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The Associated Press: A look at nuclear programs in Iran, NKorea, India

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:43:46 -0000

President Bush has pursued nuclear containment deals with Iran and North Korea and a nuclear cooperation pact with India. None of the deals will be complete when he leaves office. Here is a look at the nuclear programs in each nation:

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McClatchy Washington Bureau | World powers give Iran 2 more weeks to accept nuclear freeze

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:46:41 -0000

World powers Saturday gave Iran two weeks to accept a freeze on expanding its uranium enrichment work as a step toward full-scale negotiations on its nuclear program's future, or face new economic sanctions and isolation. The powers told Iran that there would be no further talks on their offer to withhold new sanctions for six weeks in return for Iran not adding new enrichment machines called centrifuges to its plant at Natanz for a similar period.

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Chomsky: Bush & Cheney Always Saw Iraq as a Sweetheart Oil Deal | War on Iraq | AlterNet

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:23:17 -0000

The deal just taking shape between Iraq's Oil Ministry and four Western oil companies raises critical questions about the nature of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq -- questions that should certainly be addressed by presidential candidates and seriously discussed in the United States, and of course in occupied Iraq, where it appears that the population has little if any role in determining the future of its country.

Tags: energy energy.news iraq chomsky

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TBO.com - US picks compromise over confrontation with Iran

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:16:58 -0000

For now, the Bush administration has chosen compromise over confrontation in dealing with Iran's disputed nuclear program with a dramatic gesture intended to demonstrate commitment to a negotiated solution.

In breaking with past policy to send a top diplomat to weekend talks with Iran's chief nuclear envoy, the administration has in its waning months refined its position on contact with the hardline Iranian regime, much as it did in the ongoing effort to rid North Korea of its atomic weapons, which has shown recent promise.

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6,700 Tons of Contaminated Sand Shipped From Kuwait to Boise

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:53:27 -0000

Recently the emirate of Kuwait required the United States Department of Defense to remove the contamination. Consequently, over 6,700 tons of contaminated soil sand and other residue was collected and has been shipped back to the United States for burial by American Ecology at Boise Idaho.

Tags: nuclear fuel-cycle du n-waste iraq

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Newsvine - AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:10:20 -0000

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

Tags: nuclear n-weapons yellowcake iraq security

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edmontonsun.com - Canada- Canada takes Iraq's uranium

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:16:20 -0000

Canada is the new home to a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium from Iraq, the last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program.

The 550 tonnes of "yellowcake," the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment, was sold to Canadian uranium producer Cameco Corp. in a transaction the official described as worth "tens of millions of dollars."

Tags: nuclear energy n-weapons iraq fuel-cycle

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U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq - Conflict in Iraq- msnbc.com

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:08:18 -0000

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Birth defects spike with U.S. use of 'special weaponry'

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:56:45 -0000

Babies born in Fallujah are showing deformities and falling ill on a scale never seen before, doctors and residents say.

The spike in deformities and deaths among children resulted after “special weaponry” was used in the two massive bombing campaigns in Fallujah in 2004.

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U.S. Advised Iraqi Ministry on Oil Deals - NYTimes.com

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:01:14 -0000

A group of American advisers led by a small State Department team played an integral part in drawing up contracts between the Iraqi government and five major Western oil companies to develop some of the largest fields in Iraq, American officials say.

Tags: energy energy.news oil iraq corporate

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Bill Moyers Journal: Bill Moyers & Michael Winship: It Was Oil, All Along

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:59:41 -0000

Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al Qaeda and toppling a dictator and spreading democracy and protecting ourselves from weapons of mass destruction. But one by one, these concocted rationales went up in smoke, fire, and ashes. And now the bottom turns out to be....the bottom line. It is about oil.

Tags: energy energy.news oil iraq

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Truthdig - Reports - The Nuclear Expert Who Never Was

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:47:37 -0000

I am a former U.N. weapons inspector. I started my work with the United Nations in September 1991, and between that date and my resignation in August 1998, I participated in over 30 inspections, 14 as chief inspector. The United Nations Special Commission, or UNSCOM, was the organization mandated by the Security Council with the implementation of its resolutions requiring Iraq to be disarmed of its weapons-of-mass-destruction capabilities.

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IRAQ: 'Special Weapons' Have a Fallout on Babies

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:16:58 -0000

The new cases, and the number of deaths among children, have risen after "special weaponry" was used in the two massive bombing campaigns in Fallujah in 2004.

After denying it at first, the Pentagon admitted in November 2005 that white phosphorous, a restricted incendiary weapon, was used a year earlier in Fallujah.

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The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog: POGO Obtains Previously Unreleased DoD IG Report to Congress

Fri, 30 May 2008 16:53:40 -0000

The Pentagon IG has been overwhelmed by an ever-expanding defense budget, according to a report made public for the first time by POGO.

While Pentagon spending has soared to record heights to cover the costs of the global war on terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, staffing at the Pentagon IG office has remained "nearly constant."

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Analysis: Congress attacks Iraq spending - UPI.com

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:24:29 -0000

WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- Iraqis would be forced to pay for U.S. efforts in their country directly or via loans from the United States if any of at least five similar pieces of legislation introduced on Capitol Hill this month is approved.

This comes as Americans deal with -- and politicians respond to -- an unpopular and expensive war, a sinking economy and record gas prices.

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The Oil-For-Food 'Scandal' is a Cynical Smokescreen

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:57:59 -0000

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13myths.org

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:58:10 -0000

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Exxon, Shell: Iraq oil law needed for deal - UPI.com

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:30:31 -0000

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The Lost Kristol TapesWhat the New York Times Bought - CommonDreams.org

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:24:55 -0000

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Energy Department Eases Nuclear Power Path for Iraq, Libya

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:38:41 -0000

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