“Oh little onager carry Mary!”

“When you see something that is technically sweet you go ahead and do it, and you argue about what to about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.” - J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1904-67. American physicist. (passage first printed in “In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, USAEC Transcript of Hearing Before Personnel Security Board, 1954.) 

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford University Press, 1996, 2001, 2006,  © Antony Jay. 1996, 2001, 2006. Department of the University of Oxford, Index reference page. 296: 2 

“Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to someone else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.” ( *1991) - P.J O’Rourke. b. 1947 (American humorous writer and journalist)

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford University Press, 1996, 2001, 2006,  © Antony Jay. 1996, 2001, 2006. Department of the University of Oxford, Index reference page. 296: 4

“Urbem venalem et mature perituram, si emptorem invenerit” - “A venal city to perish, if a buyer can be found”  (speaking of Rome) -  Sallust 86 – 35 BC, Roman Historian

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford University Press, 1996, 2001, 2006,  © Antony Jay . Index Reference Page. 345: 6

Retaliating just days after the EU’s planned Oil Embargo upon Iran was current news, President Ahmadinejad’s government in its majlis (Parliamentary Assembly building - see http://www.majlis.ir/) will hold an emergency debate this Sunday to discuss placing a ban upon the sell of oil to the European Union as early as the beginning of February.

Delegates from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are expected to visit the country since receiving an official invitation from the regime on December 21 2011.( *http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/iaeairan/iaea_reports.shtml) for more info on the dates of previos inspections).

Having escorted scientific observers around their nuclear enrichment plants in the past, their negotiations seem to repeatedly breakdown when the topic of the purification of Uranium is concerned and whether their intention in emulifying these phosophoric chemicals is designated for domestic use or militaristic purposes. 

Weblinks: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/27/iran-could-shut-down-eu-oil-exports-next-week-lawmaker-threatens/

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/01/27/64748964.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/27/us-markets-oil-idUSTRE7AD06820120127

http://www.lenziran.com/2012/01/majlis-did-not-vote-for-emergency-debate-on-the-bill-related-to-dual-nationality/

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/market_reports/38306/oil-prices-surge-after-iran-prepares-to-cut-off-oil-supplies-to-europe-38306.html

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,811507,00.html

http://www.president.ir/en/

http://www.farsinet.com/

http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/94843-imf-warned-on-harmful-outcomes-of-halting-iranian-oil-exports-

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/ReproductiveScience/WildEquids/MeetTheEquids/fact-onager.cfm

http://www.thewilds.org/what/animal_onager.asp

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