Iran accused of building secret underground nuclear plant

[cory777]

Source: Telegraph

The site, code-named 311, is set inside a military base near Abyek, 75 miles outside the capital, and consists of a series of four bombproof tunnels made from reinforced concrete set 656ft (200m) deep inside a desert ridge.

The People's Mujahedeen of Iran, an opposition group with an extensive network inside the country, said Tehran launched construction at the facility in 2005 and had spent $100 million (£65 million) on the tunnels.

The group has previously revealed secret atomic plants at Natanz and Qom that the Iranian regime has subsequently acknowledged to be nuclear facilities.

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"This is certainly part of the secret weapons program," said Alireza Jafarzadeh, a spokesman for the group who presented photographs of the site in Washington. "It's just moved underground, in tunnels, hidden from the outside world."

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7992723/Iran-accused-of-building-secret-underground-nuclear-plant.html

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[mikehiggins]

1. Oh, sure. No reason to doubt that

Betcha the CIA will provide additional proof as soon as they can manufac... uncover it.

[boppers]

7. Actually, the reverse happened.

They've known about the facility for a while, and already deemed it non-nuclear.

[Vehl]

10. !!

Now that is quite surprising!
seems like the new management in the CIA did result in some reform compared to the Bush era :)

[unkachuck]

12. "Betcha the CIA will provide additional proof..."

....or maybe Colin still has an old folder or slide presentation of 'additional proof' laying around....

[bulloney]

2. After our invasion of Iraq and the resulting clusterfuck,

our intelligence agencies have all of the credibility of a kleptomaniac in a jewelry store.

All they want to do is stir something up somewhere and hope it leads to some kind of military action.

[Downwinder]

3. Wait a minute. Isn't that what Israel did? n/t

[molly77]

4. Manufacturing a reason to go after oil

Well at least the world knows OUR agenda now.

[Mnemosyne]

5. KnR for visibility. n/t

[Prometheus Bound]

6. Even if it's a lie?

[boppers]

8. Something about travelling halfway around the world...

Site actually exists: True
Site is underground tunnels: True
Site is nuclear enrichment facility: False

[Downwinder]

9. Disproven and superseded

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4536416

[Odin2005]

11. BS propaganda.