Tag: nuclear
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sex, bombs & permanent probes
israel, US storm out of UN nuclear forumfrom haaretz: The Israel and U.S. delegations walked out of the United Nations’ disarmament forum in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday after Iran said Israel was the “real source of nuclear danger in the Middle East” and had a “dark record of crimes.” Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the…
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feds tried to cut aid for dying weapons workers
from rocky mountain news: Federal officials secretly schemed to limit payouts for sick and dying nuclear weapons workers, including thousands from the Rocky Flats plant outside Denver, newly released documents show. The officials responsible for helping those workers went behind their boss’s back, called on White House officials for help and tried to hide their…
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news on the march
hearing begins for suspected 9/11 mastermindfrom 9/11 blogger/telegraph: Hearings begin today at Guantanamo Bay for a group of 14 terrorist suspects including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged September 11 mastermind. No lawyers or reporters will be present at the hearings so the only account of the outcome will come from the US military… A Pentagon…
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scientists prepare to move doomsday clock forward
from reuters: The keepers of the “Doomsday Clock” plan to move its hands forward next Wednesday to reflect what they call worsening nuclear and climate threats to the world. The symbolic clock, maintained by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, currently is set at seven minutes to midnight, with midnight marking global catastrophe… “The major new…
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‘no proof’ of iran nuclear arms
from bbc: The US Central Intelligence Agency has not found conclusive evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, a US magazine has reported. Veteran investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, writing in The New Yorker, cites a secret CIA report based on intelligence such as satellite images. Correspondents say the alleged document appears to challenge Washington’s views…
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Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran
from times online: Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear “bunker-busters”, according to several Israeli military sources. The attack would be the first with nuclear weapons since 1945, when the…
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news on the march
democrats take control of congressfrom ap/my way: In a day of ceremony and historic change, Rep. Nancy Pelosi became the nation’s first female House speaker on Thursday as Democrats eagerly took control of Congress for the final two years of President Bush’s term. “The Democrats are back,” rejoiced Pelosi, and she immediately set the rank-and-file…
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nuclear agency head dismissed for lapses
from ap/my way: Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman on Thursday dismissed the chief of the country’s nuclear weapons program because of security breakdowns at the Los Alamos, N.M., laboratory and other facilities. Linton Brooks said he would leave in two weeks to three weeks as head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, a post he held…
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industry: protect nuke plants from the air
from playfuls: The nation’s nuclear power industry is asking the U.S. government how to protect new plants from airplane terror attacks. The official request comes weeks after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued initial regulations for new plants that are no tougher than those in effect for decades, The New York Times said. The request is…
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mishap in dismantling nuclear warhead
from upi: A watchdog group charges a nuclear warhead nearly exploded in Texas when it was being dismantled at the government’s Pantex facility near Amarillo. The Project on Government Oversight says it has been told by knowledgeable experts that the warhead nearly detonated in 2005 because an unsafe amount of pressure was applied while it…
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blair unveils plan for nuclear missiles
from ap/yahoo: Prime Minister Tony Blair launched plans Monday for a new multibillion-dollar submarine-based nuclear missile defense system, warning lawmakers the future may hold perilous threats from rogue regimes and state-sponsored terrorists. In what is expected to be among his last major acts as premier, Blair told the House of Commons that despite the end…
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Preemptive Strike
“well now what happened is, one of our base commanders, he had a sort of, well he went a little funny in the head. you know. just a little… funny. and uh, he went and did a silly thing. well, I’ll tell you what he did, he ordered his planes… to attack your country.”- dr.…