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2006-01-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran racing to build up nuclear defenses
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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-25 01:27|| || Front Page|| [11140 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 they could spend $100 billion and they still cannot stop us. Clueless bunch.
Posted by anymouse">anymouse  2006-01-25 01:47||   2006-01-25 01:47|| Front Page Top

#2 The problem with holes is 2 fold. Someone can fill them in and you at some point must come out.
Posted by Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-25 02:45||   2006-01-25 02:45|| Front Page Top

#3 It doesn't matter how deep you bury your complex if its entrance and exit tunnels can be collapsed.
Posted by Botec 2006-01-25 07:00||   2006-01-25 07:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Iran insists it only seeks to develop a nuclear industry for "peaceful" purposes, but the West is convinced it is trying to build nuclear weapons.

If I read this one more goddamned time I think I'm going to pull my hair out. This line has been in every article about Iran for the past year.
Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-01-25 09:36||   2006-01-25 09:36|| Front Page Top

#5 BigJ, you're behind the curve
Posted by Baldy 2006-01-25 14:50||   2006-01-25 14:50|| Front Page Top

#6 "It said the network of facilities deep underground or in the sides of mountains has been built with help from North Korean designers."

That's cuz North Korea wants Iran to have lots of energy to power their cities and stuff.
Posted by ex-lib 2006-01-25 19:39||   2006-01-25 19:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Remember when Saddam's vast underground Baghdad bunker was in the news before the war? Didn't do him much good, did it? He ended his career in a spider hole.
Posted by Darrell 2006-01-25 19:44||   2006-01-25 19:44|| Front Page Top

#8 yeah, but it was HIS spider hole....ownership means somethin'


:-)
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-01-25 20:10||   2006-01-25 20:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Every congresscritter that voted to kill the US burrowing nuke program should be hanged from the nearest light pole in DC. We need those weapons NOW. Sometimes politicians can just be SOOO da$$$$ Stuck on Stupid.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-01-25 23:20|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-01-25 23:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Old Spook
Remember %75 of the people (and likely more senators) have an IQ less then 110
Posted by 3dc 2006-01-25 23:42||   2006-01-25 23:42|| Front Page Top

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