Iran Said to Be Smuggling Nuclear Matter

[Bossy Monkey]

May 20, 2:51 PM EDT

Iran Said to Be Smuggling Nuclear Matter

By GEORGE JAHN
Associated Press Writer

VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Iran is circumventing international export bans on sensitive dual-use materials by smuggling graphite and a graphite compound that can be used to make conventional and nuclear weapons, an Iranian dissident and a senior diplomat said Friday.

Graphite has many peaceful uses, including steel manufacture, but also can be used as a casing for molten weapons-grade uranium to fit it to nuclear warheads or to shield the cones of conventional missiles from heat.

With most countries adhering to international agreements banning the sale of such "dual-use" materials to Tehran, Iran has been forced to buy it on the black market, Iranian exile Alireza Jafarzadeh told The Associated Press - allegations confirmed by a senior diplomat familiar with Iran's covert nuclear activities.

Phone calls to Iranian diplomats seeking comment were not answered.
(more such bullshit)
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NUCLEAR_IRAN?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-05-20-14-51-09

Stop me if you've heard this before...

[cry baby]

1. I have a hard time believing anything I hear about this due to the

lies that were told to us about the Iraq WMDs.

I heard 2 months ago that * was going to push the Iran thing to a climax in June. They're right on schedule.

[The Stranger]

2. Sounds like the Aluminum Tubes that the Iraqis were supposedly using

to blow up the world. Of course, now we know that those were lies.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. bingo!

After all they have our oil under their sands and this time it WILL work, doncha know?

A sign of insanity is repeteadly doing what does not work, these people ARE insane

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. dual-use materials - say no more!

[ozymandius]

5. an Iranian dissident and a senior diplomat?

Another alcoholic with the shakes on payroll again?

The mullahs better not order another lava lamp. There would be hell to pay for sure.

[leftchick]

7. Lava Lamp? Hell!

They just need to buy night lights and :nuke:

[Chicago Democrat]

6. Iran will get nukes , It makes me feel safe.

Nuclear weapons do only one thing!




Insure peace!



MAD theory works. Let Iran get nukes; Israel has em. Iran needs a deterrent force that is credible.


Now that India and Pakistan both have them, no war has occurred between them. And when it almost did, the world moved heaven and earth to stop it.


I like nukes. Only when every nation has them will we ensure they are not used.

[MadisonProgressive]

8. Sources: Iran smuggling graphite for nuke work

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7923633/

dum, dum, dum, dum....

The drums of war are heard softly in the background....

[Bok_Tukalo]

9. You and whose army?

<ope>

[MadisonProgressive]

13. Army? What Army?

They're just making graphite clubs for their sand trap laden golf courses!

[Bok_Tukalo]

14. "Dammit! We missed invading the right country by one freaking letter."

<poe>

[darkism]

10. Here we go...

CuckooBananas will get his war any way he can.

[uppityperson]

11. I put graphite in my locks to keep easy to open. ooooooooo

I also have graphite in a pencil sitting next to me. oooooooooo again.

[DS1]

12. It's not yellow-cake, it's compressed cumin

:D

[leftchick]

15. It is one thing to have Powell go before the UN with bullshit to sell

It is quite another to send ms. condiliar. She will get all weepy and shit and will start screaming Mushroom Clouds!!!

[Zorra]

16. Sounds more like the WH is spreading fecal matter again. n/t

[Javaman]

17. you know, I have seen this movie before...

and it seems to turn out the same way all the time, funny how that is...

