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Medvedev: CIA Iran report 'worrying'
2010-06-28
Really? Welcome to the club, Dmitry.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday called a CIA report that Iran had sufficient uranium to build two bombs "worrying," AFP reported.
Nah, don't worry Dmitry, our vaunted National Intelligence Estimate from 2007 said that Iran shelved its nuke program. No worries, and pay no attention to the rumor that Short Round will give the first nuke to the Chechens ...
"This information has to be checked, but such information is always worrying - and all the more so because the international community does not recognize the Iranian nuclear program as transparent," Medvedev was quoted as saying at the G8 summit.

CIA Director Leon Panetta said Sunday that Iran probably has enough low-enriched uranium for two nuclear weapons, but that it likely would take two years to build the bombs.

Panetta told ABC television's This Week that he is doubtful that recent UN penalties will put an end to Iran's nuclear ambitions. He said the penalties could help to weaken Teheran's government by creating serious economic problems. But he added, "Will it deter them from their ambitions with regards to nuclear capability? Probably not."
Leon might be the only sensible person in Bambi's inner circle.
Even the schizophrenic have their moments of clarity
Posted by:Steve White

#3  "I don't know why this should come as a great surprise to Medvedev"

It is not that he is suprised. It is that Russo-U.S. relations are going to get cozier than they have been. Medvedev's visits with President Obama last week might mark the beginning of the warming trend, and so Medvedev remarks are possibly meant to build accord, but not necessarily out of surprise.
Posted by: Hugh Jass   2010-06-28 18:15  

#2  I don't know why this should come as a great surprise to Medvedev if Russia has any kind of intelligence. Iran has indicated its intentions for quite some time now. I'll bet the Israelis have a good handle on Iran's progress--their survival is at stake.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-06-28 16:17  

#1  An interesting concept, that is, about Iran sending a package through Azerbaijan and Georgia to Chechnya. Then again, they could probably deliver direct about anywhere on the Caspian coast.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-06-28 06:47  

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