Is Tehran planning a nuclear weapons test before March 20, 2006 ?

[AGENDA21]

Does anybody have a reliable source for this,assuming its true?

[ret5hd]

1. show me yours and i'll show you mine...

what's YOUR source...besides your imagination, i mean.

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[ret5hd]

6. well, seeing as debka is filled with ex-mossad...

and while occasionally gets a scoop, but is mostly interested in propaganda...
well, you take that info as you see fit.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Karenina]

10. Their "nuclear test"

is getting their Bourse up and running.

[havocmom]

14. BINGO! Was thinking, Spring 06 = Oil Brouse, not nuke test threat

BIG LIE is on again folks. It is not about threats of war, IT'S THE $$. With the neocons & PNACers, it's always about the money

[shraby]

3. About 6 months ago, the IAEA

said that Iran is 10 years away from a nuclear bomb. When did that change into a month?

[Coexist]

17. what did it matter what the IAEA said the same thing about Iraq?

eom

[PDJane]

4. That's an Israeli assertion........

And I think it's mostly idiocy.

[AGENDA21]

5. But isnt that what matters,in terms of war taking place?

[WilliamPitt]

18. No it isn't

Israel agrees with the US and Germany that Iran is at least three years away from having a nuke.

Do you have a link to back your claim that Israel is promulgating this? Because you're wrong. It's the Foundation for Democracy in Iran, a sock-puppet organization for the American Enterprise Institute.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012206A.shtml

[PDJane]

22. Sorry, Will...........

I just remember seeing it in a link provided by an Israeli paper.

I didn't take much notice of it, because I think the whole idea is so ridiculous as to reach total fabrication.

[tridim]

7. I hope so

Then Bush will have to claim them as as ally, just like Pakistan.

Actually I don't hope so, but something has to be done to stop Bush from bombing the entire world.

[mmonk]

8. Wouldn't they need a nuclear weapon?

[LSK]

9. is that the date their oil market opens???

[AGENDA21]

11. yes...

[LSK]

13. better buy some gold by then n/t

[mmonk]

12. call it their nuclear option

[jpak]

15. No - Iran does not have a nuclear weapon.

and cannot test one before 20 March.

Hysterical propaganda....

[WilliamPitt]

16. Um...

The intelligence specialists in the United States, Germany and Israel all agree that Iran is between three and five years away from being able to manufacture nuclear weapons. This, of course, is based on the premise that such manufacture is Iran's goal. Take it as a given that it is, and we have at least three years to use diplomacy, economic pressures and possibly sanctions to keep them from creating these bombs.

But "three to five years" isn't going to help the GOP win the midterm elections. They need things to be scary, and they need things to be scary now. The same right-wing groups that ginned up the fantasy that Iraq was laden with weapons of mass destruction, and was an imminent threat, are now at work building up a martial froth about Iran. They did this in time for the midterms last time, and are preparing to do it again.

United Press International carried a story last Thursday about a group called the Foundation for Democracy in Iran. This group, according to the UPI story, claims that, "Tehran is planning a nuclear weapons test before the Iranian New Year on March 20, 2006." FDI, according to the story, offered absolutely no proof to back this claim. But that's not three to five years. That's less than ten weeks. Scary stuff, right?

Take a closer look, however, and you can see the fingerprints of the architects of our current Iraq boondoggle all over this. The Foundation for Democracy in Iran is run by a man named Kenneth Timmerman. Timmerman is umbilically connected to the godfather of right-wing think tanks, the American Enterprise Institute. It was the American Enterprise Institute that spawned the Project for the New American Century, the think tank that gave us Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, the original noise about Iraqi WMD, and the idea that a military takeover of the entire Mideast is a bully idea. The same people that terrorized the American people into unnecessary war in Iraq are preparing to do the same with Iran, and all in time for the midterms.

One must also note the irony of the suggested date for this Iranian nuclear test. March 20, 2006, for those not paying attention, is the three-year anniversary of our invasion of Iraq. And round and round we go.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012206A.shtml

[KaryninMiami]

19. As usual, your piece is brilliant and to the point..

Think we can get it together to organize a "Stand Up and Walk Out" campaign? Personally, I'd rather call it "Show Them You Mean it" campaign but either way, it would be great to start the ball rolling. They did it once- so we know that it is possible for the Dems to show some balls and it appears that we are gaining a bit of momentum with the spying issue. I don't want to jeopardize the filibuster Alito efforts that will be taking place as well- but I think this could have wings if we start an action campaign and get PDA, Democrats.com and DU (and any others that we collectively are involved with) to participate... What do you think? A barrage of calls, a few well placed newspaper advertisements, a flood of emails- could we make it happen?

[WilliamPitt]

20. Did you see this?

http://bushwalkout.blogspot.com/

:o

[KaryninMiami]

21. YES- one minute after I posted that note AND Randi is talking about it now

A caller mentioned it and she followed up saying what a great idea it is. I agree. Let's do it.