Ahmadinejad Sees Nuclear Energy in Iran by 2009

[Gunny]

By NAZILA FATHI
Published: January 31, 2008

TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said Wednesday that his country would produce nuclear energy by next year and condemned Israel as a “filthy entity” that would soon collapse.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gesturing on Wednesday as he spoke to the people of Bushehr, Iran, 750 miles south of Tehran, in a photo distributed by a semi-official news outlet.
He spoke as the United Nations Security Council considered imposing new sanctions on Iran because of its refusal to halt uranium enrichment activities.

“We have been promised that we will have nuclear power this time next year in our power grid,” the ISNA news agency quoted him as saying in a speech in Bushehr, the southern city where Iran is building its first nuclear power plant.

more ... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/w...7cb506871492e3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

If ever there was justification for a well-placed 7.62 NATO round ....

 

[Gurdari]

Producing your own power should not be viewed as grounds for death.

 

[akiboy]

Producing your own power should not be viewed as grounds for death.

Nuclear energy in Iran by 2009 and a warhead in 2010.

 

[Gurdari]

Nuclear energy in Iran by 2009 and a warhead in 2010.

So they would be joining a crowded club, perhaps they seek deterrence capabilities associated with being a counter-balance to the array of hostile military personnel and weapons surrounding them?

I can't believe any other nation wants to have either:

no energy sovereignty or
no military power

with so many rogues out there...