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http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=NAZ20061001&articleId=3361

There’s been a lot of speculation about whether or not the United States will attack Iran. Roughly equal numbers of people believe the U.S. will and will not attack. Disregarding the public blustering from both governments, I believe the U.S. will attack Iran in 2006. Here’s why.

The master plan of the United States is to control the oil in the Middle East. Only two countries stood in the way of that plan: Iraq and Iran. Iraq has been neutralized and will remain impotent for the next decade because of civil war. Iran alone now stands in the way of the U.S. master plan. But before proceeding with this line of argument, let’s take a side trip.

Iraq is clearly a disaster from a humanitarian perspective, as well as on the military front. Iraq is also becoming a political disaster for Republicans in the U.S. Not only do Republicans face losing control of Congress, but with President Bush’s approval ratings in the toilet, Republicans may well lose the White House too. The lesson of the staged 9/11 and the ensuing war in Iraq is clear: Americans will rally around the president and his party during distressing times. What could be more opportune for this president and his party than another staged 9/11-like event, followed by another war of retaliation, this time against Iran ?

http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/feedback/07-04-2006/78912-Iran-0

N.Korea's next task -- a small, missile-ready bomb

By Mark Trevelyan, Security Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - North Korea's next challenge after testing a nuclear warhead is to make one small enough to fit to a missile -- a tricky undertaking, experts say, but one that might not take long if it has the requisite know-how.
"They've got to get the weight down to about 500 to 700 kg (1,102 to 1,543 lbs), which I would have believed is perfectly possible with knowledge that is available today," said Duncan Lennox, editor of Jane's Strategic Weapons Systems.
"It would be about 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in) tall, a cone, with a base diameter of 0.8 to one meter."

Such a device could be delivered to its target by one or more missile types among North Korea's extensive arsenal.
The Scud C, with a range of up to 500 km (311 miles), would be a viable choice "if they wanted to be particularly nasty to South Korea", Lennox said.
The Rodong, with a range of up to 1,400 km (870 miles), is capable of hitting all of South Korea and most of Japan.
Another choice would be the Taepodong-2, a type tested by North Korea in July which flew for about 40 seconds before it destructed. South Korea said the test was a failure, but some experts suggest the North may have aborted it deliberately after finding out the capability of the engine.
A nuclear bomb can also be dropped from a plane, but defense analysts assume that North Korea would prefer to fit it to a missile, which reaches its target faster and is harder to shoot down.

"MATING" PROCESS
However, the process of "mating" a nuclear warhead to a conventional missile is complex, said Lee Willett, defense analyst at the Royal United Services Institute in London.
"Nuclear warheads have a different weight, there'll be a difference guidance requirement than you have with a conventional missile," he said.
"It's not just a case of getting a conventional missile and sticking a nuke on top of it. It's a fundamentally different weapon."

One unknown in the equation is the extent of the help obtained by North Korea from disgraced Pakistani scientist A. Q. Khan, the father of his country's own successful drive to acquire the nuclear bomb.
The key requirements are "design, know-how and having the right materials", Lennox said.
"But in my view that knowledge is available on the black market. I think A. Q. Khan provided them with what they needed ... I think the data and the help provided by Pakistan would indicate that they could put a warhead on a missile fairly quickly."
Willett said the unconfirmed information that Monday's device was a neutron bomb -- as reported by Reuters from a source close to the North Korean government -- was an intriguing possibility.
Such a weapons differs from standard nuclear bombs by producing a smaller blast but dispersing more radiation.
"It doesn't do that much damage (to infrastructure) but sends out massive radiation which kills people. It would send out big, big waves of radiation," he said.
If North Korea were working on such a device, it could be as part of a battlefield nuclear weapons program in order to deploy it against South Korean or U.S. troops in the event of a North-South war, he added.

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