Out riding mountain bikes one day, our prez* chats with dick chaney chat as they take in the scenic views of Virginia.

prez*: whoa ho! that was some mogul there moondoggy!!!

chaney: ah, yeah (huff, puff)...ahhhh (squeezes chest) what is your plan for Iran?

prez*: mr....(prompts him)

chaney: (rolls his eyes) mr...president...(spits out something bitter in his mouth)

prez*: well, dick, I can call you DICK, right? heh heh heh

chaney: argh, yes...

prez*: I think the Iraq script worked great, let's roll that out again, if it worked once, it should, ah, should...play it again!

chaney: riiiiight, however, granted it worked like a dream (huff puff), don't you think that the public will see the similarities???

prez*: there you go using big words again...

chaney: arrgh...my...chest...what big words?

prez*: similar...similarrr..simlartees...

chaney: fine, don't you think the public will see the same thing is happening again?

prez*: no way, this is Iran and that was Iraq...

chaney: my...left...arm...no what I mean is, that we are approaching Iran situationally-

prez*: words!

chaney: (grits teeth) we are going at this with Iran in the same manner as we did with Iraq...

prez*: I still don't see the simlartee, I mean, they don't have any Saddam's over there, just aya...aya...eyetollas. heh heh heh, didn't think I'd get it out, huh?

chaney: mr....president, I just think that we should explore another avenue to circumvent...to convince the public that this is not the same thing.

prez*: hmmmm, since you put it that way, hey! watch me spit out my back wheel as I take this down hill, woo hoo!!!

The prez* goes about 3 more feet when he launches himself over the handle bars...

prez*: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ooof, ouch, eek, ugh, eech, ahhhh.

chaney: I'll be right down to help you!

chaney jumps of his bike runs down the hill.

chaney: ...must...help...prez*...my...heart...arm...going...numb...dizzy... so...dizzy...

chaney passes out and rolls down the hill the rest of the way and thuds to a stop in front of the prez*.

prez*: dick! DICK! (shakes him) Dick, don't you go limp on me now!!!

[StaggerLee]

21. haha

Great stuff!



:rofl:

[ausiedownunderground]

84. Great laugh Javaman! Make a great "Comedy Sketch"

I can just picture the whole scene. Very funny! Keep up the good work!

[Canuckistanian]

18. Turns out they were actually for pencil manufacturing

But pencils could be sharpened to make weapons to hijack planes....

[killbotfactory]

19. Dissidents say a lot of things

If they can't back it up with... well... proof, i take everything they say with a huge grain of salt.

[TexasLawyer]

20. Horrors-- Maybe they'll be making pencils!

Carbon

Atomic Number: 6

Atomic Weight: 12.0107

Melting Point: 3823 K (3550°C or 6422°F)

Boiling Point: 4098 K (3825°C or 6917°F)

Density: 2.2670 grams per cubic centimeter

Phase at Room Temperature: Solid

Element Classification: Non-metal

<snip>

Carbon, the sixth most abundant element in the universe, has been known since ancient times. Carbon is most commonly obtained from coal deposits, although it usually must be processed into a form suitable for commercial use. Three naturally occurring allotropes of carbon are known to exist: amorphous, graphite and diamond.

Amorphous carbon is formed when a material containing carbon is burned without enough oxygen for it to burn completely. This black soot, also known as lampblack, gas black, channel black or carbon black, is used to make inks, paints and rubber products. It can also be pressed into shapes and is used to form the cores of most dry cell batteries, among other things.

Graphite, one of the softest materials known, is a form of carbon that is primarily used as a lubricant. Although it does occur naturally, most commercial graphite is produced by treating petroleum coke, a black tar residue remaining after the refinement of crude oil, in an oxygen-free oven. Naturally occurring graphite occurs in two forms, alpha and beta. These two forms have identical physical properties but different crystal structures. All artificially produced graphite is of the alpha type. In addition to its use as a lubricant, graphite, in a form known as coke, is used in large amounts in the production of steel. Coke is made by heating soft coal in an oven without allowing oxygen to mix with it. Although commonly called lead, the black material used in pencils is actually graphite.

<snip>

http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele006.html

[clem_c_rock]

22. Iran smuggling YELLOWCAKE - Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052000842.html?referrer=emailarticle

Here we fucking go again.

