Monday, October 05, 2009

You couldn't make it up...

Well, of course, you could. And they have. And they will. Again and again.

Amid all the furore over Iran, this little-known fact has been glossed over.

In 1967, under the "Atoms for Peace" program launched by President Eisenhower, the US sold the Shah of Iran's government a 5-megawatt, light-water type research reactor. This small dome-shaped structure, located in the Tehran suburbs, was the foundation of Iran's nuclear program.

It remains at the center of the controversy over Iranian intentions, even today.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1002/p04s01-usfp.html

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