Monday, May 28, 2012

5/27/2012 Laying the Foundations for Preemptive Nuclear War Against Iran

Source: Activist Post
Date: Sunday, May 27, 2012
by: Nile Bowie


As prospects for a preemptive strike on Iran remain ever present, the recent round of talks between the P5+1 and Iran in Baghdad on May 23rd, 2012 have resulted in a familiar stalemate. As a precondition for any deal to stop higher-grade uranium enrichment, Tehran requested immediate relief from economic sanctions as a show of reciprocity [1]. Iranian chief negotiator Saeed Jalili emphasized Tehran’s right to develop peaceful nuclear energy as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, while the P5+1 refused to scale back economic sanctions, insisting Iran suspend its 20% uranium enrichment program [2].
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5/28/2012 Radioactive Bluefin Tuna From Japan Caught Off California Coast

Source: The Canadian Press via Huffington Post
Date: 05/28/2012 9:21 pm
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 LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away — the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance.
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See also:
Tuna carry Fukushima radiation to California, Sara Reardon, New Scientist
Fukushima radiation seen in tuna off California, Deborah Zabarenko, Associated Press