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37 tons of ... yellowcake (II)

A single, unvetted walk-in. There must be sixty gazillion "news" items that Iran is flushing 37 tons of 'yellowcake' (U3O8) into uranium hexaflouride gas (UF6). A press holiday courtesy of Colin and Condi.

Javier Solana went on record in response:

"At this point, the Iranians do not have any nuclear weapons, so it's impossible to use the missiles with nuclear weapons.

So I'm going to give this the coverage it merits.

Two penguins walk into a bar...a third penguin says "You'd have thought the second one would have seen it."

A penguin walks into a bar, goes to the counter, and asks the bartender, "Have you seen my brother?" The bartender asks, "I don't know, what does he look like?"

The Pope goes to visit the Seven Dwarfs who are drinking in a bar. As he is finishing his speech on comparative religions, Dopey raises his hand to ask a question.

"Mr. Pope, are there any dwarf nuns in Rome?".

"No Dopey," responds the Pontiff, "there are not".

"Mr. Pope, are there any dwarf nuns anywhere in Italy?", Dopey questions.

"No Dopey," chuckles the Pope, "there are no dwarf nuns in Italy."

"Mr. Pope," Dopey asks pleadingly, "are there any dwarf nuns anywhere in the world?"

"No Dopey," the Pope says sadly, "there are no dwarf nuns anywhere in the world."

And softly in the background the six remaining dwarves start chanting,

"Dopey kissed a penguin, Dopey kissed a penguin."

That about sums up the "news" on Iran's secret nuclear weapons program. Who would have thought that the US would fabricate ... er ... find a glowing gun within days, plus or minus, of any deal made at the November IAEA meeting. The odds on that are what?

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Oh. Least I forget. Blindly googling about I found that Slow Boat Nitwits for Fables Corsi is in the "Free Iran" vanguard, the bits that make an effort to not be overtly connected to Iran's Moonies, the MEK. Someone should throw a suitably embroidered slipper at Duncan and Matt that they may not want to go yacheting with Skipper Corsi. The cheerful volk at Debka Files are already working out the first strike taskings.

Prior readings: Iranian Nuclear Fuels, Inc. and 37 tons of ... yellowcake.

Posted by EBW at November 20, 2004 02:06 PM | TrackBack