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George Bush insists that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. So why, six years ago, did the CIA give the Iranians blueprints to build a bomb?
www.guardian.co.uk...
The story dates back to the Clinton administration and February 2000, when one frightened Russian scientist walked Vienna's winter streets. The Russian had good reason to be afraid. He was walking around Vienna with blueprints for a nuclear bomb.
To be precise, he was carrying technical designs for a TBA 480 high-voltage block, otherwise known as a "firing set", for a Russian-designed nuclear weapon. He held in his hands the knowledge needed to create a perfect implosion that could trigger a nuclear chain reaction inside a small spherical core. It was one of the greatest engineering secrets in the world, providing the solution to one of a handful of problems that separated nuclear powers such as the United States and Russia from rogue countries such as Iran that were desperate to join the nuclear club but had so far fallen short.
The Russian, who had defected to the US years earlier, still couldn't believe the orders he had received from CIA headquarters. The CIA had given him the nuclear blueprints and then sent him to Vienna to sell them - or simply give them - to the Iranian representatives to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). With the Russian doing its bidding, the CIA appeared to be about to help Iran leapfrog one of the last remaining engineering hurdles blocking its path to a nuclear weapon. The dangerous irony was not lost on the Russian - the IAEA was an international organisation created to restrict the spread of nuclear technology.
Originally posted by longbow
So far I know those blueprints were significantly flawed so Iran would be not able to produce the nuke. Whole operation was just a try to set Iran nuke programm on false track. So much the (supposed)story. But I don't understand why do you think it was exactly so? Just because some book and Guardian say so? Does Guardian have nuke expert better than CIA? Does anybody except CIA know what exactly was the operation about? It's just speculation, nothing else, so don't consider it a fact.
Originally posted by LetKnowledgeDrop
You are right. It is problem, reaction, solution. They arm the ''enemy'', claim the ''enemy'' is a threat, and then take the ''enemy'' out. Of course, in reality, they are not enemies at all. They are working in unision, thats why Iran is now doing and saying things that help the Bush Administration, and those that control them. i.e. ''Israel should be wiped off the map''. What a terrible thought, its hard to believe someone would come out and say that to the world, unless there was an alternate motive than what we are told...
Originally posted by LetKnowledgeDrop
Nice, I posted the exact same article on Current Events. What a coincidence. I am glad to see im not the only one who picked up on this.
You are right. It is problem, reaction, solution. They arm the ''enemy'', claim the ''enemy'' is a threat, and then take the ''enemy'' out. Of course, in reality, they are not enemies at all. They are working in unision, thats why Iran is now doing and saying things that help the Bush Administration, and those that control them. i.e. ''Israel should be wiped off the map''. What a terrible thought, its hard to believe someone would come out and say that to the world, unless there was an alternate motive than what we are told...
Originally posted by picklewalsh
This is possable and actualy makes sence. I would not put it past the current bunch of cowboys we have policing the world.
Originally posted by SwearBear
George Bush insists that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. So why, six years ago, did the CIA give the Iranians blueprints to build a bomb?
www.guardian.co.uk...
The story dates back to the Clinton administration and February 2000, when one frightened Russian scientist walked Vienna's winter streets. The Russian had good reason to be afraid. He was walking around Vienna with blueprints for a nuclear bomb.
To be precise, he was carrying technical designs for a TBA 480 high-voltage block, otherwise known as a "firing set", for a Russian-designed nuclear weapon. He held in his hands the knowledge needed to create a perfect implosion that could trigger a nuclear chain reaction inside a small spherical core. It was one of the greatest engineering secrets in the world, providing the solution to one of a handful of problems that separated nuclear powers such as the United States and Russia from rogue countries such as Iran that were desperate to join the nuclear club but had so far fallen short.
The Russian, who had defected to the US years earlier, still couldn't believe the orders he had received from CIA headquarters. The CIA had given him the nuclear blueprints and then sent him to Vienna to sell them - or simply give them - to the Iranian representatives to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). With the Russian doing its bidding, the CIA appeared to be about to help Iran leapfrog one of the last remaining engineering hurdles blocking its path to a nuclear weapon. The dangerous irony was not lost on the Russian - the IAEA was an international organisation created to restrict the spread of nuclear technology.
Quite intresting ... the blueprints were flawed though, however Iran already had some blueprints for nukes that they had received from a Pakistani scientist, so they could've figured out the flaws in the TBA 480 blueprints quite quickly and thus develop much better nukes.
*PSA use "ex" instead of "quote" for external sources.*
[edit on 6-1-2006 by dbates]