1 dead in blast at French nuclear plant, but no leak reported: What We're Reading Now
Sep 12, 2011
FRANCE
1 dead in blast at French nuclear plant, but no leak reported
Douglas Stanglin, USA Today -- September 12, 2011
The French nuclear safety body says an explosion has rocked a nuclear plant in southern France, the Associated Press reports. French media report at least one death, but no immediate radioactive leakage to the outside.
Explosion at French Nuclear-Waste Plant Leaves One Dead, 4 Hurt
Tara Patel, Blloomberg -- September 12, 2011
An explosion at a nuclear-waste plant in the south of France left one person dead and four people injured, according to Electricite de France, which operates the site.
UNITED STATES
Bob Woodward: George W. Bush 'rolled his eyes" at Dick Cheney
Tim Mak, Politico -- September 12, 2011
President George W. Bush “rolled his eyes” when Vice President Dick Cheney signaled his interest in bombing a Syrian nuclear plant at a key meeting of White House advisers, Bob Woodward writes in Monday’s Washington Post.
Cheney: Nuclear Terrorism Is ‘Most Dangerous Threat’ We Face
Bridget Johnson, Enterprise Journal -- September 9, 2011
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said that the “most dangerous threat” we face is nuclear materials falling into the hands of terrorists.
What We're Reading now
Aug 25, 2011
IRAN
Netanyahu warned of Iran's nukes capability in 2009
Ben Birnbaum, The Washington Times --August 25, 2011
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. lawmakers nearly two years ago that Iran already had the capability to make a nuclear weapon, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable recently released.
European Union imposes new sanctions on Iran, Syria
Ellen Knickmeyer and Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times -- August 24, 2011
It accuses the Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guard of providing support to Syrian forces seeking to quell the uprising against President Bashar Assad.
Computer firm faces scrutiny over Iran downloads
The Washington Times -- August 24, 2011
A Slovakia-based computer-security firm could face a U.S. investigation for sanctions violations after its anti-virus products were downloaded in Iran in an apparent attempt to secure the country’s networks against the cyberworm that attacked Tehran’s nuclear program.
NORTH KOREA
Nortk Korea owes $11 billion of debt to Russia, Storchak says
San Francisco Chronicle -- August 24, 2011
North Korea owes Russia $11 billion of debt that dates back to the Soviet period, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak told reporters at a military base near Ulan-Ude, a Siberian city close to the border with Mongolia.
U.S. and North Korea may discuss recovering remains of Americans
Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times -- August 9, 2011
The United States has proposed to meet with North Korea to discuss for the first time in six years bringing home the remains of any American soldiers buried there.
Dick Cheney's Path to Bipartisanship
Feb 23, 2010
President Obama has finally achieved the bipartisanship for which he has been virtually begging since his agenda collapsed in Congress in the first year of his term. And the Republican partisan who showed him the way was former Vice President Richard Cheney, the meanest gun in politics. In his recent exchanges with Vice President Joe Biden, Cheney opposed virtually every Obama policy except for one: Cheney approves Obama policy in Afghanistan.
Finally, Obama knows how to get bipartisan support: concentrate on military intervention abroad, For generations, the presidents of both parties have unified the nation by fighting undeclared wars all over the world. The parties draw together to support the US troops sent abroad to fight "Just" wars and to establish American military bases, a Roman strategy without the pizza.
Cheney's approval arrives just in time to help Obama replace his failed agenda to reform health care, to regulate financial institutions, to solve the crisis in unemployment. With the Congress in total gridlock over domestic matters, Obama will gain political approval from Republicans and Independents by concentrating on Afghanistan and Iraq, with Iran waiting-on-call followed by likely insurgencies in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Priorities determine bipartisanship. Cut Medicare but capture Osama Bin Laden.