Sorry I will have to reread the rules. Didn't know we couldn't post on Christianity. I do however respect your opinions PM and Dixie Dude. Have a nice day.
As to not take away from the thread. Here is a link to a story that will be pasted below on the guy who was saying 3 days before operational on the 17th. He said 8 days until operational earlier on that day.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1303892/John-Bolton-Israel-3-days-stop-Iran-developing-nuclear-weapons.htmlIsrael has three days to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons, warns former U.S. ambassador
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Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton has warned that Israel has just days to launch a strike against Iran's Bushehr reactor
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton has warned that Israel has just days to launch a strike against Iran's Bushehr reactor
Israel has just days to launch a military strike and stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has warned.
The deadline was set by outspoken former envoy John Bolton, who claimed that time was running out for the West to crush Tehran’s atomic ambitions.
He said Iran is planning to bring its first Bushehr reactor online on Saturday, when a shipment of nuclear fuel will be loaded into the plant’s core.
At that point, he said it would be too late for Israel to attack the facility because it would spread radiation and affect innocent Iranian civilians.
‘Once that uranium, once those fuel rods are very close to the reactor, certainly once they’re in the reactor, attacking it means a release of radiation, no question about it,’ said Mr Bolton.
‘So if Israel is going to do anything against Bushehr it has to move in the next eight days,’ he told Fox News in the U.S.
If the Israelis fail to act, Mr Bolton said: ‘Iran will achieve something that no other opponent of Israel, no other enemy of the United States in the Middle East really has and that is a functioning nuclear reactor.’
But the former diplomat, who served as George Bush’s ambassador to the UN between 2005 and 2009, said he doubted Israel would attack Iran.
‘I’m afraid that they have lost this opportunity,’ he added.
The nuclear power plant in Bushehr, southern Iran, which is about to be loaded with fuel
The nuclear power plant in Bushehr, southern Iran, which is about to be loaded with fuel, which it insists is for peaceful purposes
An interior view of the plant. Once the fuel rods are inserted into the reactor, an attack would almost certainly release the radiation into the atmosphere, warned the ambassador
An interior view of the plant. Once the fuel rods are inserted into the reactor, an attack would almost certainly release the radiation into the atmosphere, warned the ambassador
The plant in its port-side setting. Britain, the U.S. and other western powers believe the Iranians are covertly creating a nuclear warhead
The plant in its port-side setting. Britain, the U.S. and other western powers believe the Iranians are covertly creating a nuclear warhead
Tehran continues to insist it is only building its atomic plant for peaceful purposes to provide cheaper electricity. But Britain, the U.S. and other western powers claim the Iranians are covertly creating a nuclear warhead.
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Mr Bolton blasted Russia’s role in the development of the plant. ‘The idea of being able to stick a thumb in America’s eye always figures prominently in Moscow,’ he said.
Last night, Iran dismissed the possibility of an Israeli assault.
‘These threats have become repetitive and lost their meaning,’ said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparasi.
‘According to international law, installations which have real fuel cannot be attacked because of the humanitarian consequences,’ he added.
Iranian officials said they have stepped up security at the Bushehr plant to protect it from any attacks.
The UN Security Council hit Tehran with a fourth set of sanctions in June over its nuclear programme, and the United States and European Union followed up with tougher punitive measures targeting Iran's banking and energy sectors.
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