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azurnoir

(45,850 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2015, 01:23 PM Jun 2015

WikiLeaks Saudi cable says Iran shipped nuclear equipment to Sudan

Source: Reuters

Saudi diplomats in Khartoum believed Iran shipped advanced nuclear equipment including centrifuges to Sudan in 2012, according to a document leaked last week that WikiLeaks says is a cable from the embassy.

"The embassy's sources advised that Iranian containers arrived this week at Khartoum airport containing sensitive technical equipment in the form of fast centrifuges for enriching uranium, and a second shipment is expected to arrive this week," the document, dated February 2012 and marked 'very secret', read.

WikiLeaks last week released more than 60,000 cables and documents which it says are official Saudi communications, and plans to release half a million in total. Saudi Arabia said they might be faked and has not commented on specific documents.

If the cable is authentic, it does not provide details on the source of the embassy's information or any further evidence of the shipment. There have been no previous reports of Iran sending nuclear equipment to Sudan, which has no known nuclear program.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/23/us-saudi-wikileaks-iran-sudan-idUSKBN0P31QZ20150623

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WikiLeaks Saudi cable says Iran shipped nuclear equipment to Sudan (Original Post) azurnoir Jun 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author leveymg Jun 2015 #1

I wonder if the cables were sent so that the CIA could intercept them. LiberalArkie Jun 2015 #2

The filfthy House of Saud would do anything to Dawson Leery Jun 2015 #3

And the Western media will parrot the lines fed them by the Saudi dictators and Israeli propaganda ever so reliably. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #6

Educated workforce, stabile political climate, robust infrastructure... bluedigger Jun 2015 #4

Centrifuges are not "nuclear equipment" in the sense meant...medical isotope purposes are also "nuclear". Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #5

Wikileaks is corproate meida? Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #7

Do you actually enjoy the flavor of the boots you lick? n/t Psephos Jun 2015 #8

You made me laugh because the level of discourse on some threads is grade school pathetic. As you know. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #9

It's an allusion to Mark Twain, Mr. Grade School. Psephos Jun 2015 #10

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leveymg This message was self-deleted by its author.

LiberalArkie

(15,739 posts)

2. I wonder if the cables were sent so that the CIA could intercept them.

Reply to azurnoir (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 01:51 PM

Jun 2015

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

3. The filfthy House of Saud would do anything to

Reply to azurnoir (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 01:53 PM

Jun 2015

maintain their dominance in the middle east, including pushing lies to promote a war against Iran.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

6. And the Western media will parrot the lines fed them by the Saudi dictators and Israeli propaganda ever so reliably.

Reply to Dawson Leery (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 01:59 PM

Jun 2015

bluedigger

(17,091 posts)

4. Educated workforce, stabile political climate, robust infrastructure...

Reply to azurnoir (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 01:56 PM

Jun 2015

What could go wrong?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

5. Centrifuges are not "nuclear equipment" in the sense meant...medical isotope purposes are also "nuclear".

Reply to azurnoir (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 01:58 PM

Jun 2015

Nice try, corporate media.....the fearmongering over Iran and ISIS must continue, mustn't it?

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

7. Wikileaks is corproate meida?

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 10:22 PM

Jun 2015

Wow, times have changed.

Psephos

(8,032 posts)

8. Do you actually enjoy the flavor of the boots you lick? n/t

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 12:46 AM

Jun 2015

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

9. You made me laugh because the level of discourse on some threads is grade school pathetic. As you know.

Reply to Psephos (Reply #8)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 10:07 AM

Jun 2015

You do all know what centrifuges are?? That there are different kinds, different uses, because apparently not.

Science is complicated, hey?

Psephos

(8,032 posts)

10. It's an allusion to Mark Twain, Mr. Grade School.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 03:53 PM

Jun 2015

Perhaps you skipped grade school though.

Meanwhile, anyone who thinks Iran is transferring centrifuges out of the country for medical isotope research could probably benefit from a few medical isotopes.

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