Thursday, February 11, 2010

US Threatens, Iran Boosts Nuclear Enrichment

Visit with Little Hitler.

Hey folks,

OK. Let's check in with, you know him, you love him, Little Hitler himself, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Me - "Hey Mahmoud. Hows it going?"

LH - "Good, Good, Peter, How are you?"

Me - "Oh I'm fine. Can I ask you some questions?"

LH - "Of course. Of Course."

Me - "Now I understand that you set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level?"

LH - "Yes. Yes. It is a great day for the Iranian people."

ME - "Well, you know that that spurs suspicion that you are really building a nuclear bomb. Wha,,,,"

LH - "What suspicion? I have come right out and said I will Wipe Israel off the map. Death to all those that attempt to stop us. That include the Great Satin. Uh, Nothing personal of course. If you convert, I will spare you."

Me- "No thanks. Our President,,,"

LH - Laughter

Me "Our President just said that the sanctions process is moving along quickly, but he gave no specific timeline of course. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believed the U.N. should slap new sanctions on Iran in 'weeks, not months,'and France also said your action left no choice but to push harder for a fourth set of U.N. Security Council sanctions."

LH " Sanctions Smantions. What's all this talk about,,,eh, What do I need from you? I have all the money I could ever want. I have Land, Oil, Food, everything. Don't these Idiots realize that I'm on a mission for Allah? I answer only to him. The World will convert to Islam or be destroyed. How many times do I have to say sanctions will not stop us? OK. Again. Like our Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said, any plan by the West to impose new Security Council resolutions would be a "mistake. They are completely wrong if they think our people will back down even a single step," he said. Never mind. It just buys me more time."

Me - "Well, Obama did say "They have made their choice so far, although the door is still open," to reporters at the White House."

LH - "Of course, Of course. We are a peaceful people. Your President is weak and gul,,I mean, a great man. Of course we will keep the door open. {Smile} Hi Obama."

Me - "Well, Obama did say this also. The United Nations penalties are only one part of an international squeeze on Iran, a reference to a sequence of economic strictures that could be applied by the European Union and individual countries over the next several months."

LH - "What do I need of them?"

Me- "Yeah, but,,,"

LH - "Did you not see the AP piece? IAEA suggests Iran's new enrichment modest By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer George Jahn,

VIENNA – Iran expects to produce its first batch of higher enriched uranium in a few days but its initial effort is modest, using only a small amount of feedstock and a fraction of its capacities, according to a confidential document shared Wednesday with The Associated Press."

LH - "See? Read on."

But the document also indicated that Iran was keeping silent on whether or not it would ramp up production, which would bring it closer to the ability to produce the fissile core of nuclear weapons.

The internal International Atomic Energy Agency document was significant in being the first glimpse at Iran's plan to enrich uranium to 20 percent that did not rely on statements from Iranian officials.

Iran says it wants to enrich only up to that grade — substantially below the 90 percent plus level used in the fissile core of nuclear warheads — as a part of a plan to fuel its research reactor that provides medical isotopes to hundreds of thousands of Iranians undergoing cancer treatment.


LH - "I LOVE these guys."

But the West says Tehran is not capable of turning the material into the fuel rods needed by the reactor. Instead it fears that Iran wants to enrich the uranium to make nuclear weapons.

LH - "Stupid Infidels"

Iran denies such aspirations. But its move is viewed with concern internationally because it would create material that could then be processed into weapons-grade uranium more quickly and with less effort than Iran's present stockpile of 3.5 percent enriched uranium.

On Wednesday, Iranian Vice President Ali Akhbar Salehi said the process of higher enrichment was going smoothly, a day after Iranian officials announced a start of the operation, but gave no details on the scope of the new activities. The restricted IAEA document, however, indicated that, for now at least, they were was modest in scale.

"It should be noted that there is currently only one cascade ... that is capable of enriching" up to 20 percent, said the document. A cascade is 164 centrifuges hooked up in series that spin and re-spin uranium gas to the required enrichment level.

The document, relying on onsite reports from International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, also cited Iranian experts at the enrichment plant at Natanz as saying that only about 10 kilograms — 22 pounds — of low enriched uranium had been fed into the cascade for further enrichment.

Agency inspectors were told Wednesday "that it was expected that the facility would begin to produce up to 20 percent enriched ... (uranium) within a few days," said the one-page document.

Iran has over 8,000 centrifuges at Natanz, although not all are working. It has amassed about 1.8 tons of low-enriched uranium — more than enough for one warhead should it opt for that choice.

