iranian influence.

As a good American, my only conclusion can be is that it was a couple of lucky guesses and we should go with the hard intelligence from the TImes of London instead.

[punk]

08:20 AM on 08/03/2009

LOL. At first I thought you were serious!

[JeffKolakowski]

08:30 AM on 08/03/2009

It amazes me that no matter how many times the warmongers are proven wrong, and their detractors proven right, people like you continue to believe the the propaganda. Where is the “hard intelligence” offered in the Times story. They have one source, an unnamed intelligence official. It could be anybody with an agenda for an attack on Iran, just like all the stories printed in the NYT in the run up to the Iraq war. Here is how that worked. An administration official, probably Scooter Libby, would tell Judith Miller that Saddam Hussein had WMD. The story would get printed in the NYT. Next thing you know, Cheney would be on the Sunday morning talk shows quoting the NYT Times as having discovered important evidence of WMD in Iraq. First they plant the story, then they quote as independent information. How many times can you be lied to and still believe the liar?

[rubberstamp]

06:49 AM on 08/03/2009

Here they go again.

In the 70's and 80's western intelligence warned of a finely honed soviet force prepared to strike at any moment, they where Hitler on steroids the great "evil " empire. We were so scared we spent ourselves into oblivion trying to hold back the "red tide" in every basement and closet we could imagine. It wasnt until after the USSR's collapse that we found a truer picture. A broken system with a military literally starving, with deteriorated and outdated weapons using broken cars and trucks 30-40 years old.

Then in the 90's Saddam all of a sudden became Hitler the 2nd, the single gravest threat to America.
and again in 2001. Their sophisticated mobile labs,drones, underground networks and WMD stockpiles demanded a trillion dollar response. We ate it like sheep and found out again our superior enemy was actually a 3rd world nation with absolutely no potential to even defend its own borders let alone project power beyond.

Now we are supposed to eat this "western intelligence" source that we are facing a new menace?
Sorry but "fool me once ya fool me U cant get fooled again"

[instagladiator]

08:25 AM on 08/03/2009

Thank you. Very well said. Which leads to the bigger question: "Why is the US not held accountable for introducing this idiotic N-weapon to the world in the first place?"

[dennisrs]

08:47 AM on 08/03/2009

accountable?? what do you mean? will you hold Sweden accountable for Nobel development of NitroGlycerin too?

[Hirnlego]

06:25 AM on 08/03/2009

LOL.
The new IAEA chief just pretty much said that there is no evidence that Iran is even seeking to build the bomb.
In fact, they have a fatwa against it, calling it "un-islamic" even.

Boo! Scared yet?

[MajorKong]

07:48 AM on 08/03/2009

To play devil's advocate for a moment - they may be trying to achieve what is called "Breakout Capability". That is, having the ability to build a weapon in a fairly short time if they wanted to. The best example of this would be Japan.

[Hirnlego]

08:01 AM on 08/03/2009

There is no fairly short time when it comes to Iran.

We've heard this for years...

[Rog49Thomas]

08:20 AM on 08/03/2009

I resent your post.

As a good American, I am scared most of the time.

Not only of the ever increasing list of officially designated imaginary enemies, but of groups I invent myself - such as the Islamo-Objectivists. "Man huwwa Hanna Galt?"

To paraphrase an American president, "We have nothing but fear, fear itself".

[MajorKong]

06:10 AM on 08/03/2009

Iran is a huge, scary relentless threat to our very existance........but we can take them out with 3 days of air strikes.

Somehow they're a "grave threat" and a "cakewalk" at the same time.

Hmmmmm. Where have I heard that before?

[Rog49Thomas]

08:03 AM on 08/03/2009

TJ, I'm sensing some skepticism in your post.

You're probably too young to remember Maurice Bishop - another existential threat to our very way of life - even after his death it appears.

So am I, but my daddy has told me how our nation stood on the very brink of destruction. Maurice definitely had WMDs which he tried to hide at the so-called St. George's University.

If not for a brave and resolute President and our determined Armed Forces including SAC, you'd be eating arroz, habichuela y carne and cutting sugar cane in the hot sun thereafter.

[MajorKong]

08:08 AM on 08/03/2009

I'm not much for the hot sun but the arroz, habichuela y carne sounds delicious.

[SFA]

05:15 AM on 08/03/2009

Did God gave israel the right to nuclear weapons.

[blico]

05:59 AM on 08/03/2009

There is no absolute proof that Isreal has nukes, although it is widely accepted that they have them. I beleive they do. The difference is they have had them for years and have not popped one off nor have they threatened anyone with annihilation. Whether you like them or not they are generally responsible members of the world community. I would also add that if the surrounding Arab states gave up their weapons and bombs - there would be peace! If the Isrealis gave up their weapons they would be annhilated.

[poco767c]

06:11 AM on 08/03/2009

"Whether you like them or not they are generally responsible members of the world community"
Not nuking your neighbors does not make you responsible.
They have herded the Palestinians into a tiny city state with atrocious conditions, they are driven from their homes, they have chemical weapons used on them.
I know that Hamas attacks Israel, but Israels response is to crush the civilian populace causing more animosity.

[SFA]

06:34 AM on 08/03/2009

US has :- So Russia has
China has :- So India has
India has :- So Pakistan has

Israel has :- So Iran should have, probably one or two other countries also.


So israel will only learn to behave when Iran & other countries have nuclear weapons.

[mergina]

06:02 AM on 08/03/2009

There is no god and Iran CANNOT HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. When they begin production, their program will be ended militarily. They cannot even control the brutality murder and rape of their own people. Imagine what they would do to their neighbours with nuclear weapons in their posession? IT CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED, Israel or NO Israel.