<snippit>

Jafarzadeh, whose organization was banned in the United States for alleged terrorist activity and who now runs the Washington-based Strategic Policy Consulting think tank, said Iran was additionally smuggling and trying to manufacture a graphite-based substance called ceramic matrix composite. The highly heat resistance compound is also used in missile technology.

He said he learned this from sources of information within Iran.

The diplomat, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of his position, said Iran also may be interested in acquiring specially heat-resistant "nuclear-grade graphite" that can be used as moderators to slow down the fission process in reactors generating energy.
</snippit>

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[NYCGirl]

23. I hope their source isn't nicknamed "Curveball." NT

[UpInArms]

30. No, it's his cousin "Screwball" or maybe his coke-riddled

brother "Eight-Ball"

:rofl:

[rockedthevoteinMA]

24. Oh for f*ck's sake. Here we go again indeed.

:banghead: :banghead:

[Sanity Claws]

25. GWB - The boy who cried wolf

Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.

[jimshoes]

28. Won't get fooled again!

n/t

[OrwellwasRight]

46. Best GW quote of all time! nt.

[rodeodance]

33. "The diplomat, who requested anonymity"--ummm..too many

sources out there that no one knows.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

38. "There are unknowns, that we know, and there are unknowns that

we don't know..." - Rumsfailed

Something like that right?

[wellst0nev0ter]

58. "Absence Of Evidence Is Not Evidence Of Absence"

everything old is new again.


I can't stand it. I just can't stand it.

[grasswire]

26. ONE TRICK PONY

Geez.

[sabra]

27. Where have I seen this before?

[pie]

35. Will the yellow cake sales pitch work again?

They want to start another war and they want it soon.
I thought we had heard the last of yellow cake.

[radwriter0555]

29. HEY! Is that based on DARN GOOD INTELLIGENCE?

Ahem.

[UpInArms]

41. It's a SLAM DUNK!

[Fire Walk With Me]

31. Iran is also potentially developing deadly dihydrogen monoxide

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

Here we go again, indeed.

"We have heard this song before, didn't we, didn't we, repeat repeat." -Peter Baumann

[sonicx]

32. "That muthafucka brought yellowcake!"

"I got it right here in this special napkin!"

"don't drop that shit!"

[tom_paine]

42. "It's a CIA napkin!"

[Fone Book]

57. doooont drop that shit!

do not drop that shit!

[SheepyMcSheepster]

34. photo evidence right here:

[displacedtexan]

53. I love that pic!

Did you create it? If I post it on my blog, I'd like to credit the source.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

56. no, i didn't make it

i did a google image search and found it, here is the google image search results: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=+yellow+cake&btnG=Search

[Up2Late]

36. OH! THAT'S BAD! This time I WILL believe!

NOT!

[gordianot]

37. I just love "anonymous diplomat" great!

Why not just publicly say CIA agent posing as diplomat says Iran is importing yellow cake?

This has to be from a Bush appointee, CIA agents have to be smarter than that. Well on second thought.

Nominated.

[prodigal_green]

39. Oh fer chissakes!

Just lift the Betty Crocker pastry sanctions against Iran and let them import it legally...

[jim3775]

40. Yep, there's gonna be another war.

It's all falling into place. :sigh:

[Parche]

43. yellow cake

As Rose from the Golden Girls would say " I hope it is Duncan Hines and not Hostess, they are too small"

[Renew Deal]

44. Mother fuckin YELLOW CAKE

[OrwellwasRight]

48. Why is it always YELLOW CAKE?

Why is it never devil's food, carrot cake, or even a bundt?

[gordianot]

50. President Dave

He needs to hire some writers and get back to Comedy Central. ON the other hand he is more qualified than Bush.

[alcibiades_mystery]

70. Don't drop that cake, motherfucker

MAAARS, bitches!

Oil? What, you cookin' bitch? Who said anything about oil....

LOLOL

[minkyboodle]

75. pray you don't drop that shit

[alcibiades_mystery]

79. That's it!

Thanks. I was looking for a transcript online. You know where I can find one?

