Russian Nuclear Engineers Leave Iran Reactor Site En Masse

[Exsubmariner]

From DEBKAfile

Three scenarios are offered up.

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1. Another crisis has cropped up in the patchy Russian-Iranian dealings over the Bushehr reactor. This is unlikely because Russian president Vladimar Putin is due for a high-profile visit to Tehran on Oct. 16, when he plans to sign a series of nuclear accords with the Islamic Republic. Furthermore, Moscow, like Beijing, stands foursquare behind Iran’s efforts to delay harsher sanctions for its continued uranium enrichment. Only this week, the two powers gained Iran two to three months’ grace by forcing a delay in the UN Security Council session that was to have approved a third round of sanctions.

2. Moscow or Tehran has been tipped off that a US or Israeli attack is imminent on the Bushehr plant and Iran’s other nuclear installations and acted to whip Russian personnel out of harm’s way.

3. Moscow has learned that an Iranian pre-emptive attack is imminent against American targets in Iraq and the Persian Gulf and/or Israel.



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I'm going to go with internal turmoil for $1000, Alex.

Amid all the fearmongering, this does raise an eyebrow. Maybe DEBKA is in on the conspiracy to sell this war.

Still, the question remains that if this is an omen of things to come, how come the Soviet agency helping build the plant is in on it? It is a little crazy that the godless communists and the extremist religious fanatics are bedfellows. I wonder if those engineers were North Korean if they would have still left?

I no balls Bush to bomb the facilities when Putin is in town, though.

[tolbiny]

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2. Moscow or Tehran has been tipped off that a US or Israeli attack is imminent on the Bushehr plant and Iran’s other nuclear installations and acted to whip Russian personnel out of harm’s way.

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I'm going with #2. Most likely it would be the US tipping off Moscow to avoid having them directly involved from the outset.

[Hopey]

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It is a little crazy that the godless communists and the extremist religious fanatics are bedfellows.

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Glad to see you've been keeping up with current events.

[bobman0330]

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It is a little crazy that the godless communists and the extremist religious fanatics are bedfellows.

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Glad to see you've been keeping up with current events.

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Don't tell me you fell for that little charade!

[boracay]

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Still, the question remains that if this is an omen of things to come, how come the Soviet agency helping build the plant is in on it?

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Glad to see you've been keeping up with current events.

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[2/325Falcon]

The Russian nuke dudes were all gay, obv.