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One Phone Call to Tehran (The Dignified Rant)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:28:00 GMT

I'd guess that Iran just lost an important asset : An Iraqi official says U.S. forces have arrested Ali al-Lami, a top Shiite in charge of keeping senior supporters of Saddam Hussein out of the government. We suspect him of being responsible for a Baghdad bombing that killed four Americans and six Iraqis in June. It is important that we continue to target both Sunnis working for al Qaeda or the Baathists...

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Tehran exploits US-Russian tensions (Investor's Iraq Forum)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:53:02 GMT

Iran's geopolitical leverage has increased sharply as a result of the West's faceoff with Russia over Georgia. Tehran is potentially a valuable ally for either side in Cold War II, and for now it is cleverly keeping its options open - while the price for its cooperation rises. - *Jim Lobe* (Aug 28,...

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Tehran exploits US-Russian tensions (Russia News Net)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:40:12 GMT

By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - Iran could emerge as a big winner, at least in the short term, from the rapidly escalating tensions between the United States and Russia over Moscow's intervention in G...

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Tehran hangs five convicted of murder (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:48:42 GMT

Tehran - Five prisoners convicted of murder, including a woman, were hanged in Tehran, the governmental daily Iran reported Thursday. The five were hanged on Wednesday in the Evin prison in northern Tehran after their death sentence had been confirme...

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Iran Increases Number Of Centrifuges For Uranium Enrichment (The Huffington Post)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:38 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has increased the number of operating centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant to 4,000, a top official said Friday, pushing ahead with the nuclear program despite threats of new U.N. sanctions. The number was up from the 3,000 centrifuges that Iran announced in November that it was operating at its plant in the central city of Natanz. Still, it is well below the 6,000...

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In Other News: Iran Increases Centrifuges to 4,000 (Outside the Beltway)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:10:44 GMT

As odd as it may seem there are other things happening in the world outside of the American presidential election. One of these is that it has been reported that Iran has increased the number of centrifuges it has deployed for enriching uranium to 4,000: TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has increased the number of operating centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant to 4,000, a top official said Friday,...

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Iran Corroborates U.N. Nuclear Monitor's Estimate of Centrifuges in Operation (Washington Post)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:32:17 GMT

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 -- Iran is using 4,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium and plans to install an additional 3,000 of the devices, Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh Attar said Thursday in an interview on Iranian state television.

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Iran says 4,000 atomic centrifuges working: report (Reuters)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:13:16 GMT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has 4,000 working nuclear centrifuges, an official said in remarks published on Friday, in line with a number verified by the U.N. atomic watchdog but lower than a figure cited by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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PM al-Maliki will punish Peshmerga deployed outside Kurdish enclave-PM (Investor's Iraq Forum)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:06:16 GMT

TEHRAN, Aug.29 (VOI) - A lawmaker from the main Shiite bloc on Friday said *Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has threatened the deployment of Kurdish forces outside the Kurdish enclave would make them face legal actions*. Iraq's Kurdistan is a semi-autonomous region governed by two main Kurdish...

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Iran continues... (halls of macadamia)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:45:00 GMT

...to pump up the "nuclear jam." -- TEHRAN -- A top Iranian official say the country now has 4,000 working nuclear centrifuges. Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheik Attar made the claim to Iranian state media Friday, saying another 3,000 centrifuges will soon be installed at Iran's main nuclear site in Natanz. And, altruists that they are, the mad mullahs are more than willing to share the...

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Report: Iran to install 54,000 centrifuges - Summary (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:23:17 GMT

Tehran - Iran plans to install 54,000 centrifuges at its uranium-enrichment plant in Natanz in central Iran, the news network Khabar reported Friday - a move that would lead to the industrial-scale production of enriched uranium despite international...

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Report: Iran to install 54,000 centrifuges - Update (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:45:54 GMT

Tehran - Iran plans to install 54,000 centrifuges at the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz in central Iran, the news network Khabar reported Friday on its news ticker. Iran moves towards large-scale uranium enrichment in Natanz involving 54,000 cent...

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Iran says 4,000 atomic centrifuges working (Ynet News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:14:15 GMT

Figure presented by Tehran's deputy foreign minister in line with number verified by UN atomic watchdog but lower than number cited by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 'Another 3,000 centrifuges being installed at Natanz enrichment facility,' he says

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Minister: Iran has 4,000 operational centrifuges (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:13:46 GMT

Tehran - Iran has 4,000 operational centrifuges at the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz in central Iran, deputy foreign minister Alireza Sheikh-Attar said Friday. Official news agency IRNA quoted the minister as saying that almost 4,000 centrifuges...

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Iran says 4,000 atomic centrifuges working: report (News & Information)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:21:37 GMT

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FIBA Asia U18 Championship Men - Day 1 Round-Up (FIBA)

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:05:13 GMT

TEHRAN (FIBA Asia U18 Championship Men) - Former champions Philippines were stretched into two Overtimes before scraping past Chinese Taipei 106-105 in a Group C preliminary round game on the opening day of the 20th FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Junior Men on Thursday. In other action, Asia’s young basketball talent was on display to the best ...

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Poll: 63% of Americans supports Israeli strike in Iran (Ynet News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:47:54 GMT

Project Israel survey finds US citizens concerned about Iran's growing nuclear capabilities, supportive of surgical strike on Tehran's facilities should diplomatic efforts fail

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Iran says can hit Israel with missiles if attacked (cryfreedom)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:22:00 GMT

http://www.reuters. com/article/ worldNews/ idUSBLA740667200 80827?sp= true Iran says can hit Israel with missiles if attacked Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:57am EDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran could hit back at Israel with missiles if the Jewish state attacked it and could also rely on allies in the region to strike, the commander of the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday. Israel, like...

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Iranian Minister's Forged Diploma Exposed (The Jawa Report)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:52:11 GMT

(Tehran, Iran) To gain support for his appointment as Iranian Interior Minister, Ali Kordan (pic) showed off his "honorary doctorate of law" from Oxford University. It worked and Kordan was appointed Minister earlier this month. However, there were some questions...

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Hizbollah Terrorists Ready to Kidnap Jewish Businessmen in Venezuela (The Jawa Report)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:45:45 GMT

Even though Hizbollah has had a presence in Venezuela since at least the early 90s some Western anti-terrorism agents are growing concerned about Tehran and Caracas' growing relationship. They fear that Hizbollah, which is sponsored by Iran, will take advantage...

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