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Iran Pilot Program: A Trap?


Iran: UN will be allowed to inspect newly revealed site

Nuclear chief says his country will open doors of newly revealed nuke facility to U.N. agency after Obama threatens consequences for non-cooperation

At G-20 Summit:  Obama joined the leaders of Britain and France in accusing the Islamic republic of clandestinely building an underground plant to make nuclear fuel that could be used to build an atomic bomb. Iranian officials acknowledged the facility but insisted it had been reported to nuclear authorities as required.

"Iran's action raised grave doubts" about its promise to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes only, Obama told a news conference at the conclusion of a G-20 summit whose focus on world economic recovery was overshadowed by disclosure of the Iranian plant.

"Iran is on notice that when we meet with them on Oct. 1 they are going to have to come clean and they are going to have to make a choice" between international isolation and giving up any aspirations to becoming a nuclear power, he said. If they refuse to give ground, they will stay on "a path that is going to lead to confrontation."

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Unbowed, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country had done nothing wrong and Obama would regret his accusations.


Why do I get a feeling that Ahmadinejad has just tricked the United States and others? 

I have this weird feeling that what Iran has done is purposely built this so called 'pilot' program to corner the U.S., knowing they would rally others into pushing Iran for inspections of it, of which Ahmadinejad would most certainly give access to.

When Ahmadinejad said that Obama would "regret his accusations" I felt then that he had just trapped President Obama.

Could it be that Iran built this 'pilot' program, sent a letter to the UN disclosing it, knowing that the U.S and others would demand access to 'it'?  Iran could then comply easily to the UN wishes -- proving that the 'pilot' program is indeed for peaceful purposes.

Iran would do this being fully aware that the U.S. and others would then demand to see the original nuclear facility that they've been accusing Iran of building.  Ahamdinejad, of course, would then say, "No.  I've proven to the world by giving the United Nation's access to one of facilities -- that I do not lie, I will not again bow to the U.S. or any other nation's pressures ever again."


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Considering it's be being build for three years, I don't think it was built as a "trap". Iran rushed the letter disclosing it's existence to the IAEA only after it was tipped off that the West knew about it.

Also worth noting that it's location is very telling. Built secretly very near to one of the holiest sites in Iran - so if it was ever bombed by Israel, Iran would have said "There was nothing there, Israel bombed Qom".

It was so innocuous and above board why is it built underground and super-secret in nature?

Iran was caught with it's pants down. And I have a feeling this isn't the only one. I suspect the play will be to try and get Iran to state that there is no other secret sites and then bust them in that lie. I think that was the plan with this site, however Iran was tipped of and rushed the letter to the IAEA to try and get out in front of the story.

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It was so innocuous and above board why is it built underground and super-secret in nature?
Because Israel has been threatening to unilaterally destroy their nuclear facilities ... and has a proven track record of doing just that in places like Syria and Iraq?

You've got to bear in mind that Russia has a vested interest in matching our defacto projection of nuclear threat through Israel in the region. To pretend that our own actions and allies are not at the root of the nuclear problem in the region is myopic at best, disingenuous at worst.

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The head of Iran's nuclear agency confirms your deduction, kgb.

Ali Akbar Salehi told state television the site is intended to protect the program. "We built a new installation that could guarantee the continuation of our nuclear activities. Iran's nuclear activities will not be stopped under any circumstances."

I'd guess it's about a two-hour drive up the highway from Natanz. If tensions escalate, how many centrifuges do you think could fit onto a flatbed truck? And how fast could you load them?

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Oh a lot of chess games being played. but Walter has a point here.

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