A question for Sean : Iran

[Inky]

Thanks Sean.

[KR McKay]

...The bulk of the rest of the former Iraqi WMD was removed from Iraq just prior to the March 19 "going over the berm" by US and coalition land forces at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom and is now in Syrian and/or Hezbollah possession for future use against Israel and/or the United States of America..

I recall, during the arguments after the war about Iraqi WMDs, hearing an analyst note that a number of Russian semi trucks and trailers were photographed (I think via satellite) going over the border into Syria, just 36-48 hours prior to the "outbreak of hostilities."

I also recall hearing someone note that yellowcake uranium was found hidden in a Syrian junkyard, 6-12 months later.

I can't cite sources -- I just remember hearing the discussion on the radio...

(So, yes, it may not be accurate...it's just what I heard)...

[Suzanne]

Sean: Thanks for the "little bit of extra detail" that you gave to my question. I am completely blown away by the information that you gave us. The things that you said make sense of questions that I've had for years. I, like many others, had heard that Iraq's WMDs had gone to either Lebanon or Syria, but I sure didn't know any of the other things that you explained. I'm going to have to read that post a couple of more times just to process all of the new information. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Wow!

[Sean Osborne]

I recall, during the arguments after the war about Iraqi WMDs, hearing an analyst note that a number of Russian semi trucks and trailers were photographed (I think via satellite) going over the border into Syria, just 36-48 hours prior to the "outbreak of hostilities."

I also recall hearing someone note that yellowcake uranium was found hidden in a Syrian junkyard, 6-12 months later.

Yes, there were convoys of transport vehicles observed by overhead reconnaissance satellites prior to OIF in March 2003. They were travelling west towards the Syrian border.

The US not so quietly removed 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium from Saddam's Tuwaitha nuclear complex to Canada in 2008.

However, an even more tremendous amount of Iraqi yellowcake was also located within Iraqi territory near the Syrian border. The location is viewable to anyone using Google maps. Follow the Euphrates River in Iraq to the Syrian border. Zoom in. Find the Syrian town of Abu Kamal and the Iraqi towns of Husaiba and Al Da'im. (Al-Da'im is actually known as Al Qa'im) Zoom in closer a little south of Al Qa'im and you'll see four large facilities in the desert. Zoom in much closer. A polluted yellowcake processing facility is furtherest southeast from Al-Qa'im. Then there's a large railroad yard and a massive storage facility for the lowlevel processed yellowcake uranium ore. Directly above the railyard and storage facility you see a very, very large something that closely resembles an X. That X is marking the spot. The antiwar, pro-Saddam left in this country concocted some really massive lies about this Iraqi weapons of mass destruction site. Yet the truth of the matter is right here for all to see.

Link: Iraqi Nuclear Program Deception.

[A24AW]

Thanks Sean!! Finally someone who is willing to tell the truth about WMD and the coverup.

[Chris]

The liberals tried to push the WMDs under the rug so they could play Benedict Arnold with our troops and live in their political fog. The region would be a disaster right now if Saddam had been allowed to run wild and develop nuclear weapons. We already know he was willing and able to shoot missiles into Israel when he had the chance. You can't allow madmen to obtain these weapons which is why the international community needs to give up on sanctions, etc. and move to the military action.

Meaningful sanctions should have been imposed years ago, not now. You can't get sanctions to work like they are supposed to when the Iranian regime is right on the threshold of developing nuclear weapons. That is just simply nuts. The truth is the international community never learned their lesson from WW2 and now it might be too late to do anything about Iran except bomb them.

[Suzanne]

The liberals tried to push the WMDs under the rug so they could play Benedict Arnold with our troops and live in their political fog. The region would be a disaster right now if Saddam had been allowed to run wild and develop nuclear weapons. We already know he was willing and able to shoot missiles into Israel when he had the chance. You can't allow madmen to obtain these weapons which is why the international community needs to give up on sanctions, etc. and move to the military action.

Meaningful sanctions should have been imposed years ago, not now. You can't get sanctions to work like they are supposed to when the Iranian regime is right on the threshold of developing nuclear weapons. That is just simply nuts. The truth is the international community never learned their lesson from WW2 and now it might be too late to do anything about Iran except bomb them.

No meaningful sanctions are going to be imposed on Iran anyway. Russia and China have both made it clear that they are not going to cooperate with the West.

[Keith]

No meaningful sanctions are going to be imposed on Iran anyway. Russia and China have both made it clear that they are not going to cooperate with the West.

Exactly.

[Sean Osborne]

Exactly.

Yup, and that means, short of a comprehensive strike on Iranian nuclear infrastructure, precious time is being frittered away on baseless hopes and useless sanctions.

