Word: weaponeering
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...speech was a clear rejection of Vice President Dick Cheney's recent scolding of Moscow on matters of democracy and the use of energy as a geopolitical weapon. For all its huffing and puffing, that address underscored how the Bush administration seems to be tailoring its message to a Russia that no longer exists...
...Iran is not accused of having the bomb. There are no indications that Iran has a nuclear weapon program. If Iran were to have a weapons program, the alarmists in the U.S. and Israel have reportedly said that it would take at least another seven to ten years for Iran to make the bomb. What is often cited by American officials as 20 years of Iranian secret nuclear military program turned out to be, as declared by the IAEA, nothing more than the failure to declare, in a timely manner, some experiments and receiving some material and equipment. Such failures...
Need a new science lab? Find an A lister to pay for your microscopes. In some private New York City and Los Angeles schools, the celebrity parent, friend or graduate is replacing the cupcake as the ultimate fund-raising weapon...
...While the financial blockade is clearly an effective weapon against a government led by what the U.S. and E.U. deem a terrorist organization, the decision to use it appears to be premised on a fanciful notion of what will follow if it succeeds. Wolfensohn's warnings foresee a long siege, which he says would leave three quarters of the Palestinian population living in poverty within two years. But Washington may be banking on a quicker result: By putting the squeeze on ordinary Palestinians and forcing a breakdown in governance, some Israeli and U.S. officials may be hoping that President Mahmoud...
...council from adopting a Chapter VII resolution - one that couches concerns over Iran's nuclear activities as a threat to global security, and therefore makes compliance mandatory. Russia insists that the only basis for any Security Council action against Iran would be proof that it is pursuing a nuclear weapon - and right now, despite unanswered questions, the IAEA has offered neither proof nor even the accusation that this is the case...