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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (125846)	11/30/2009 1:03:43 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542130

< if Israel wasn't controlled by "secular" jews> That is not what I understand - there are "tests" for your Jewishness for position in higher office and because they don't have a constitution, this is all very behind the scenes. Let's face it, Sammy Davis couldn't have risen to PM nor could most American Jews because they aren't considered "real Jews". The more orthodox you are the higher you on the food chain in Israeli government, so much so that it is my understanding that all high level posts require it. While religious freedom is given lip service, how many of our other allies have their religion branded on their national flag? That is a statement - like the stars and bars in the South. It is elitist and separatist - a truly two tiered system. America seems to feel badly for them but that ended for me many years ago, and not because being anti-Israel is the same as being anti-Semitic.

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (125846)	11/30/2009 10:11:06 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542130

I'll put money on Israel using them B4 anybody else in the ME. The only military action in the last 60 years for Iran was when they were attacked by Iraq. They wouldn't even be mentioning nukes if Israel didn't have them. Why don't we publicly state we will turn Israel into glass if they use their nukes? That might mollify Iran. Notyetayahoo is as rabid as any fundi. So was Sharon. So was Shamir. Russia vows quick completion of Iran atom plant (Reuters) 29 November 2009 TEHRAN - Russia’s energy minister pledged on Sunday a quick completion of Iran’s first nuclear power station, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported, weeks after Moscow announced the latest delay to the Bushehr plant. The reported statement, which did not give a specific time for the launch of Bushehr, came as Iran’s government announced plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants, in a major expansion of its disputed nuclear programme. Russia said in mid-November that technical issues would prevent its engineers from starting up the reactor at Bushehr by the end of the year as previously planned. Moscow, which is under Western pressure to distance itself from Tehran over its nuclear activities, stressed at the time that politics had nothing to do with the decision. “Russia will complete the Bushehr nuclear power plant at the earliest (possible) time,” IRIB quoted Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko as saying after talks with Iranian Oil Minister Massoud Mirkazemi in Tehran. “The quick completion of the Bushehr power plant is the most important issue for both the Iranian and Russian atomic energy organisations and technical steps in this regard are under way based upon the scheduled plans,” he said. Shmatko, who also held talks with other senior Iranian officials, said the Bushehr project had become “a symbol of cooperation between Iran and Russia and nobody dares to hurt it,” IRIB added. Russia’s nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko said in February that the Bushehr launch was scheduled for 2009. Western powers suspect that Iran is seeking to build nuclear bombs. Iran, the world’s fifth-largest oil exporter, denies this and says its nuclear programme is aimed at generating electricity. Shmatko also discussed other areas of energy cooperation with Mirkazemi, as well as oil prices and crude output by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers, IRIB reported, without giving details. Iran is a member of OPEC, but Russia is not. “Bilateral cooperation in oil, gas and petrochemical industries ... was among the topics discussed in today’s meeting,” Mirkazemi was quoted as saying. “Having cooperation from the Caspian Sea to the South Pars gas field, could be helpful in continuation of bilateral cooperation,” he said. khaleejtimes.com