Report: Iran to cross nuclear threshold in three years

The data on the slow shrinkage of the Martian polar icecaps was obtained by orbiting spacecraft, and reported in "Nature" magazine, Alicia My uncle, who lives in the Martian Central Zone, confirms this.

"Although the oceans are releasing CO2, we are doing it at a far greater extent." No we're not. Mankind pumps about 7 million metric tonnes of CO2 into the air each year. Volcanoes, organic decay and the oceans release 150,000 million metric tonnes a year. As temperature rises the oceans are releasing increasingly more than mankind. Charts that plot global temperature and CO2 changes show that CO2 increases lag BEHIND temperature changes. It is temperature that is leading to CO2 increases rather than the other way round. The cause of global warming is increased activity on that great ball of fire in the sky known as the sun, surprise, surprise.

if israel.. india.. pakistan.. the usa.. uk.. france... russia.. china.. n. korea.. can have the bomb ... so can iran or anyone else for that matter. the answer... universal nuclear disarmament

Mark, you're right about the insults to Musharaf. What's even scarier is that Pakistan is the breeding ground of Sunni wahabi fundamentalists (the ideological camp of bin laden and co). And musharaf's reign is kept in place by a strand of hair. For 3 decades the same stupid policies and shortsight visions have strangthen the mullah's regime in tehran. Our Politicians from across the spectrum lack the basic insight, the simple rule of trial and error principle in cognitive learning. Even a toddler learns if you touch fire, you'll get burned. That's the nature of fire. These people fan the flames of fundamentalism and they cry 'why does it burn'? DUH...That bastard bin laden was made and groomed by the Reagan admin (back then the boogie man was russia). You can't sleep with the devil and expect a healthy baby.

"I came from Prestwich Nth Manchester & some of my BEST friends are JEWS" I never mentioned Prestwich, Ari, though you are clearly aware of the area as being one with many Jewish families. I lived closer to Broughton Park. And I was very careful not to say that "some of my best friends are Jewish". I don't leave open goals. The one you shot at was of your own creation.

"Happy to discuss, although it is amusing to see who you are aligning yourself with ." I know, Jim - it was truly horrifying to find myself in agreement with the Boneheaded Bush on this. Human CO2 production is only the tiniest fraction of all the CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere annually by all other sources and is not the cause of the warming that is undoubtedly taking place. If you check the charts plotting CO2 against temperature you'll find it's a lagged effect, with CO2 increases lagging BEHIND temperature increases. As tenperature increases, the seas release more CO2. You did see, did you, Jim, that Nature report that showed that the icecaps on Mars were also shrinking very slowly (and this isn't a reference to the normal seasonal shrinking and expansion that takes place)? The Global Warming Industry is a vast, profitable, growing and politically correct one.

Human are also releasing tons of CO2. More than in any time in history. CO2 heats up the planet, so where do you think the CO2 that humans are releasing is going? Although the oceans are releasing CO2, we are doing it at a far greater extent. You can't treat the planets atmosphere as a the worlds waste dump and not have an effect on the planet. There is not historical precedent for your theory, of the 123 scientific articles written on the issue over 95 percent attributed it to human activity, zero were written attributing it to natural causes. You find many people debating the facts but the real debate is science, if a theory is sound then a scientific study is normally conducted and published for peer review..this has never been done in recent history, those that were done in past have been discredited.

reportedly admitted to the use of DIME(Dense Inert Metal Explosives ) in Gaza. For details check www.imeue.net(Institute for Middle East Understanding) April 27,2007

palestine is first attacked by david and the hebrews, then the persians, then the romans, then the crusaders. AND NOW ISRAEL. when will you learn from history. quit wasting time, lives, and money no doubt, you will lose in the end israel. better make peace now while the arabs are still weak.

Because so did Ahmadinejad when he made his much-misquoted speech. He stated that everyone is wrong in thinking zionism is a permanent feature of the M.E., pointing out that everyone thought exactly the same about communism in the USSR. And then when the soviet regime suddenly collapsed everyone said how inevitable it was. Ahmadinejad then quoted Khomani saying the same must inevitably happen to "the regime occupying Jerusalem". Just like you just did regarding Iran. Be careful, Nora, or people will start misquoting you too, and insisting you are calling for Iran to be "wiped off the map"....

While you are right that fundamentalist danger lurks in Pakistan to take over, Musharaff is often insulted and bullied by the same people that claim to be fighting against terror in the West (Bush administration) , thus weakening his position at home and strenghtening that of the radical political Muslims. What the hell is really going on here, one is inclined to say.

That's a real hoot coming from the "purveyor of Pure Propaganda 24/7. If you knock Iran & it's leader AchMADindahead Get your BIKES out the shed. And this, coming so soon after his other award winning *I am NOT an Anti Semite, I came from Prestwich Nth Manchester & some of my BEST friends are JEWS* Komedy Klub routine! Laugh! I thought I'd never stop! Oh sh*t I think I just wet my pants! I wonder if prickFOOL has ever thought of stand up comedy as a money earner or would he then NOT be able to still draw dole money & live off the state. Mind you, I am sure a "selfproclaimed" clever boy like he will be able to BS his way out of that little problem & continue to sponge off the GRATE brittish people!

assesement of global warming, but the jury is still out and I would rather err on the side of limiting pollution and that includes nuclear waste. Some day we will be able to harness the power of hydrogen where the exhaust is water. They have it now but it costs more energy today than what it puts out. The problems of this world can be solved if people were only interested and concerned about other peopls and not preaching death for people.

