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Article: WAR AND PIECES
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- Roanoke Times & World News
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- April 15, 2008
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New information continues to blast away at last November's
controversial National Intelligence Estimate on the supposed dormant
state of Iran's nuclear weapons program, which the U.S. intelligence
community believes ended in 2003.
Last week, Iran announced putting an additional 6,000 centrifuges
online at its underground Natanz uranium enrichment plant and
opening a new facility for processing uranium ore into yellowcake,
the first step in the uranium enrichment process.
As is well known, Iran already has 3,000 centrifuges spinning at
Natanz, which -- if unchecked -- could produce enough fissile
material for one nuclear weapon if running "efficiently" 24/7 for a
year.
The new uranium ore ...