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Iran most likely developing nuclear weapons, sa...

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Iran has been working on developing nuclear weapons since 2003, says the new official quarterly report on Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The report, published on Tuesday, November 8, states that Iran has been building computer models of fast-acting detonators, which can be used in a nuclear bomb and have “limited civilian or conventional military applications.” Iran has also been obtaining documentation on nuclear weapon development from a “clandestine nuclear supply network,” continue IAEA analysts. However, the report does not explicitly state that the country is either in possession of or developing nuclear weapons, but calls on the Iranian government to contact th…
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Despite religious festival, violence in Iraq co...

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Three explosions occurred today, November 6, in a market in Baghdad, on the first day of Eid Al-Adha, a Muslim holiday commemorating Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, reports Reuters. As stated by the Baghdad police and the staff of Al-Kindi Hospital, the blasts left at least eight dead and 26 wounded in the city’s central market of Shurja. This is not the first time that celebrating Muslims are being attacked on their holiday. Earlier today, a suicide bomber detonated himself during Eid al-Adha festivities in the Afghani town of Old Baghlan. The attack resulted in six dead and at least 20 wounded, reports the Associated Press. The perpetrator is reported to have detonated his …
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