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Nuclear scientist killed in Tehran was Iran's top Stuxnet expert

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Re: Nuclear scientist killed in Tehran was Iran's top Stuxnet expert

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post #4

This is crazy if it's true. Is there any corroborating story from a (I hate to put it this way) more mainstream/trusted source? I'm not sure about this Debka. There's some spelling errors and I've never heard of them.

Why do you hate to put it that way? Just because people (here at least) don't trust the Main Stream Media(tm) doesn't mean that the word 'mainstream' becomes devalued. Just because people can get their news from bloggers doesn't mean that you must blindly accept anything that any random person (or group) puts on the internet. Trust and reliability count for something.

Re: Nuclear scientist killed in Tehran was Iran's top Stuxnet expert

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post #4

This is crazy if it's true. Is there any corroborating story from a (I hate to put it this way) more mainstream/trusted source? I'm not sure about this Debka. There's some spelling errors and I've never heard of them.

take your pick, http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&...

Re: Nuclear scientist killed in Tehran was Iran's top Stuxnet expert

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I don't know how reliable a source "DEBKAfile" is, but just in general, it makes me very uncomfortable that civilian scientists may possibly now be considered legitimate targets for assassination or kidnapping by the US, Israel or others.

If you're a scientist working on weapons systems (which is a debatable claim in this instance), you're not a civilian.

Re: Nuclear scientist killed in Tehran was Iran's top Stuxnet expert

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post #8

I don't know how reliable a source "DEBKAfile" is, but just in general, it makes me very uncomfortable that civilian scientists may possibly now be considered legitimate targets for assassination or kidnapping by the US, Israel or others.

If you're a scientist working on weapons systems (which is a debatable claim in this instance), you're not a civilian.

how many of those scientists realize that?
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