Iran nuclear weapons

LOL - you have spotted the edit there?

good to be steering back on topic. i really hope this doesn't develop into another round of give up your rights and cheer for it

yeah lol, and norris stay on topic mate,

ny times story on the laptop (2005):
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/international/middleeast/13nukes.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

Iran’s Ballistic Missile Capabilities: A net assessment
http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-dossiers/irans-ballistic-missile-capabilities/?locale=en
the above is a cold factual book that you will have to buy, i do not believe a lifted copy exists on the net, not one i can find anyways,

just regarding wideshut.co.uk
although their intent is probably good, i consider their writing to be very suggestive and always incomplete, and often just plain wrong
their sources are weak at best and many paragraphs are blatantly lifted from similarly collated works.
i find this to be on par with propaganda and will do little to serve the quest for truth.
there are better sources, keep looking

oh yeah, couldn't agree more. wide shut is pretty much the polar opposite to right wing propaganda rags like the Daily Mail. i shared the link because it's relevent to the thread and because it had been passed to me via facebook by and old mate who lives breathes and shits conspiracy theory and anything related. posted mainly because it's just a distilation of main points and not overly wordy (hence less likely to be ignored when scanning throught the thread)

IKEA

Having read that text, you have got to ask yourself how much of it is actaully true facts? You cannot rule out the possibility that the enrichment of uranium is not happening and the IAEA is not producing inaccurate reports. Im not ruling out the possibility that its a propaganda tool used by Israel and the West either, it makes for an interesting discussion.

If they are already producing uranium at a certain level for energy use? whats the point in producing energy when they are sitting on an oil field that can produce energy for the entire world for the next 90 years.

I believe that they are capable of producing high levels of uranium for atomic weapons under the not so very close eye of the IAEA, concealable yes and not to be ruled out.

that's pretty much what i feel myself. i certainly don't trust them to be left entirely to their own devices - and if what is covered in the article is true, i can't see any reason for Iran to block close scrutiny (by any regulatory/inspection bodies, not just the IAEA) of operation/activity. it's possibly a big dent to national pride but frankly who cares about that when it's such an explosive (groan! GTFO! ) issue.