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August 16, 2010
Another Day, Another Site
Iran's response to international sanctions against its nuke-building lollapalooza? Build more sites (see below).
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's response to the outrage over the building of a mosque near Ground Zero? Build it anyway, and call it "Cordoba House" (Cordoba being the symbol of Islamic victory/conquest to faithful Muslims around the world).
At a recent Iftar dinner (the nightly break in the month-long fast of Ramadan) at the White House, President Obama said "we can only achieve 'liberty and justice for all' if we live by that one rule at the heart of every great religion, including Islam - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us."
And we're all for that, which is why we believe in r-e-c-i-p-r-o-c-i-t-y. If in-your-face diplomacy or interfaith dialogue is good enough for the Muslim world, then it's good enough for us. Let's build a church/synagogue in Mecca and Medina, or a Muslim gay bar near Cordoba House. These would promote as much tolerance and interfaith dialogue as would a Saudi-funded symbol of Islamic victory near Ground Zero (where Saudi jihadists murdered close to 3,000 Americans in the name of Allah).
Contrary to Obama's statement, religious tolerance is not, and never has been at the heart of Islam. But teaching generations of Muslims that Jews are apes and Christians are pigs, is. Mr. Obama would do well to read Islam For Dummies and stop assuming the rest of us are just that, i.e., dummies.
Haaretz.com | August 16, 2010
Iran Announces Construction Of New Uranium Enrichment Site
Iran's nuclear chief says his country will begin construction of a new uranium enrichment site by March next year.
By News Agencies
Technicians measuring parts of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant in this
undated photo. Photo by: AP
Iran's nuclear chief says his country will begin construction of a new uranium enrichment site by March next year.
Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi's announcement is a slap to international efforts to halt Tehran's enrichment program - a process that can be used for power generation or nuclear weapons making.
The planned site is among 10 new sites that Iran approved last year in a dramatic expansion of the controversial program. Monday's announcement on state TV said the locations for the 10 sites have been determined but gave no details.
Iran has one large enrichment site in Natanz and a smaller one near Qom. It says it needs 20 sites to meet domestic electricity needs in the next 15 years.
Tehran denies Western accusations it is seeking to make nuclear weapons.
A third enrichment site is currently under construction in the Fordo village near the holy city of Qom, about 100 kilometers south of Tehran.
The Fordo site is scheduled to become operational by the end of 2010 and at least 3,000 centrifuges are to be installed there.
Iran says it ultimately aims to build 10 to 20 more sites to make enough nuclear fuel to cover its electricity needs.
The government has reportedly already chosen the locations for five more sites but no details are yet available.
Russia announced Friday that it would provide the fuel for Iran's first nuclear power plant at Bushehr. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency were to attend the handover ceremony scheduled for August 21.
Original article here.
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