The War Game (1965)

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"XX-34 BADGER" atmospheric nuclear test - April 1953

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The War Game is a 1965 television documentary-style drama depicting the effects of nuclear war on Britain. Written, directed, and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC’s The Wednesday Play anthology series, it caused dismay within the BBC and in government and was withdrawn from television transmission on 6 August 1965 (the twentieth anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing). Continue reading

IAEA Data on Sensitive Iranian Stockpile Mislead News Media by Gareth Porter

Hands off the people of Iran

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Updated: Nov. 25, 2012, added a video report

by Gareth Porter
Featured Writer
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crossposted at ISP
Nov. 20, 2012

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 2012 (IPS) – News stories on the latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report suggested new reasons to fear that Iran is closer to a “breakout” capability than ever before, citing a nearly 50-percent increase in its stockpile of 20-percent enriched uranium and the installation of hundreds of additional centrifuges at the Fordow enrichment installation.

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