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To: LindyBill who wrote (98151)	5/13/2003 2:46:51 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

> Wouldn't you expect the Mullahs to hire former Soviet Union Nuclear Bomb experts to help them make a bomb? My expectations would be only speculations. Until I find facts to support them, they will remain speculations. > Shevardnadze was not quoted by Ledeen in this article as stating he was in favor of this, or had sent them there. Just that this had happened. The key here is the contention that these were bomb experts. I do not believe Shevardnadze would make such a statement. I expect him to agree that some nuclear scientists are in Iran. There is a big difference between transfer of experties to build and run nuclear plants and the experties on how to assemble plutonium into a bomb. Then there is the matter of saying that nukes are an insurance against internal uprising. How? Does it seem reasonable to you that they would nuke their own cities? But ultimately Bill, all you and I have to do is wait for 3 months. If by then Iran has tested a nuclear bomb as Ledeen claims they will, then he will have my everlasting respect. But if nothing happens, then we have to agree he weaves half truths and plays into prejudices to further his own views. I am even willing to grant him double that time and wait till the end of the year.

To: LindyBill who wrote (98151)	5/13/2003 2:50:36 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Shevardnadze did say that Georgian nuclear experts are in Iran working on private contracts which were not approved by the Georgian government but as far as I can tell he never said they were working on bombs. The speech was widely reported, and all reports concluded that he did not specify what the nuclear scientists were working on. So I am with Sun Tzu on this one. Ledeen is wrong. Shevardnadze did hold the press conference but did not say that Georgian scientists were working on bombs. It's fair to infer that this is going on but wrong to imply that Shevardnadze said so.