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Petraeus: Iran Nuke Sites 'Can Be Bombed'

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:37:01 CST

General David Petraeus indicated yesterday that the US has contingency plans to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities if diplomacy and sanctions fail. "They certainly can be bombed," he told CNN . "It would be almost literally irresponsible if Centcom were not to have been thinking about the various 'what ifs' and to...

Iran to Allow Inspectors at Qom Site on Oct. 25

Nick McMaster — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:18:00 CDT

Iran will allow UN inspectors into the newly-disclosed nuclear facility near the city of Qom on October 25, the head of the IAEA said yesterday, a day after arriving in Tehran. Iran and the West seem to be “shifting gears from confrontation into transparency and cooperation," he added approvingly. "I...

US Spies Are Voice of Caution in Iran Debate

Kevin Spak — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:00:00 CDT

The global intelligence community is at odds over whether Iran is developing nuclear warheads, with US spies insisting it isn’t, and European and Israeli spies begging to differ. In what the New York Times calls a “mirror image” of the Iraq debate, the US say documents found by hacking Iranian...

Spanish Village Hopes to Profit From H-Bomb Infamy

Rob Quinn — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:19:15 CDT

Being the site of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents is an unlikely thing to build a tourist trade on, but the people of Palomares plan to give it a shot, the Wall Street Journal reports. Four hydrogen bombs fell on the tiny Spanish village after a US bomber...

Syria's Alleged Nuke Site Gone in Puff of Smoke

Zach Samalin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:01:19 CDT

A Syrian military facility bombed in an Israeli air strike last month has been quickly—and mysteriously—razed and cleared, according to a new photograph taken by a commercial satellite. The Syrian government had been accused of building a nuclear reactor on the site capable of producing weapons, the Washington...

Is US Preparing Iran Air Strikes?

Peter Fearon — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:09:01 CDT

A recent White House funding request has heightened speculation that the US is preparing air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, reports ABC News. The Bush administration has asked for $88 million in emergency funds to modify B-2 stealth bombers so they can carry 30,000 "bunker buster" bombs to fulfill...