Official: Iran May Hide Nukes in Tunnels (AP)

[cthrumatrix]

Official: Iran May Hide Nukes in Tunnels

57 minutes ago World - AP Asia

PARIS - Iran (news - web sites) may be hiding its nuclear technology inside special tunnels because of threats of attack by the United States, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator said in an interview published Friday.

Hassan Rowhani, who has been negotiating with Germany, Britain and France over Iran's uranium enrichment program, was asked by an interview for the Le Monde newspaper: "Is it accurate that Iran has built tunnels meant to serve Iran's nuclear activities?"


Rowhani responded that reports Iran was building tunnels to hide its nuclear technology "could be true," he said.

"From the moment the Americans threaten to attack our nuclear sites, what are we to do? We have to put them somewhere," Rowhani said.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=731&e=1&u=/ap/20050225/ap_on_re_as/iran_nuclear

[ET Awful]

1. So hurry up and authorize more funds for our mini-nuke bunker buster

bombs so we can make sure and have nukes to destroy those nukes.

[Locut0s]

28. That is a joke right?

It is funny though how "convenient" an opportunity this is for those lobbying for those nuclear bunker busters.

[ET Awful]

29. If I really thought like that I wouldn't have been on DU as long as I have

:evilgrin:

[indianablue]

2. Yeah Yeah..

Just as Saddam hid his in trucks and under man made lakes. So more Pentagon Disinformation haven't we already played this stupid game already in Iraq how many times can they use this tired old script.

[ashmanonar]

3. oh, good.

so instead of them developing safe, affordable, and open nuclear technology, they're hiding it in tunnels. why are we doing this, again?

[Fovea]

4. How DARE they hide their missiles.

This certainly proves they are a hostile power.
No innocent nation would bury their missles in underground
facilities.

We should launch all our silo'd missles at them *right now*...

/sarcasm

[Gman]

5. Yeah, Iran also has these mobile bioweapon labs

that they move around too.

[Megahurtz]

6. Oh God, here we ago again.

As if the U.S. doesn't have a few nukes hiding in tunnels somewhere:eyes:

[underpants]

7. "could be true,"

and they got THAT headline?

[ElectroPrincess]

37. Yes, that deserves a Rating of 1 ... These people have NO shame.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. And what happened to the miles of tunnels that Iraq was rumored

to have? Shit, according to "sources" Iraq was one big ant farm of tunnels and mazes full of bio weapons, nerve gas and atomic bombs. Osama was hiding down there too, I recall.

[underpants]

12. Same thing as the "stolen British uniforms" and the "ghost fleet"

Never existed. Remember those?

[wtmusic]

13. Ah yes...and my personal fave:

the WMDs are hidden in the banks of the Tigris :D

[underpants]

17. Mine was:"We found chemical suits in a schoolhouse"

Which PROVES that they have WMD why else would they have the chemical suits?????

Um

Do we have chemical suits? Yes
Are our soldiers WEARING them? Yes
Are theirs? No we found them in the original boxes on crates
Where was this schoolhouse? Middle of nowhere


:eyes:

[ElectroPrincess]

44. My FAV was Rummy pontificating something to the effect

"Yes we KNOW where the WMDs are North, South, East and West of Tikrit(sp?)." I can't for the life of me understand why some folks continue to find this dried up, evil, Iran-Contra hold-over as *charming.* :puke:

[ElectroPrincess]

45. Here's the specifics on some of the Iraq Propaganda ...

On March 17, 2003, Bush, in an address, said, "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that Iraq continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."

On March 30, 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said, "We know where they (weapons of mass destruction) are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad."

[mmonk]

9. That's why we

sold bunker busters to Israel (in case we were too bogged down in Iraq). The plans can still move forward.

[shanti]

10. *sigh*

here we go again!

[quinnox]

11. Condi will be giving a presentation with graphs and pics

at the U.N. , reprising the Colin Powell performance no doubt.

[drdtroit]

20. No pics, just artist's rendition! n/t

[RaleighNCDUer]

22. Would those pics be of the Iraqi Iranian nuclear site,

or the Korean Iranian nuclear site?

