The most significant development is not the Kabuki drama between Gen Petraeus and Congress or the latest activity of Britney Spears, but another ominous sign that Iran still intends to build a nuclear bomb.
A FOXNews/AP article says, "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Tuesday that the country has started to install 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium and for the first time has tested an improved centrifuge that works five times faster that the current version."
Some people in a position to know are skeptical. "U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, however, cautioned that the claim could not be immediately substantiated. Diplomats close to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Iran has exaggerated its enrichment advance, and has had problems operating the 3,000 centrifuges it already has in place. One diplomat cast doubt on Ahmadinejad's claims of a more advanced centrifuge." What remains clear in all this fog is the Iranians' determination to pursue their nuclear program in the face of world opinion.
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