Monthly Archives: October 2009

So Much Hope

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Muller

Today’s Peace Nobel Prize Committee’s decision to award Barrack Obama is absolutely irrational, premature, political.  It is a sensation, of course. Obama has not had the slightest chance yet to meet any of the huge expectations his election last year have generated all … Continue reading →

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Geneva Talks

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Muller

The talks of the five world powers and Germany (P5+1) and Iran will resume on October 19. One surprising result of the October 1 talks for the public was that Iran would probably be willing of letting Russia further enrich … Continue reading →

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IAEA Estimates

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Muller

Last month, a couple of days before Tehran had to admit the existence of a so far clandestine new nuclear site near Qom, I had expressed my concerns about the release of declassified information on Iran’s controversially disputed nuclear program while, … Continue reading →

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Qom

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Muller

The suspected new nuclear site (Fig. 1) near Qom is located about 9 km southeast of Daryacheh-ye Howz-e Soltan, a pretty circular salt pan with an eight-km diameter; and 25 km northeast to the outskirts of Iran’s holy city of … Continue reading →

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Not Everybody’s Darling

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Muller

Tilman Nagel. Allahs Liebling – Ursprung und Erscheinungsformen des Mohammedglaubens. Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, 430 pages The original sources for the detailed descriptions of legends and fairy tales which circulate among both ordinary people in the Islamic world and, for example, … Continue reading →

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