Iran scorns EU trio's draft nuclear resolution: European powers began circulating a draft resolution on Wednesday that asks the U.N. nuclear watchdog to report Iran to the Security Council, drawing a scornful response from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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China, Russia would fight Iran oil sanctions: U.N. Security Council heavyweights China and Russia have too much riding on Iran's energy sector to let the West slap sanctions on Tehran to punish its nuclear ambitions, experts say.
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Moscow Will Not Follow West's Cue on Iran: Moscow has signaled a change in its stance toward Tehran. In recent days, officials including Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov have indicated they would not block a Security Council referral, although they would likely still oppose sanctions.
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The west has picked a fight with Iran that it cannot win: Iran is a serious country, not another two-bit post-imperial rogue waiting to be slapped about the head by a white man. It is the fourth largest oil producer in the world. Its population is heading towards 80 million by 2010. Its capital, Tehran, is a mighty metropolis half as big again as London.
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"Noam Chomsky said Iran would be �crazy� not to develop nuclear weapons: Speaking Tuesday to an audience of over 1,000 at University College, Dublin, �Ireland�'s largest university, �Chomsky said no sane person wants Iran to have nuclear weapons,� but added that the Islamic republic had to respond to alleged threats from Israel and the United States, both nuclear powers."
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Avoiding a War with Iran:������ "The march to war with Iran is continuing apace despite skyrocketing gold prices, a jittery oil market, and the unrelenting chaos in nearby Iraq.
Are we surprised?
The control of Middle East oil has always been a central part of the neocon strategy for global domination. That won't change.
The toppling of Iran's theocratic regime would consolidate dwindling resources under the stars and stripes and guarantee continued supremacy of US financial institutions, American energy giants, and the faltering greenback. Additionally, it would defang a potential rival to an emergent Israel, which sees itself as the prevailing power in the region.
Game; set; match! "
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U.S. nuclear forces, 2006: As of January 2006, the U.S. stockpile contains almost 10,000 nuclear warheads. This includes 5,735 active or operational warheads: 5,235 strategic and 500 nonstrategic warheads. Approximately 4,225 additional warheads are held in the reserve or inactive stockpiles.
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Photo credit: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the media during an official departure ceremony for Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov in Tehran, Iran January 18, 2006. (REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi)
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