[dave29]

45. mmmmmmmmmm

Yellowcake

[bluestateguy]

47. Anyway...

Does anyone know who won on "The Apprentice" last night?

[Coexist]

49. required reading on this for all

http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20050301112122-90349.pdf
(Please direct your attention to pages 5 and 6.)

http://www.twf.org/News/Y2003/0317-Waxman.html

http://cshink.com/uranium.htm

Bolton is scum.

[Lori Price CLG]

51. ROFL!!! It's the yellowcake card!! n/t

[Ilsa]

52. Hmmm. Rum cake is made with yellow cake. Delicious. eom

[mod mom]

54. Isn't the selective service suppose to deliver a report on the draft on

May 31st? This wouldn't be related to that by chance?

[Name removed]

55. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Horse with no Name]

76. Not to be a party pooper

But I find that pretty racist.:(

[TexasLawyer]

59. IMPORTANT-- "Iranian Dissident" Alireza Jafarzadeh

This guy is a complete political hack with even less credibility that Ahmed Chalabi, if that is possible. He is the "Founder and President of Strategic Policy Consulting Inc," and is a paid Fox News commentator shilling for the RNC. For the right amount of money, Mr. Jafarzadeh (AKA Strategic Policy Consulting Inc) will say any bad things about Iran that his clients want.

He also has links to the terrorist group MEK, a "cult-like" group that certain RW-ers are now saying really isn't all that bad. Here's the link to a DU thread discussing this guy and the MEK.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1771369

Heaven help us if the US government and the commercial media are going to rely on Alireza Jafarzadeh for intelligence on Iran.

Here's a link to his web-site:

http://www.spconsulting.us /

Strategic Policy Consulting, Inc. (SPC) is an independent firm, founded to provide a wide range of consultancy on issues related to terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, Iranian internal and external affairs, as well as Iran’s role in Iraq.

Here are just some of SPC's 2004 "Interviews and Commentaries." All on Fox-- go figure!

Is Iran's Nuke's program more advanced than we thought? (Yes!)
Fox News Live 2/05/05

Who Can Steal the Outcome of the Iraqi Elections? (Iran!)
Fox Commentary 1/18/05

Iran Enemy Number One? (Yes!)
Fox News 12/20/04

Fox News Heartland
Fox News 12/18/04

IAEA Watchdog
Fox News 12/13/04

Special Report with Brit Hume
Fox News 12/02/04

Do Satellite Photos Prove Iran is Creating Nuke Weapons? (Yes!)
Fox News Live 12/02/04

Iranian Intentions? (They're up to no good!)
Fox News 11/26/04
Watch the Video

A Look at Developments in Iran’s Nuclear Program
Fox News with Studio B 11/25/04

An Eye on Iran
Fox News 11/23/04

Eye on Iran
Fox & Friends 11/20/04

Diplomats Say Iran is Producing Nuke Gas
Fox News with Studio B 11/19/04

Is Iran playing a Shell Game Over its Nuclear Capabilities? (Yes!)
Fox News Live 11/18/04

US Intelligence Studies Zarqawi’s Tracks in Iran
Fox News Live with Rita Cosby 10/17/04

How to Prevent Iran from Getting the Bomb?
Fox News with John Kasich 10/02/04

Atomic Anxiety over Iran
Fox News Live 9/12/04

Worries about Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program
Fox News with John Gibson 9/08/04

Iran's Nuclear Concern
Fox News Live 9/06/04

Iran and Nukes
Fox & Friends 8/21/04

The Iranian Factor
Fox & Friends 8/17/04

Iran's Missile Test
Fox News Live 8/11/04

Iran has taken over Iraq's boarder positions
Fox News Live 7/27/04

Iran is closer to getting a bomb
Fox News with Studio B 7/22/04

Iran and Al-Qaeda Link
Fox News with Rita Cosby 7/17/04 (PDF)

Iran's role in 9/11 tragedy
Fox News Interview 7/17/04 (PDF)

Iraq Threatened by Extremists
Fox News Interview 7/05/04


******************
It looks as if SP Consulting can provide full-service war-mongering to whomever crosses their collective palms with sufficient silver. They advertise themselves as qualified to opine upon (demonize) Iran on many fronts. Apparently, Fox uses this outfit to provide their news analysis on Iran, such as it is.

http://www.spconsulting.us/research-speaking.htm

SPC Inc. provides speakers for expert testimony at congressional hearings and briefings; presentations at international economical seminars and conferences as well as lectures at universities and academic institutions.

