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2011-01-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by gorb 2011-01-16 00:20|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I won't slime the NYT for this story. It's a good one and told without all the usual Times' histrionics. Apparently they, like the rest of us, can't resist a good spy story. I bet the writers are, on the side, trying to get their first novels published.

One nugget: when Libya abandoned its nuclear program (thank you George Bush!), they surrendered their centrifuges to the US. These are the same Pakistani-made P1 models that Iran has. The CIA grabbed them and used them as a test bed for various purposes. One of things they discovered was how poorly made the P1 was and how susceptible they would be to becoming unbalanced.

The rest was obvious.

Heh.

Posted by Steve White 2011-01-16 10:26|| 2011-01-16 10:26|| Front Page Top

#2 One thing that makes this story believable is that it got leaked to the NYT. Somehow the NYT, leaks, Israel, and the CIA all tend to go together.

Posted by Glenmore 2011-01-16 11:23|| 2011-01-16 11:23|| Front Page Top

#3 obviously the code is complicate, otherwise they would've published a downloadable patch. In fairness, of course

oh, and solidarity

Posted by Frank G 2011-01-16 12:50|| 2011-01-16 12:50|| Front Page Top

#4 "Stuxnet tested in Israel"

That's what they want you to believe, Ah-ma-dinnah-jacket.

It was really your own people, who hate you with a white-hot passion and don't want to be turned into glowing green glass as soon as you do something stupid.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-01-16 13:54|| 2011-01-16 13:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey Barb; I believe are correct"That's what they want you to believe". They have pointed the finger at Israel from day one. It continues to operate and more events are likely to occur. I look at those countries that missed out on all the fun, Russia, China, North Korea Germany, Cuba (oops where did that come from?). India was target number one at first then Iran.

Posted by Dale 2011-01-16 16:59|| 2011-01-16 16:59|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder how many sentences would be left if they removed all the speculation and unnamed sources.

Posted by gorb 2011-01-16 19:30|| 2011-01-16 19:30|| Front Page Top

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