IAEA, Iran Settle on Date for Qom Inspections
Inspectors Will Arrive on October 25
by Jason Ditz, October 04, 2009
In a move that one can only assume will end the constant international “demands” for Iran to provide access to its Qom facility, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei has announced that the agency has finalized talks with Iran and will visit the site on October 25....
Kindly note, this is Al Jezeera making this noteworthy title. There is such a thing as International Law developed by International Treaties. If every country on the planet ignores it and/or walks all over it, the meaning and purpose is lost. I sincerely doubt the Arab nations want a nuclear Middle East. I am sure they would rather have all countries disarm from it.
IAEA: Iran on wrong side of law (click here)
Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog, has said that Iran was "on the wrong side of the law" by not declaring it had developed a second uranium enrichment plant before last week.
The comments from ElBaradei, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), came a day before talks in Geneva between Iran and six world powers over Tehran's nuclear programme.
Iran disclosed the construction of the second plant to the IAEA after Western intelligence agents reportedly discovered its existence....
U.S. boosts spending on bunker-buster bomb (click here)
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:27 PM
CBC News
The Pentagon is speeding up the deployment of an enormous bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried deep underground, one that would be the largest non-nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal.
The 13.6-tonne massive ordnance penetrator (MOP) carries about 2,400 kilograms of explosives and is so heavy only one can be carried aboard a B-2 Stealth bomber.
The U.S. Department of Defence's decision to award the $51.9 million US contract to Boeing Co. earlier this month signals a renewed commitment to the weapon, which began testing in 2007 but had languished for two years because of budgetary issues. It is being designed jointly by Boeing and defence contractor Northrop Grumman....
