An Iranian Canadian, Mahmoud Yadegari, has been charged with a number of crimes concerning his attempted sale of pressure gauges to Iran. These gauges can be used in the development of nuclear weapons by assisting the enrichment of weapon grade Uranium. UN and regulations prevent these sales, so, he's in big trouble. That's bad (Forgetting that these pressure gauges have innumerable peaceful applications).
However, whats especially odd about this case is that this man was sold these gauges from a yet unnamed US based company. Even more peculiar is that every report of this mans arrest depicts him as 'Confused', 'Bewildered', 'Shocked'. Almost as if he didn't know he was committing a crime. All this, and that US company that sold him the items hasn't been named.
I just want to point these things outs before we all jump on an Iran bashing wagon.
I'd also like to bring attention back to something called Yellowcake Uranium. Back before the Iraq War, the alleged acquisition of Yellowcake was the single most touted reason to overthrow Saddam. Of course we all know how that turned up: They did indeed have it, legally, and of no quality threatening whatsoever. I might has well invade my next door neighbor because he has forks that can, with great difficulty, be melted down and molded into bullets. Even if he has no access to gunpowder, precedent says I would have the right to burn his house to the ground and kill some of his family. Of course if a president condones it, that's acceptable. No excuses, Millions dead, billions of dollars wasted, no credibility left.
Whats new now is that there really IS a crisis. The economy is indeed in trouble. People might need to sell things they wouldn't normally sell, just to stay afloat. Now Lehman Brothers is a near bankrupt bank with certain assets. Dangerous assets. 450,000 lbs of Yellowcake. Who would buy something like that? What if the precedence already exists that we should invade and bomb any country that buys even a percentile of that?
These things should raise questions, questions you're not going to hear from CBC, ABC, CNN, BBC, or any other TV news team you're going to hear from.
The most dangerous people in our countries are not shadowy terrorists training in basements, caves, or forests. They are not arabs, muslims, or your next door neighbor. They are in the boardrooms, they are on your news screens, they are getting desperate.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/apr/15/lehmanbrothers-nuclear-weapons http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090418.EXPORT18ART21423/TPStory/National
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowcake http://crooksandliars.com/2008/07/06/yellowcake-uranium-found-in-iraq-bush-was-right-well-not-so-much http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25546334/