Oh dear! And I thought this was a discussion on the merits or otherwise of yet another worthless piece of neo-con propoganda! Keep it in the news and who cares if it's true - we'll all believe it eventually? Clickfool - no doubt you are an esteemed atmospheric physicist? If that is the case you will be aware of the flaws in the Shaviv/Veizer theory regarding cosmic rays that you cite. Happy to discuss, although it is amusing to see who you are aligning yourself with .

When he adressed the U.N. last year many people were impressed by his quiet dignity and the sentiments he expressed.Only some of the American media and Israeli supporters jumped up and down.Ofcourse,they also mistranslated(quite deliberatel,it would seem) his speech and set the whole rumpus rolling about his anti semitic stance. He is also very bright,which is not what you can say about the man in the White House. And despite the drumbeats, the American public is not ready for another war and Iran has already said it would attack where it hurts most,SHOULD IT BE ATTACKED. And because of the geopolitics of the region(see my earlier post) neither Israel(which would very much like to attack Iran) nor America will actually make that serious blunder. Iran is NOT Iraq.

are worse for america than they are for Israel. We are a front. They hate the americans to the core, they hate you a hell of allot more than they hate us. The americans trained, advised, aided, and directed iraqis on using chemical weapons on the iranians during there war with them. I would say the iranians have a vendetta against the americans. Middle eastern types don't forgive or forget very easily.

Don't be fooled by this 3 years crap. The fact is Iran is in the verge of mass producing its nukes. It is just a matter of arming their missiles with nukes. Unless the fanatical Islamist-Jihadist Ayattollahs are stopped now, they would be the next Hitler menacing the world. The only difference is that they will be armed with nukes.

At the end of the day, Russians, Chinese, Israelis and Americans all want to survive. For the fundamentalist Iranians martydom is the desire and there is no better way to martydom than destroying Israel. At every rally the Iranian president orchestrates chants of death to America,death to Israel and death to the UK. In a country where demonstrations are carefuly manipulated this reflects the beliefs of both the Iranian people and president. They actively support suicide bombing of civilians, execution of Bahai pacifists and hanging of homosexuals. So spyguy there is a difference. With Iran the concept of mutually assured destruction is lost.

than Russia, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel, the US or any of the other "Nuclear Club." Iran is less of a threat to the world than many other countries around the world. The leadership in Iran is no more insane than the leadership of Israel or the US. When Iran gets nukes they will be just as responsible as the US, Pakistan and the other nuclear powers (definitely much more stable than North Korea). If you want to be worried about nukes, then be worried about Pakistan which ALREADY has nukes and the ability to deliver them to Israel. All it would take is a simple change in government like Osama Bin Laudin taking over, for the missiles to be launched. Why aren't you demonizing Pakistan?

this has all the hallmarks of the WMD's of iraq, make up crap, feed it to the people propaganda style, suck in a few allies and voila, you have an instant war, once bitten twice shy, i will never believe anyone who makes up crap to justify killings thousands of innocent people.america's credibility is going downhill, and if someone doesn't stop them just like the germans, they will run amok.

sooner,most likely.The geopolitics of the region have changed.Russis,India and China are getting their act together.India has economic ties with Iran and some cultural,ethnic ties also.Russia needs a stable flank in the south.And China, well Ch. is one smart guy. And so, those of us who want some peace and quiet in the region have to expect Israel to figure out all this and conduct itself accordingly.

Good luck to iran .

Bush said Al Quaeda on last leg; now it's stronger than ever and combining with other similar groups. Bush, what do you think is going to happen when you keep whacking a hornets nest?

I do agree with you Mr Clickfool. However, I would like to know your opinion on Iran's statements about 'wiping Israel off the map' Surely that would worry you if you were an Israeli? Imagine France saying that they would like to wipe England off the map and actually mean it - would you not be slightly concerned in sunny Sussex? The thought of a statement so aggressive is beyond me - showing how far Iran needs to come on before having the responsibility of nuclear power. I personally think that Iran would not go as far as doing something so stupid but they are not exactly helping their cause? Do you not think that Iran has anything to answer for in this scenario? Lets hope that the Americans will learn their lesson from the disaster in Iraq. I do however, have this worrying feeling that they never learn from ANY of thier mistakes and fear a repetion of the current mess we are all in...

will not be the first state in the region to introduce nuclear weapons.

