We talked about this three years ago, and now it’s being discussed again–this time officially. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to rally support in his cabinet for an attack on Iran, and defense minister Ehud Barak and foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman are said to be among those backing a pre-emptive strike to neutralize Iran’s nuclear facilities, since one of the first uses of any bomb they make is likely to be an attack on Israel.
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The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March damaged several of their power plants, releasing large amounts of radioactive material into the water and into the soil around the Fukushima reactor. Now a group of citizens have started a campaign to plant sunflowers in order to clean contaminants from the fallout zone.
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Five Russian scientists who were advising Iranian nuclear experts on the design of an Iranian atomic facility were among the 44 killed in a recent air crash in Russia. Iranian nuclear experts have been involved in similar accidents in the past. Are these really "accidents?" A number of Iranian nuclear scientists involved in the same project have been assassinated in Iran. The five were employed at the Hydropress factory in Russia, one of the main companies to contract for the Bushehr construction in Iran.read more