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Iraq goes nuclear with plans for new reactor programme
Iraq goes nuclear with plans for new reactor programme
Iraq has started lobbying for approval to again become a nuclear player, almost 19 years after British and American war planes destroyed Saddam Hussein's last two reactors, the Guardian has learned. The Iraqi government has approached the French nuclear industry about rebuilding at least one ...
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Oh The Irony! Iraq Wants Nuclear Program
Newshoggers.com — ... By Steve Hynd According to The Guardian (h/t Gregg Carlstrom) Iraq has started lobbying for approval to again become a nuclear player, almost 19 years after British and American war planes destroyed Saddam Hussein's last two reactors, the Guardian has learned. The Iraqi government has approached the French nuclear industry about rebuilding at least one of the reactors that was bombed at the start of the first Gulf war. The government has also contacted the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...

Iraq Now Wants Nukes …
LewRockwell.com Blog — … and what neocon could object? After all, Iraq’s a democracy now, right? In 1991, the US and the Israel (with US money) destroyed Iraq’s last reactors. No doubt, American taxpayers will foot the bill for the new ones, too. ...

Iraq goes nuclear with plans for new reactor programme
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... we did not have an industry, but we have become more and more conscious of the need for nuclear technology. This was raised several months ago with the relevant bodies." Iraq's renewed dalliance with the science that was partly responsible for its international isolation, and two devastating invasions, comes at an extremely sensitive juncture in regional politics, with its near neighbour Iran accused of diverting its growing nuclear capacity to develop a weapons programme. Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/27/iraq-nuclea...

EVERYBODY LOVES DEMONIC CANDY
Amygdala — ... as much as a gallon of Tuscan whole milk. But if travel tires you out, you might try your usual: Bowling. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback. Anyone would want to get away from living in Nazi Soviet Muslim North Terrorist Korean MaoHitlerstan: But if you don't want to live there, you should try filtering reality. Sound familiar? Speaking of sounding familiar? This means war again! Fortunately now we have Vader on our side. And ...

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