[ET Awful]

30. Thanks to the Syrian Matter Transfer Device, the sites are the same

and reside in both countries simultaneously :)

[jayfish]

14. I Just have To Wonder How...

it is that all these ME countries have the ability to build elaborate underground tunnel systems, which are marvels of engineering to me, and yet we can't even get a simple overpass built on schedule and on budget. :shrug:

Jay

[wrate]

15. They could just as well be hiding them up *'s ass! Have they looked there?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

42. Something else is already up there.

[radwriter0555]

16. RECYCLING the lies from Iraq, just changing the "Q" to an "N", I guess

kkkarl rove is getting lazy.

[ernstbass]

18. Building their case to invade Iran no doubt

[Renew Deal]

19. We need to get our people in those tunnels.

No one else can be trusted to do the job.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

21. So, you really believe Iran has tunnels? Interesting....

...sounds like you just jumped into the boat before they could even put a line in the water.

And as far as your "we" is concerned, who among "our people" do you propose we trust?

[Renew Deal]

32. I think it forgot my

sarcasm tag. ;)

[Just Me]

23. This is the same guy that publicly endorsed George Bush for President.

He must know the tyrants of greed will be kept in charge under the neoCONspirators' leadership.


http://www.sw-asia.com/People/Bio911.htm

[MGKrebs]

24. Hmmm. We're goona need a new bomb.

The TUNNEL BUSTER!

[lovuian]

25. OH Duh!!! thats why we can't see them!!! Smart Iranians!!!

I guess they learned alot from Iraq's fiasco!!!

Oh there are WMD in thar tunnels ... Now heres the kicker if they are underground how are we going to destroy all of them???

and be sure we got them all!!! Is Bush wanting to take that risk???

on American Intelligence which has a proven record of no intelligence!!!

[EFerrari]

26. If Rice turns up at the UN with a vial of salt and a drain pipe

THAT WILL BE IT! We will be INVADED as a threat to global security. Start learning the metric system, kids.

[Darranar]

27. So much for airstrikes being the solution... n/t

[cvoogt]

31. nuclear technology does not equal nukes

Shame on AP and/or Yahoo for twisting the official's words. He only mentioned the hiding of nuclear *technology* - who said anything about weapons?

[cal04]

47. That's exactly what they did

This is a classic case of US Mainstream Media propaganda. The headline screams "Nukes", but in reading the articles, what the official actually said is that Iran might hide it's nuclear technology in tunnels to guard aganist attack. "Nuclear Technology" as in "power station". AP has intentionally mischaracterized power station components as weapons.

may be hiding its nuclear technology inside special tunnels because of threats of attack by the United States, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator said in an interview published Friday.

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/index.html

[NNN0LHI]

33. Osama had tunnels. Saddam had tunnels. Never seen photos of any of them

But CNN told me they got them.

Don

[DoYouEverWonder]

40. Remember Osama's Tora Bora fortress?

I think they are still looking for it?

[CHIMO]

34. Altogether Now

Knowledge is a WMD.
Once more now.

[ElectroPrincess]

35. Didn't similar so called "officials" claim the same thing about IraQ?

Fool me once ... :P

[jswordy]

36. No, they have Mobile Nukular Weapons Factories! n/t

[Zerex71]

38. Just so you know

This is a classic argument for the pro-bunker-buster/nuclear "burrowing" bombs crowd. It's propaganda, plain and simple.

Also, something to keep in mind, because of my professional background, one major reason why they want this endless succession of wars to go on is because it keeps the defense industry busy for years at a time -- these weapons systems aren't developed overnight, obviously.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

39. Yep, that's the PNAC in a nutshell

Continuous war, under the guise of "spreading democracy" or "protecting our freedoms", but clearly only to the benefit of the defense industry. It's about greed, pure and simple, and I can't believe so many people buy that it's about something patriotic or noble.

[Guckert]

41. Iran may hide Nukes in Iraq or have moved them to Syria. DUH!!

May, Might, could have, we think, unnamed sources said, Sounds familiar????

[DoYouEverWonder]

43. Fortunately, this time

no one is going to give them the benefit of a doubt.

Everybody knows (except the freepers) that they are full of shit.

[Massacure]

46. Funny.

Iran may hide nukes in hospitals! It is okay if we bomb them!
Iran may hide nukes in schools! It is okay if we bomb them!
Iran may hide nukes in random houses! It is okay if we bomb them!
Iran may hide nukes in tunnels! It is okay to bunker buster them!
Iran may bury nukes in the sand! We need to nuke them!

Notice how all the above statements on the left are true, and how the government will use them to do the things on the right.