[YetMoreLies]

05:00 AM on 08/03/2009

One of the reasons so many Zionsists have weasled their way into US govt over the years and why they more or less run the FED is that they know whoever controls the purstrings of the world controls the world, no matter WHO is president.

Don't think for one minute Is rael wouldn't attack the USA if the USA decides to dump them.

[take10]

08:18 AM on 08/03/2009

Remember 9/11? Many are still not sure that the accused had the technological savvy to pull that off! The intended purpose of 9/11 was to make sure that America would send its troops and treasure to keep Israel's enemies at bay. There is no doubt that America's military is used in any arena Israel desires. All that is necessary, is for them to plant the seeds of fear into the minds of the war loving American public and then have AIPAC, which holds sway over our government, to sew the seeds for the US to invade countries in the middle east to prevent Israel from using the nuke option. With the US fighting their battles, they continue with one of the main reasons the middle east is so unstable - the building of Israeli settlements where Palestinians once thrived, and hope to build their future. The bulldozing of inhabited Palestinian homes in both daylight and darkness is how they conduct imminent domain. With billions of US dollars being allotted to Israel yearly and without any abatement rules attached, the US is complicit in how Israel impacts the lives of the indigenous people of the region. Saddam Hussein gave thousands to families of suicide bombers and we give billions to support Israel's military assault and expansion of settlements into Palestinian territory. Thus, the cause of so much hate of America in the Arab world. Follow the money back to US government officials and you'll know how Israel controls our future!

[take10]

08:21 AM on 08/03/2009

Remember 9/11? Many are still not sure that the accused had the technological savvy to pull that off! The intended purpose of 9/11 was to make sure that America would send its troops and treasure to keep Israel's enemies at bay. There is no doubt that America's military is used in any arena Israel desires. All that is necessary, is for them to plant the seeds of fear into the minds of the war loving American public and then have AIPAC, which holds sway over our government, to sew the seeds for the US to invade countries in the middle east to prevent Israel from using the nuke option. With the US fighting their battles, they continue with one of the main reasons the middle east is so unstable - the building of Israeli settlements where Palestinians once thrived, and hope to build their future. The bulldozing of inhabited Palestinian homes in both daylight and darkness is how they conduct imminent domain. With billions of US dollars being allotted to Israel yearly and without any abatement rules attached, the US is complicit in how Israel impacts the lives of the indigenous people of the region. Saddam Hussein gave thousands to families of suicide b@mbers, and we give billions to support Israel's military a$$ault and expansion of settlements into Palestinian territory. Thus, the cause of so much hate of America in the Arab world. Follow the money back to US government officials and you'll know how Israel controls our future!

[jackstpaul]

04:47 AM on 08/03/2009

People are missing an even more significant point about having nuclear weapons than actually using them: Deterrence, yes, but also reputation/status.

Without using nukes--other than the US in WWII, the nuclear nations gained great status by virtue of being a nuclear power.

In the Mideast this can mean a few things:

Relating to Israel, Iran would establish itself as Israel's military equal (more or less); the "Jewish State" would no longer dominate--psychologically--the rest of the region and they wouldn't suffer from a sort of inferiority complex and feeling like victims of Israel were there to be another nation to counter-balance Israel. A Muslim nation; Iran. That would contribute greatly to Iran's status amongst the Arab nations.

It would also serve to deter Israel from taking some major military action in the region--conceivable--if it were to be against an Iranian ally.

Iran scores big.

A drawback for Iran is that the Arab nations have felt threatened historically with Persians/Iranians and so Arab nations might react--as has been seen already in p.r. terms--of wanting to arm themselves with nukes.

Without even using nukes, Iran would catapult itself into a much higher status in global relations and become a "power" state with client states seeking their protection in exchange for various geo-political and economic favors. That's why Iran is up to what it's doing if you pay attention to what insiders say about Iran and nukes; it’s not about attacking Israel.

[YetMoreLies]

04:55 AM on 08/03/2009

It will also keep Is ra el in check with their expansionism and theft by deception of more Mid East resources and land.

[mergina]

06:05 AM on 08/03/2009

These Brutal Bastards would actually use their weapons as a means to bully, brutalize, murder and rape outside of their own country. Therein lies the problem. They murder their own. The brutalize and rape their own. What do you think they are going to do to their neighbours if allowed to posess nukes? Personally, I would LOVE to see them announce a weapons program to see them paid back with some military pumelling just for the way they have treated their own people longing to be free. I want they crushed, as do it seems, most IRANIAN PEOPLE.

[StillAmused]

04:43 AM on 08/03/2009

Man, are they ever gonna be embarrassed when it goes off in the lab.

[BigBagel]

04:43 AM on 08/03/2009

Are they going to nuke their own people? They are, after all, the greatest threat to the Iranian government.

[YetMoreLies]

04:56 AM on 08/03/2009

Every reformist and young Iranian I know is against the ZionaistExpansionist state and their ongoing minigenocide in Gaza.

So it doesn't matter WHO gets into power in Iran.

All neighboring countries of Is r ael feel the same way but are powerless to change the situation.

[mergina]

06:07 AM on 08/03/2009

Bravo. So eloquently and simply put.

[CaptainHowdy2]

04:31 AM on 08/03/2009

Feels like groundhog's day.

This story has been reported at least once every month for the last 6 or 7 years.

[poco767c]

04:28 AM on 08/03/2009

Khamenei himself issued a fatwa in 2004 against building nuclear weapons, declaring them incompatible with Islam. A fatwa is not taken lightly or broken without major repercussions.
http://ww4report.com/node/929