With Paul tackling the Iran issue today, I wanted to look at a popular issue for this blog—How many nuclear weapons does China have? My post shares a common theme with Paul’s systematic dismantling of Michael Ledeen—too many conservative pundits compensate for shallow knowledge by simply making up facts. In 1996, a Singapore University student, …
Word of the Day: "Geheimdienst"
by | 2004-11-30 | No Comments
Regarding the questionable story about Iranian tunneling attributed to an “intelligence service” (“Geheimdienst” in German), a colleague notes these sort of stories are sadly common in the German press. As evidence, he cites a recent story in Die Welt—attributed only to “Western intelligence services”—suggesting that Syrian units were operating in Darfur, using chemical weapons against …
Boucher Gets Pissed about Iran
by | 2004-11-30 | 1 Comment
The Booch has a temper. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani suggested Iran had defeated U.S. efforts to win a referral of Iran to the UN Security Council. Asked about the comment, State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher got testy with a reporter: QUESTION: Do you agree with Mr. Rohani’s characterization of what happened yesterday as …
TunnelDiggin' (Iran)
by | 2004-11-30 | 1 Comment
Der Spiegel reports that Iran is constructing a secret tunnel project near the uranium enrichment facility at Esfahan (Isfahan). Here is the relevant portion translated by World News Connection: According to an intelligence dossier, which Der Spiegel has obtained, at the beginning of October revolution leader Ali Khamene’i himself gave the order to build a …
