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Article: Iran has Passed the Test that Iraq Did.
- Article from:
- Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2009
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Summary: The leaders of the United States, Britain and France staged a bravura theatrical performance here last week by claiming to have just aediscoveredAE a secret Iran uranium enrichment plant near Qom. On cue, a carefully orchestrated North American media blitz trumpeted warnings of the alleged Iranian nuclear threat and aelong-ranged missiles.AE
In reality, the Qom plant, Iran's second uranium enrichment operation, was detected by US spy satellites over two years ago, and was known to the C intelligence community. AaAaAa
Iran claimed the plant would not begin enriching uranium for peaceful power for another 540 days. UN nuclear watchdogs say Iran ...