ABC news au:Iran arrests spy faking nuclear company

[Monkie]

"Iran's Intelligence Ministry has announced the arrest of a "spy" accused of setting up a fake nuclear company as part of a bizarre international plot to damage the Islamic republic's reputation.

"Asghar C, who has a past of spying for foreigners, was seeking to make centrifuges with a fictitious contract and under the name of a false company," the Intelligence Ministry said.
"
The ministry says that by pretending to manufacture centrifuges - the machines that can enrich uranium to make both fuel for a civilian reactor or the explosive core of a nuclear device - "this individual was trying to damage Iran's international commitments."


http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1256868.htm

[DireStrike]

1. That's bizarre...

I don't know exactly what to make of it. There are tons of possible explanations, many of them discomforting. Some of them are funny though. One involves soft, mewing kittens.

[Ian David]

4. I'm confused now

Should we believe:

a) Lying Islamic Fundamentalists

or

b) Lying Christian Fundamentalists

[w4rma]

6. It's pretty obvious that there are some folks who want to trick Americans

into invading yet another country. That said, I wonder if they are pro-America or anti-America or just pro-Israel.

They were definitely anti-Iran in addition to one or two of the above.

[DireStrike]

8. Not necessarily.

The Shahs could have done this as a publicity stunt to increase their credibility and undermine America's. Just because they "caught him" doesn't mean he's not working for them. Or that he even exists, for that matter.

Or it could have been done by one of those hypothetical souls wishing for American liberation. :eyes:

[IA_Seth]

10. lol, yeah!

:eyes:

Probably not too many people going to line up for "liberation" now that they witnessed our "liberation" of Iraq.

Unless they are going to be the Allawi's, I am sure he is doing well.

[belab13]

2. bushco leaving nothing to chance proactively planting false evidence

[maddezmom]

3. AFP article from today: Iran nabs another nuclear 'spy': reports

"Asghar C., who has a past of spying for foreigners, was seeking to make centrifuges with a fictitious contract and under the name of a false company," the intelligence ministry was quoted as saying in a statement..


By pretending to manufacture centrifuges, the machines that can enrich uranium to make both fuel for a civilian reactor or the explosive core of a nuclear device, "this individual was trying to damage Iran's international commitments."


The statement said the man "was arrested and handed over to the courts."


It said the United States has put into action a bizarre plan so it can "accuse Iran of not respecting international conventions and past accords and in this regard certain individuals are taking actions to facilitate these accusations."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=7&u=/afp/20041202/wl_mideast_afp/iran_nuclear_crime_us_041202164850

[DrWeird]

5. Q: How do you know the CIA didn't kill JFK?

A: He's dead, ain't he?

[Monkie]

7. omg!

hahaha :D

that just has to be true

[MSgt213]

9. CIA