Excellent Iran resource

The BBC has posted an excellent resource on their website. It’s a map of Iran which details it’s population, ethnicity, major cities, and infrastructure including roads, nuclear sites, and oil and gas fields. Go check it out. (Broadband connection required… or it may be slow). And remember… “Persian” is not the same as “Arab”. Also… …

Iran will have enriched enough Uranium in 16 days

So says Stephen Rademaker, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation FALSE! FALSE! FALSE! This is propaganda and war mongering in the worst possible way. The Iranians have just announced that they have built 164 centrifuges and successfully enriched some uranium… to a level suitable only for nuclear reactors NOT a bomb. …

US Carrier Strike Group heads to Vene.. err, Caribbean

KMBC-TV in Kansas City reports that the USS George Washington and it’s strike group are moving into the Caribbean to do “naval exercises”. For the sceptics. Yes, naval exercises are different from active deployments (like the current ones in the Arabian and Persian Gulf). However, as we saw last week with Irans “exercises” in the …