Sunday, March 14, 2010

IRAN DEVELOPING NUKES OUT OF FEAR

"... Iran is developing nuclear weapons out of a rational fear for its national safety because of the systematically threatening posture of the United States and Israel... Hostile actions of the United States and its Israeli client are a major factor in Iran's decisions of whether or not to develop a nuclear deterrent... the defiant and hypocritical insistence of the United States on holding the constant threat of military action over Iran as a punishment for its noncompliance with United Nations mandates..."
--Noam Chomsky, Memorial Church, Harvard University, March 6, 2010
http://www.hlrecord.org/news/noam-chomsky-iran-pursuing-nuclear-weapons-out-of-fear-1.1265656

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

IRAN ANNOUNCES CRUISE MISSILES

"Iran announced Sunday that it has started a new production line of highly accurate, short range cruise missiles... the cruise missile, called Nasr 1, would be capable of destroying targets up to 3,000 tons in size... the missile can be fired from ground-based launchers as well as ships, but would eventually be modified to be fired from helicopters and submarines... the cruise missiles would strengthen Iran's naval power..."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-07-iran-missile_N.htm?csp=usat.me