[Hebron]

I worry sometimes, aren't we supposed to pray for the peace of Jerusalem?
Psalm 122:6 says, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee."
surely we must not forget the power of prayer.
It is alright for us to play armchair war-makers but isn't it far more difficult to actually go to war.
Just as God does not want any person to go unsaved but come to eternal life, yet inevitably many will be lost,does that stop us witnessing knowing this ? so isn't it the same with end time events, knowing they will come but praying for peace in the mean time, knowing it will come but not wishing it and the dyer consequences it will have..... just a thought!

[Suzanne]

I worry sometimes, aren't we supposed to pray for the peace of Jerusalem?
Psalm 122:6 says, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee."
surely we must not forget the power of prayer.
It is alright for us to play armchair war-makers but isn't it far more difficult to actually go to war.
Just as God does not want any person to go unsaved but come to eternal life, yet inevitably many will be lost,does that stop us witnessing knowing this ? so isn't it the same with end time events, knowing they will come but praying for peace in the mean time, knowing it will come but not wishing it and the dyer consequences it will have..... just a thought!

On this forum, we discuss many things. We also do a lot of praying for Jerusalem, Israel, many other countries, people, situations, etc. None of us would wish for anyone to perish. We have people on RF that witness everyday of their lives. This is a mature Christian forum. We are aware that we can watch and discuss end times and still witness, pray, etc.

We are very glad that you have joined us to watch for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[Hebron]

Ive been here a while and i greatly admire the person/people who run this website, I also have the same views so no problem here Suzanne as I said just a thought that sometimes I myself can overlook in my enthusiasim concerning politics and world affairs

[Suzanne]

Ive been here a while and i greatly admire the person/people who run this website, I also have the same views so no problem here Suzanne as I said just a thought that sometimes I myself can overlook in my enthusiasim concerning politics and world affairs

Oops! I guess I inserted my foot into my mouth (not an unusual situation) I do know what you mean when it seems that we focus on the end times. I have to admit that where we are in prophecy is very exciting to me. I am grateful to the Lord for allowing me to live in this time and to have found this group of people to wait for His return with.

[Hebron]

yes I agree it is good to be able to watch and wait with others

[jtheb]

If Iran has suitable uranium then why is she now starting building purification plants to make it?

[Hebron]

I think Iran needs to stop saying things like this
'Iran will deliver telling blow to global powers on Feb. 11'
it does them no favours

[Chris]

No meaningful sanctions are going to be imposed on Iran anyway. Russia and China have both made it clear that they are not going to cooperate with the West.

Exactly. Russia and China have too much of an economic interest invested in Iran to see them have meaningful economic sanctions applied to them. The Russians and Chinese have basically sold the world's security out for a few quick bucks.

[Chris]

Yup, and that means, short of a comprehensive strike on Iranian nuclear infrastructure, precious time is being frittered away on baseless hopes and useless sanctions.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is a buffoon for thinking that sanctions will get the Iranians to quit their nuclear program. I'm not sure how Gates got his appointment to his post but he has shown he has not a clue as to what he is doing and does not belong in that post.

[Chris]

I worry sometimes, aren't we supposed to pray for the peace of Jerusalem?
Psalm 122:6 says, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee."
surely we must not forget the power of prayer.
It is alright for us to play armchair war-makers but isn't it far more difficult to actually go to war.
Just as God does not want any person to go unsaved but come to eternal life, yet inevitably many will be lost,does that stop us witnessing knowing this ? so isn't it the same with end time events, knowing they will come but praying for peace in the mean time, knowing it will come but not wishing it and the dyer consequences it will have..... just a thought!

We are to definitely pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

But on the other hand we are not to simply sit back and let evil prosper and not do anything about it. While we need to pray for people to get saved and come to salvation in Christ, we also need to pray that strong men will arise and deal with the evil in the world. As the old saying goes, all it takes for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing.

Also, one final thing. We want the removal of the evil Iranian nuclear program, not a war with Iran. We might end up with that, but the alternative is to have the world's number 1 state sponsor of terrorism to be able to run around with nukes and pass them off to Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, etc. We simply can't afford to take that chance. We need to set back this evil nuclear programs before things get out of control. JMHO.

[Chris]

If Iran has suitable uranium then why is she now starting building purification plants to make it?

I think Iran has enriched uranium to the point that it can be used in "lightwater" nuclear plants for the generation of electricity. This would be low level enriched uranium. The heavily enriched uranium I believe is used in "heavywater" reactors which can generate electricity as well as create nuclear weapons. The higher the enriched uranium the more suitable it is for nuclear weapons. I think that is correct.