Iran earthquake triggers N-bomb test scare globally

[flyingimam]

Iran earthquake triggers N-bomb test scare globally-Rest of World-World-The Times of India
11 Sep 2008, 0126 hrs IST,TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES

TEHRAN: At 6.1, the earthquake that rocked Iran's main oil port of Bandar Abbas, was rated "strong" but not seen as likely to cause major damage. But the shock took a toll of nerves in many world capitals as speculation that Iran had tested a nuclear bomb spread like wildfire.

The hysteria soon died down, but not before the west wondered if its worst nightmare - of a nuclear bomb in the hands of a theocratic Islamic state - had come true after all. Though Iran's nuclear capacity is unproven, US's high-pitched campaign as well as sabre-rattling by Iran's leaders has kept nations on the edge.

With Iran's leaders like President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad - who's view that the Holocaust never happened has hardly bolstered the world's confidence - equating a prospective nuclear bomb with national pride, anything could be possible. Of course, capacity has not always matched claims as the crude photo shop to cover up a failed missile launch showed, but Tehran enjoys an unpredictable reputation.

In the end, as seismic recorders delivered their findings, a collective sigh of relief might well have risen as it turned out a tectonic churn rather than a centrifuge was responsible for the Persian landmass shaking. It might still, as some US agencies might hold, have been a close call.

The quake itself took a small toll of lives according to reports which said southern Iran was rocked on Wednesday, killing four people and sending tremors across the Persian Gulf all the way to Dubai.

The country's seismological center said the magnitude 6 quake struck at 3.30pm, with the epicenter about 850 miles south of the capital Tehran in the province of Hormozgan.

In 2005, a quake in southern Iran killed 612 people. A quake flattened the same region in 2003, killing 26,000.
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can u imagine the CIA's or Pentagon's Iran room/section just moments after this quake... its like in the movies lol
mind u this quake took place in less than 300 miles radius of where Iran's main nuclear reactor is located-Bushehr

flyingimam Reviewed by flyingimam on 09-11-2008. Iran earthquake triggers N-bomb test scare globally Iran earthquake triggers N-bomb test scare globally-Rest of World-World-The Times of India 11 Sep 2008, 0126 hrs IST,TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES TEHRAN: At 6.1, the earthquake that rocked Iran's main oil port of Bandar Abbas, was rated "strong" but not seen as likely to cause major damage. But the shock took a toll of nerves in many world capitals as speculation that Iran had tested a nuclear bomb spread like wildfire. The hysteria soon died down, but not before the west wondered if Rating: 5

[painretreat]

Just what we need, the religious war countries accidentally up in flames!! Bring our boys home first!

All those wars are mostly religiously fought and if thier God intervened, what a message! :hippy:

Also, what a tragedy it could have been! pr