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Iran: 80% of the Way to a Nuclear Weapon
The Gathering Storm, October 2, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2008
Former weapons inspector David Kay said yesterday that Iran is 80% of the way to a nuclear weapon and will only need two to five years more for it effort to be complete. He also said the U.S. should be prepared for the possibility that international pressure on Iran will fail to stop its progress on nuclear weapons. "You've got a clear record of country that is damned determined at some point to develop nuclear weapons," Kay told a group at the Nixon Center. "The real question to ask is, ‘What are the political strategies we can follow now that can lessen the impact?'" [Read More]

Nuclear Venezuela
The Gathering Storm, September 30, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Hugo Chavez said over the weekend that he will accept Russia's help in developing a nuclear reactor. "In Venezuela we are interested in development of nuclear energy, of course for peaceful purposes, for medical purposes, for purposes of electricity generation...Brazil has various nuclear reactors, so does Argentina. We will have ours," he told a rally of Communists and others hostile to the U.S. Chavez will also visit Belarus and Iran. [Read More]

Socialist Capitalism?
The Gathering Storm, September 25, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Visiting China yesterday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said socialism has protected both countries' economies from financial crises, noting "In the face of the collapse of global capitalism, we can say: how fortunate that China had a revolution, how fortunate that Venezuela had and still has a revolution, how fortunate that we got to know each other." The two countries also agreed to double a joint investment fund to $12 billion. The money will be invested in an oil refinery in Venezuela and four massive tankers that will transport oil to China. [Read More]

Military Maneuvers
The Gathering Storm, September 23, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader has warned that the country's missiles can reach ships passing through the Gulf region. Why is this so alarming? Because forty percent of the world's oil passes through the southern end of the Gulf. "At a time of war no ship can pass through the region of the Persian Gulf without being in the reach of the Revolutionary Guards' coast-to-sea missiles," Yahya Rahim-Safavi, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told an Iranian newspaper. [Read More]

Risky (Enemy) Business
The Gathering Storm, September 18, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2008
A federal grand jury in Miami has returned an indictment against eight South Florida corporations and eight individuals charging them with selling electronic equipment to Iran that can be used to make explosive devices including IEDs or "road side bombs." These types of bombs have killed almost 2,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The equipment was purchased by intermediaries in Europe, China, and Malaysia and funneled to Iran. Most of those charged are Iranian nationals. [Read More]

Friends in South America
The Gathering Storm, September 16, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
In addition to growing relationships with Venezuela and Bolivia, Iran continues to find friendly new partners in South America. Last Saturday, Iranian officials agreed to offer technical support and training to Ecuador to help develop its oil industry. "An agreement was signed between Iran and Ecuador on cooperation in the oil industry and showed the will of the two countries' presidents to increase cooperation in economy and politics," Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said. [Read More]

Russia's Relations
The Gathering Storm, September 9, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Russia will participate in its first major naval exercise close to the U.S. since the Cold War. Moscow is sending "Peter the Great," a nuclear-powered cruiser to the Caribbean for a joint naval exercise with Venezuela. The destroyer "Admiral Chabanenko," will also participate in the exercise this November. [Read More]

Defiant Iran
The Gathering Storm, September 4, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2008
Iran remains defiant in its development of its nuclear capacities. This week, the country's deputy foreign minister said that 4,000 centrifuges are in operation with 3,000 more currently being installed at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. Ali-Reza Sheikh Attar told Iranian television, "Had the Westerners become certain that the resolutions would bring us to our knees, they would have definitely intensified them." And in other news, the Russian company constructing Iran's nuclear plant has renewed its commitment to completing the project despite the U.N.'s opposition to the effort. [Read More]

South American Leftists Expand Anti-American Sphere
The Gathering Storm, September 2, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Bolivia's leftist president, Evo Morales, spent the weekend visiting Iran and Libya to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties there. Arriving in Libya on Saturday, he told the country's news service, "We are delighted about such visits to meet the revolutionaries and distinguished leaders in the world...We aspire to enhance the support and to upgrade the relations between our peoples in Latin America and the Jamahiriya," he said, referring toLibya. And in Iran yesterday, Morales continued his efforts (and rhetoric) to expand ties with the country that has agreed to invest over $1 billion in Bolivia's energy industry. [Read More]

Oil, Gas, and Nukes
The Gathering Storm, August 14, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008
The Russia-Georgia conflict is giving Iran's oil revenues a boost. The conflict has forced British Petroleum to close a pipeline running from Azerbaijani, forcing Turkey to increase its imports from Iran. The step-up in gas imports was a topic of discussion in a meeting last weekend between Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. The two also discussed increased cooperation on other energy-related matters. [Read More]

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