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Iranians warn they'll carry out military strikes on U.S. interests worldwide if Americans attack
- Warning today from Iran's ambassador to Moscow
- U.S. trying to force Tehran to scrap nuclear work
- Iran says attack on them would be 'suicidal' for U.S.
Last updated at 5:25 PM on 8th February 2012
Iran today warned it is capable of carrying out military strikes on U.S. interests around the world if America attacks the Islamic Republic.
The U.S. has tried to force Tehran to scrap sensitive nuclear work through sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and Iranian government assets.
But Iran's ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday that the U.S. would be making a mistake akin to suicide by risking a military strike on them.
Warning: Iran's ambassador to Moscow Ambassador Seyed
Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi said the U.S. would be making a mistake by risking a
military strike
‘And that's why Iran is fully able to deliver retaliatory strikes on the United States anywhere in the world,’ he added through an interpreter.
The U.S. has only said a military option is always on the table if Iran cannot be otherwise prevented from developing atomic weapons.
‘Even if it attacks, we have a list of counter actions,’ Mr Sajjadi added, saying that the U.S. would be ‘disappointed with their huge mistake’.
Fears: A worker rides a bike in front of the Bushehr
nuclear power plant in Iran. The country has issued threatening statements
against the West recently
'The Americans are well
aware of our people's unity. And that's why Iran is fully able to deliver
retaliatory strikes on the United States anywhere in the world'
The oil-rich country moved the operation last
month to a mountain bunker better protected from possible air
strikes.
Seyed Mahmoud-Reza
Sajjadi, Iran's ambassador to Moscow
Iran says its nuclear programme is peaceful while Western powers fear Tehran is trying to build a nuclear bomb.
‘The issue of a military attack from America on the Islamic Republic of Iran has been on the agenda for several years,’ Mr Sajjadi said, adding Iran would never strike first.
Key area: Sailors man a machine gun at sea onboard the USS
Kitty Hawk in the vital Strait of Hormuz, used by one third of the world's
seaborne oil traffic
'The issue of a military
attack from America on the Islamic Republic of Iran has been on the agenda for
several years'
It has also suggested closing the vital Strait
of Hormuz, used by one third of the world's seaborne oil traffic.
Seyed Mahmoud-Reza
Sajjadi
Russia, the world's biggest energy producer, opposes further U.N. Security Council sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme.
It has also criticised U.S. and EU sanctions over Iran, which is the second-biggest Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries oil exporter
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098326/Iranians-warn-theyll-carry-military-strikes-U-S-interests-worldwide-Americans-attack.html#ixzz1lonubXnQ
To be Nuked or not Nuked is the Question! Or Suffer with a man made Chemicals
Details of secret experiments on deadly man-made bird flu that kills over half of the people it infects WILL get out, says bioterrorism watchdog
- 'The infrastructure to stop a pandemic is not there,' says Professor Paul Keim
Last updated at 1:19 PM on 8th February 2012
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2098128/Bird-flu-Details-deadly-H5N1-inevitably-leak-says-bioterrorism-expert.html#ixzz1lov9Qjkw
H5N1 warning: Professor Paul Keim
Details of secret experiments by scientists
who have created the most deadly form of bird flu in the lab will inevitably be
leaked - potentially into the hands of terrorists - an expert has
warned.
A furore erupted in December over the decision
by the U.S National Science Advisory Board
for Biosecurity (NSABB) to censor details of the virus being made public, which
can be transmitted by coughs and sneezes.
But now the head of that board claims they
will enter the public domain anyway.
Professor Paul Keim has issued a stark warning
to governments to begin preparing for an outbreak.
‘We recognise that, in the long term
certainly, the information is going to get out, and maybe even in the midterm,’
he told The Independent.
‘But if we can restrict it in the short term
and motivate governments to start getting busy in terms of building up the
flu-defence infrastructure, then we’ve succeeded at a certain level.’
Chillingly, he added: ‘The infrastructure to
stop a pandemic in this area is not there. We just don’t have the capabilities.
