VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats on Monday confirmed a report that Iran has begun uranium enrichment at an underground bunker and said the news is particularly worrying because the site is being used to make material that can be upgraded more quickly for use in a nuclear weapon than the nation's main enriched stockpile.
The diplomats said that centrifuges at the Fordo site near Iran's holy city of Qom are churning out uranium enriched to 20 percent. That level is higher than the 3.5 percent being made at Iran's main enrichment plant and can be turned into fissile warhead material faster and with less work.
The move was expected, with Tehran announcing months ago that it would use the Fordo facility for 20 percent production. Iran began to further enrich a small part of its uranium stockpile to nearly 20 percent as of February 2010 at a less-protected experimental site, saying it needs the higher grade material to produce fuel for a Tehran reactor that makes medical radioisotopes for cancer patients.
But with the time and effort reduced between making weapons-grade uranium from the 20-percent level, the start of the Fordo operation increases international fears that Iran is determined to move closer to the ability to make nuclear warheads — despite insistence by the Islamic Republic that it is enriching only to make reactor fuel. Its dismissal of findings by the International Atomic Energy Agency of secret experimental work on a nuclear weapons program also worries the international community.
Iran recently threatened to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, an important transit route for almost one-fifth of the oil traded globally. Tehran also has been angered by the West's efforts to sanction Iran over its nuclear program, including a possible ban on European imports of Iranian oil.
Man you really are dense! We did attack the north koreans and you are right about us pushing them back. Your story stopped right where the chinese entered the war and ONCE THE CHINESE AND RUSSIANS ENTERED THE WAR WE GOT PUSHED BACK AND THE ARMISTICE WAS PUT IN PLACE.
Sure bombing is attacking but that wont win a war and it didnt win in the vietnam war. So again my question, WHY DIDNT WE INVADE AND WIN THE WAR?
It doesn't matter what the fuck happened afterwards, you said we didn't attack either and we did. I fucking told you in post #37 why each war was stopped, my story didn't "stop" anywhere. Even if it did, you don't have to win a war for it to be considered to be attacking, look at the Axis Powers in WWII. Did Germany not attack because they were defeated? Did Japan not attack because they were defeated? How stupid do you have to be to not understand that? Do I need to type half of my post in caps to help you read it?
So, dropping over 900,000 TONS (yes, that is 1,800,000,000 pounds) of bombs on a country is not considered attacking it? Good to know.
Stevo
Man you really are dense! We did attack the north koreans and you are right about us pushing them back. Your story stopped right where the chinese entered the war and ONCE THE CHINESE AND RUSSIANS ENTERED THE WAR WE GOT PUSHED BACK AND THE ARMISTICE WAS PUT IN PLACE.
Sure bombing is attacking but that wont win a war and it didnt win in the vietnam war. So again my question, WHY DIDNT WE INVADE AND WIN THE WAR?
Are we trying to conquer Iran or take out specific targets? You don't need boots on the ground to fuck a bunch of shit up.
So, you are STILL saying we didn't invade both Korea and Vietnam, just because we called a ceasefire in Korea and left Vietnam when we did?
For the record, we pushed the communist Koreans almost back into China, and Vietnam went the way it did due to chickenshit politicians deciding rules of engagement, and neither were developing nuclear weapons at the time and or announced to the world that they would destroy America.
It doesn't matter if Russia and China both put troops into Iran, if they attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz or fire upon a US ship you can damn well bet we will be sending in the Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Stevo
The korean war ended in a stalemate. However we were winning...until china and russia got involved. Thats why we never attacked north vietnam, didnt want a repeat.
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