Can we ask when did Israel cross the threshold of Nuclear armament? It is not whether Iran should or should not have nuclear power and whether they need it; it is also to ask the question whether Israel should or should not have nuclear power and whether they need it. These are fair questions that require fair answers. And we should not keep using the Iran issue to cover up the apartheid in Palestine. The Palestians are being treated quite like slaves and it is abhorring to think that Israel, who knows too well how it feels to be subjugated as a people, should be dehumanizing the people of Palestine in their own land. Why can't Israel live up to its democratic values in Palestine?

The world is indeed warming up slowly, but human CO2 production is not the causal factor. The sun is in one of its regular, normal, cyclical periods of high activity (characterised by many sunspots). Enhanced solar wind is driving away from the earth the background cosmic radiation which normally hits the planet. Cosmic rays are critical because they lead to cloud formation. With marginally fewer cosmic rays hitting the earth, marginally fewer clouds are being formed, with the result that the sun is warming the earth more, very slowly. This is what we are now witnessing. With the earth's temperature rising, the seas are releasing more CO2. The temperature rise is CAUSING the rise in CO2, not the other way round. It is all perfectly normal and has been seen many times in the earth's history. In medieval, pre-industrial England there were vineyards all over the South. The ice caps on Mars are also slowly melting (not the usual seasonal shrinking & expanding).

i fully agree with you spyguy. the iranians only fear god and no one else.

They must now be importing yellow cake from Niger, right? I wonder, is the source of this new intelligence, Ahmed Chalabi's Persian cousin?

Remember USSR ? The most dangerous nuclear dictatorship in the world ? Who would predict its peaceful collapse ? Ahmadinejad`s Iran, compared to former USSR, is a paper tiger. Are you sure that Iran begs for self annihilation ? Let the dogs bark and let the caravans pass.

A big problem, when you see it from the Swedish "blue eye" point of view, is that if we all in the world is making a big issue of the global warming then should it be wise to consider going from oil to nuclear power instead? Shouldn?t that be in our all interest? I mean sun power in Iran instead of oil? Reality? But everything is falling apart when ?Iran talks? about wiping Israel from the map. That was too clear for us here in Nordic countries that something is not right with Iran. Why? But we have to get rid of the oil, if that?s the global warming problem. So, nuclear power then? So be it, but we have to control it together! Open mind folks! /Nordic guy

Regular readers of Haaretz and Talkback should by now have developed a fine nose for propaganda and an ability to spot an underlying agenda. In this instance we are still hearing the drumbeats for war. "A new U.S. military intelligence assessment claims" Where's the smallest scrap of proof? We were told all manner of authoritative bull in the preamble to the disastrous Iraq War. More fool us if we can't spot the same thing happening now.

From the folks who brought you ............ "Saddam is 45 minutes away from launching WMD at US targets" yeah, right, if you believe this, I got a bridge for you.....

So when did Israel cross that threshhold? All this talk about who got what is useless unless Israel settles the Palestinian issue. Living like slaves in their own land, the Palestinians are being humiliated by a country that should know better how such humiliation feels. We need now to begin to bring the world attention to this amazingly horrible occupation. It is a major sin to ignore it any longer. Israel should not be proud of its democracy while subjugating the Palestinians into utter apartheid.

As of Last update - 06:56 27/04/2007 only half the story is being told to Haaretz readers. Go to the CBSnews site and you will see that 3 years applies only to the enrichment of weapons grade uranium, not the completion of an actual weapon. Much less a weapon that could be delivered to Israel. When it comes to the actual date of completing a weapon, "there is no change in the official estimate that it will take Iran until 2015 to become a nuclear power." according to the full CBS News story. With that said, I'm not convinced the 2015 date is valid, considering that the very first estimate for Iran having a nuclear weapon was made in the 60's, and they estimated Iran would have nukes by 1970, 1980 at the latest. We've been told dates in the 80's, 90's, right up to right now in 2007. None of those estimates have been right. Why would 2010 or 2015 estimate be any more accurate than the rest of the estimates made over the last 5 decades that were all wrong?

...Report: Iran to cross nuclear threshold in three years... Isn't that funny, last year some people of the same institution said that Iran would have nuclear weapon in two years. But now, even to cross nuclear threshold Iran needs three years. What is this, somekind of bullying GAME by people that have lost their credibilities FOREVER?

Do not act like Ostriches with your heads in the sand , act now World leaders before it is too late and Iran possesses the bomb. They are a terrorist nation and will not hesitate to use it against not only Israel, but Europe and the United States as well, and will use it to threaten the rest of the middle east and gulf states, you have been warned, now do something!

This is just more "war propaganda" from the Bush folks. The simple reality is Iran will get nuclear enrichment capability sooner or later, no matter how much the US and Israel whine. If the US and Israel force the issue, Iran will buy nuclear weapons capability from someone else. It is long past the time for Israel to face the reality that Iran will get nuclear capability and learn to deal rationally with the new "facts on the ground." Forcing a war that Israel WILL LOSE, is not the answer. It is time for the leadership in Israel to find an exit strategy from the 60 year war Israel has created, since an escalation will be suicidal for Israel. Sure, Israel won he past battles, but it will lose any future battles and the war.

Oh boy! Here we go again. As if it isn't bad enough that we have become entangled in Iraq based on "intelligence".