These presentations and testimonies include the following subjects:

- Islamic fundamentalism and its threat to world peace

- Iranian regime’s role in Iraqi affairs

- Iran’s nuclear weapons program

- Iran’s ambitious missile program

- Iran’s terror network

- Iran’s foreign policy

- Iran’s internal situation

- Policies, composition and nature of the ruling religious theocrats

- Student movement in Iran

- Iranian opposition groups

- Human rights situation

- Plight of women in Iran

[jimshoes]

73. What do you know, an Iranian Jeff Gannon

who woulda thunk that shit would happen.

[KoKo]

60. Written by George Jahn....Another "Media Whore" to add to our list!

Is he the new Judith Miller or like the other WaPo Reporters who hyped the Niger Yellowcake story that got us into this Mess! Sheesh....it's like we've heard that old tune too many times. They think we are THAT STUPID? :rofl:

[Tempest]

61. Fool me once, shame on you

Fool me twice, shame on me.

Will the American people get fooled again?

[wellst0nev0ter]

68. "Fool Me. . . I Won't Be Fooled Again"

well if anything the Bushisms provide me with hours of entertainment.

[Tempest]

82. And thanks to the Internet

You can find them in video and audio.

[Straight Shooter]

62. ATTENTION AMERICANS! bush poll ratings are down, yellow cake rises

:banghead:

[KamaAina]

63. Let me guess -- their agent is Duncan Hines?

:rofl:

[punpirate]

64. Bush's State of the Union declaration...

... of the "axis of evil" wasn't a rhetorical device. It's his game plan for his time in office. *sigh*

[Neverarepublican]

65. Check this out, Iran is small potatoes compare to this

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050518-072100-9737r

[struggle4progress]

66. More illegal propaganda. Wonder what they paid Jafarzadeh?

[Toots]

67. Wolf..Wolf..Wolf..Why won't anyone come help me????

:shrug: What Credibility?

[fob]

69. If they get george "medal of honor" tenet to review the intelligence

he might look for things like "Iraq" with the 'q' crossed out and an 'n' written in it's place. When he finds solid clues like that he can declare Operation Slam Dunk Part II!

[Colorado Blue]

71. Again with the yellowcake?

Who knows WHAT to believe anymore.

[6000eliot]

72. Jesus Christ not this again!

[neuvocat]

74. How about "Spitball"?

[Kool Kitty]

77. Okay, kids, put your coats on.

We've already seen this movie. It's time to go.

These idiots lack the wit to even come up with something a bit more creative? Since they can't send Joe Wilson again (or out his wife), what's next? That they also have obtained aluminum tubing?

[Enraged_Ape]

78. Anyone who falls for this is too stupid to live

Seriously, anyone who will actually believe this BS is a human miracle. It's just unthinkable that they would have even enough brain power to make their eyes blink.

And what's with the yellow cake? I've always HATED yellow cake.

[glitch]

80. Good God they're into reruns already!

Tired old men with tired old ideas. Can't even think up new propaganda for their new war. Pathetic.

And even if it were true, who on earth would believe them?

[strizi64]

83. Bullshit, Iran has uran mines

they don't need to smuggle yellowcake. But, but, didn't Iraq smuggled yellowcake and that was never found and never proofed :+? Ok, just to be clear :sarcasm:

[TexasLawyer]

85. Kick

[Fire Walk With Me]

81. North Korea HAS IT ALREADY. Protect me, Obi-Wan.