Iranian officials have said that they expect to produce 3 to 5 kilograms (up to 12 pounds) of 20-percent uranium a month. David Albright of the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security, said that at that rate, it would take Tehran about three years to produce enough for further enrichment into the 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of weapons-grade uranium needed for one warhead.

LH {Laughing} "You see, nothing to worry about. With THAT plant at least." {Smile}

The IAEA document said the agency had asked for details on "the timetable for the production process (including the starting date and the expected duration of the campaign), along with other technical details." Albright said that indicated that the Iranians were keeping silent on how long they would enrich to the higher grade and thus how much material they intended to produce.

"The IAEA is asking how much are you going to make, and they are not answering the question," he said, adding that IAEA chief Yukiya Amano "has to assume the worst; that this is an open-ended campaign where more cascades are brought on line."

Iran's decision to enrich to higher levels has led to a spike in concerns about its nuclear arms — and led Washington on Wednesday to impose new sanctions on several affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps over their alleged involvement in producing and spreading weapons of mass destruction.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it would freeze assets in U.S. jurisdictions of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Rostam Qasemi and four subsidiaries of a construction firm he commands, which was hit with U.S. sanctions in 2007.

The sanctions expand existing U.S. unilateral penalties against elements of the Guard Corps, which Western intelligence believes is spearheading Iran's nuclear and missile programs.

Western powers blame Iran for rejecting an internationally endorsed plan to export its enriched uranium, enrich the material further and return it in the form of fuel rods for the reactor — and in broader terms for turning down other overtures meant to diminish concerns about its nuclear agenda.

Iran, in turn, asserts it had no choice but to start enriching to higher levels because its suggested modifications to the plan were rejected.

That plan was welcomed internationally because it would have delayed Iran's ability to make a nuclear weapon by shipping out about 70 percent of its low-enriched uranium stockpile. Tehran denies nuclear weapons ambitions, insisting it needs to enrich to create fuel for an envisioned nuclear reactor network.

The proposal was endorsed by the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany — the six powers that originally elicited a tentative approval from Iran in landmark talks last fall. Since then, however, mixed messages from Tehran have infuriated the U.S. and its European allies, who claim Iran is only stalling for time as it attempts to build a nuclear weapon.

France and the U.S. have said Iran's action left no choice but to push harder for a fourth set of U.N. Security Council sanctions to punish Iran's nuclear defiance. China remains opposed, but Russia, which has close ties to Iran and has resisted new sanctions, appeared to edge closer to Washington's position, with senior officials saying the new enrichment plans show the suspicions about Iran's intentions are well-founded.

In an online briefing Wednesday, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said that "we have no other choice today but to work with our partners to strengthen measures against Iran." And Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Interfax news agency that "working out a new sanctions resolution (now) takes on additional relevance."

Still, he suggested Moscow was not in total sync with Western nations, saying they "are thrusting sanctions upon us."


LH - "You see. All this worrying for nothing. It's pointless you know? We are doing it for Cancer patients. We are compassionate. We are Allah's chosen people. You can be too. Yes? You do not have to die. Just join us. What you think?"

Me- "I think a few well placed bombs would stop you from acquiring a Nuclear Weapon that I'm SURE that you will use."

LH- "Really? Not with THIS President. {Laughing} Not with this Congress you have now. Maybe with the old one. Notice I did not do much back then. That Bush guy was nuts. But this one? Yes? I think, uh, I think, he would rather take over your country. Hey, maybe he will make America better. Maybe we will not have to blow you up. You see, we could actually become friends. Uh, after we get rid of Israel of course. Thanks for visit. I have to go execute more protesters. Lot's to do you know."

The above is SATIRE. Yet, all the facts are true. Below is the sources from the news the last few days. Folks, I keep telling you. I have been following LH AKA Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for YEARS now. I have watch him ascend to power. I have LISTENED to what he has SAID and watched what he has done since his involvement with the hostage crises, to his becoming President. From the deals he has made with China and Russia, to the covert War assistance he has given our enemies. There is NO SECRET as to his intentions. There is no secret to the fact Sanctions simply have NO effect. There is NO DOUBT.

He will not stop. He will have a Nuclear Bomb. He will USE IT! When are those in power going to wake up? You can not negotiate with someone who's starting point is "You die." He WANTS a one world government run by Islamic Law. He wants Israel wiped off the map. He said death to America. He JUST said he has a surprise for us tomorrow. Have no idea what that is, but I doubt it's good. He IS serious. Time we become serious too.
Peter

Sources:
Iran Focus - Obama: US developing new sanctions for Iran
AP - Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings
Iran Focus -
New Iran sanctions move likely 'within weeks': Gates
AP - IAEA suggests Iran's new enrichment modest

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