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dixiegrrrrl

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Thu May 22, 2014, 07:33 PM May 2014

Russia Set To Build Eight Nuclear Power Plants In Iran [View all]

This will explode more than a few heads.



"......the Eurasian crescent of Russia and China would be made all that much stronger if the two nations had a toehold on the Straits of Hormuz, and were able to shut traffic - either tanker or military, with the US Fifth Fleet located in Bahrain - into the Gulf at their bidding.

Which is why it was not surprising that not even 24 hours after Russia and China announced the "holy grail" energy deal, that RIA reported Russia is already preparing to lock in the Tehran regime with a deal to build not one but 8 (!) more nuclear power plants in the country.


..........Iran’s only nuclear power plant near Bushehr came online September 2011 and began operating at full capacity a year after. Moscow handed over operational control of the Russian-made plant to Iran in September last year.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-22/hot-heels-its-china-breakthrough-russia-set-build-eight-nuclear-power-plants-iran
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