Even if we spotted it early on, I don’t think we have enough vaccines. The
vaccines aren’t good enough, and the drugs are not good enough to stop this
emerging and being a pandemic.’
When H5N1 bird flu erupted over seven years
ago, out of the 584 people known to have caught it, 335 died.
What stopped it from becoming a world-wide
killer was its inability to jump from birds to humans easily.
However, a mutation of the virus was made by
Ron Fouchier and his team at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam in Holland,
which was just as deadly and passed easily between ferrets, the animal that best
indicates whether humans will catch it.
In December, the NSABB asked the journals
Nature and Science to censor publication of the study, and similar research
conducted by American scientists, setting
off a furious debate in the scientific and public health
communities.
The move followed a voluntary 60-day
suspension of a study into the virus by the researchers themselves, who became
worried that their work could lead to a pandemic.
Fears were raised that the engineered viruses
may escape from the laboratories - not unlike the frightful scenario in the 1971
science fiction movie The Andromeda Strain - or possibly be used to create a
bioterror weapon.
In a letter published in Nature and Science,
39 scientists defended the research as crucial to public health efforts.
Deadly: The new H5N1 virus can be transmitted by coughs
and sneezes
Among the scientists who signed the letter
were leaders of the two teams that have spearheaded the research, at Erasmus
Medical College in the Netherlands and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, as
well as influenza experts at institutions ranging from the U.S Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention to the University of Hong Kong.
The letter in full can be read here.
The researchers, however, were critical of the
NSABB's decision to partially censor their work.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2098128/Bird-flu-Details-deadly-H5N1-inevitably-leak-says-bioterrorism-expert.html#ixzz1louwrtxM
H5N1 warning: Professor Paul Keim
Deadly: The new H5N1 virus can be transmitted by coughs
and sneezes
Pause on avian flu transmission studies
- Journal name:
- Nature
- Year published:
- (2012)
- DOI:
- doi:10.1038/481443a
- Published online
The continuous threat of an influenza pandemic represents one of the biggest challenges in public health. Influenza pandemics are known to be caused by viruses that evolve from animal reservoirs, such as birds and pigs, and can acquire genetic changes that increase their ability to transmit in humans. Pandemic preparedness plans have been implemented worldwide to mitigate the impact of influenza pandemics. A major obstacle in preventing influenza pandemics is that little is known regarding what makes an influenza virus transmissible in humans. As a consequence, the potential pandemic risk associated with the many different influenza viruses of animals cannot be assessed with any certainty.
Recent research breakthroughs identified specific determinants of transmission of H5N1 influenza viruses in ferrets. Responsible research on influenza virus transmission using different animal models is conducted by multiple laboratories in the world using the highest international standards of biosafety and biosecurity practices that effectively prevent the release of transmissible viruses from the laboratory. These standards are regulated and monitored closely by the relevant authorities. This statement is being made by the principal investigators of these laboratories.
In two independent studies conducted in two leading influenza laboratories at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, investigators have proved that viruses possessing a haemagglutinin (HA) protein from highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza viruses can become transmissible in ferrets. This is critical information that advances our understanding of influenza transmission. However, more research is needed to determine how influenza viruses in nature become human pandemic threats, so that they can be contained before they acquire the ability to transmit from human to human, or so that appropriate countermeasures can be deployed if adaptation to humans occurs.
Despite the positive public-health benefits these studies sought to provide, a perceived fear that the ferret-transmissible H5 HA viruses may escape from the laboratories has generated intense public debate in the media on the benefits and potential harm of this type of research. We would like to assure the public that these experiments have been conducted with appropriate regulatory oversight in secure containment facilities by highly trained and responsible personnel to minimize any risk of accidental release. Whether the ferret-adapted influenza viruses have the ability to transmit from human to human cannot be tested.
