Confirmed: Iran Has Begun Uranium Enrichment at an Underground Bunker
VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats on Monday confirmed a report that Iran has begun uranium enrichment at an underground bunker and said the news is particularly worrying because the site is being used to make material that can be upgraded more quickly for use in a nuclear weapon than the nation’s main enriched stockpile.
This image provided by NASA shows the Strait of Hormuz taken from the International Space Station in Sept. 30, 2003. An Iranian newspaper quotes a senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Sunday Jan. 8, 2012 as saying that Tehran’s leadership has decided to order the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf if the country’s oil exports are blocked. (AP Photo/NASA)
The diplomats said that centrifuges at the Fordo site near Iran’s holy city of Qom are churning out uranium enriched to 20 percent. That level is higher than the 3.5 percent being made at Iran’s main enrichment plant and can be turned into fissile warhead material faster and with less work.
The move was expected, with Tehran announcing months ago that it would use the Fordo facility for 20 percent production. Iran began to further enrich a small part of its uranium stockpile to nearly 20 percent as of February 2010 at a less-protected experimental site, saying it needs the higher grade material to produce fuel for a Tehran reactor that makes medical radioisotopes for cancer patients.
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This doesn’t surprise me or should surprise anyone who has a half of brain, yet some people support Iran against Israel so they overlook the real threat of Iran. We have a weak President who because of his weakness will allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Muslims don’t respect a weak leader like Obama. They have been testing the waters to see how far they can go, and know that they can continue to develop nukes and Obama and the USA will do nothing under the leadership of Obama.
I am enjoying my Being George Washington book. Last night I read about how George Washington was honest, honorable, and had the moral courage to do what he felt God would have him do and not men. I thought sadly Obama is the exact opposite. He lies to the American people and the world, whereas George Washington was honest. Obama is a corrupted men who covers up his crimes and the crimes of people in his justice dept., while Washington demanded honesty and moral character from men who were under him. Obama mocks God whereas Washington prayed and honored God. Yes, I will repeat what I believe. Obama lies and is a thug, which makes him an evil man. Washington told the truth and was an honorable man which made him a good man.