We recognize that we and the rest of the scientific community need to clearly explain the benefits of this important research and the measures taken to minimize its possible risks. We propose to do so in an international forum in which the scientific community comes together to discuss and debate these issues. We realize that organizations and governments around the world need time to find the best solutions for opportunities and challenges that stem from the work. To provide time for these discussions, we have agreed on a voluntary pause of 60 days on any research involving highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses leading to the generation of viruses that are more transmissible in mammals. In addition, no experiments with live H5N1 or H5 HA reassortant viruses already shown to be transmissible in ferrets will be conducted during this time. We will continue to assess the transmissibility of H5N1 influenza viruses that emerge in nature and pose a continuing threat to human health.
A full list of signatories to this Correspondence is available here.
If they are going to panic over the Nuclear disaster in Fukushima then what is going to happen when Iran strikes the USA from within with homegrown terrorist. These terrorist could be your next door neighbor who convert.
Emails reveal panic at U.S. nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark following Fukushima disaster
- One email reads: 'We have very little factual information as an agency'
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission inundated with requests over safety of U.S. nuclear facilities in wake of disaster
- Experts disagreed over best way to contain Fukushima disaster
- Worst-case scenario would have seen high levels of radiation reach Alaska
Last updated at 11:55 AM on 8th February 2012
Emails posted on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission website after the Fukushima disaster last March have revealed the agency was kept in the dark about the scale of the crisis.
The correspondence, posted after the earthquake and tsunami caused catastrophic damage to the nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan, reveals experts in the U.S. disagreed over how to deal with the disaster.
And while assuring the U.S. population that there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting Alaska if Fukushima could not be brought under control.
Panic: Smoke rises from the shell of reactor No 3 at
Fukushima. Emails from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission reveal experts
were kept in the dark about the scale of the disaster
Stricken: Hydrogen explosions causes structural damage to
four of the reactors at the plant after the earthquake and tsunami struck on
March 11 last year
Three days later, another official said: 'It's frustrating, but we have very little factual info as an agency.'
The NRC said it was on standby to help Japan cope with the disaster, but struggled to get through 'the fog of information' surrounding the damage at Fukushima, the Post reported.
The emails also reveal experts disagreed on how to advise Tokyo Electric Power Co., which ran the plant. One idea, by physicist Richard Garwin, suggested using a 'shaped' explosion to break through the containment structure of damaged reactors to allow them to be cooled.
'Fog of information': U.S. experts said they were not
getting accurate details of the scope of the Fukushima disaster after reactors
melted down last year
The agency was asked by several countries about pools used to house spent nuclear reactor fuel.
At Fukushima, these peoples were either above or next to the reactors and NPR officials were worried they could leak or dry up - causing more radiation to escape.
France, Germany and Japan sought access to NPR information on the pools on March 17, but it was reluctant to share the data over fears of potential attacks on reactors triggered by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Impact: Debris and stranded boats in Namie, Japan, after
the tsunami last year. The NRC did not disclose the worst-case scenario which
could have seen high levels of radiation reach Alaska
'We understand that when you're concerned about terrorist attacks that you want to conceal information, but I don't think there's any reason to maintain such a broad blackout over this type of information.'
Other emails reveal people in the U.S. calling for all nuclear power stations to be temporarily shut so tests could be carried out as well as Freedom of Information Act requests for details of correspondence on Fukushima.
The emails, available on the NRC website, also reveal concerns over a U.S. reactor similar to one of the stricken units at Fukushima.
The agency had been due to issue a licence extension to the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor on March 16, but postponed it in the wake of the Japan disaster.
A 20-year extension was eventually approved on March 21.
Deserted: An empty shopping street in Namie, inside the
12-mile exclusion zone around the crippled Fukushima plant. The Japanese
government has repeatedly been accused of withholding information on the
disaster
The 15-page internal document, which was not released over fears of widespread panic, cast doubt on whether the Japanese government could have coped with an evacuation on such an unprecedented scale.
Written on March 25, two weeks after the tsunami devastated the power plant, causing three reactors to melt down and generating hydrogen explosions that blew away protective structures, it revealed contingencies that would have required evacuation orders for residents within a 105-mile radius of the plant, including the whole of Tokyo.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html#ixzz1lot5S2D8
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