Iran’s Troublesome Connections With Our Southern Neighbors
WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI)
Last November, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced he would partner with Iran to develop the country's vast lithium reserves. Lithium is an important mineral with a variety of uses from producing rechargeable batteries to creating various medicines.
And yet a byproduct of lithium also has a little known and insidious application: It can be used as an alternative or as an enhancer to uranium, a key component needed to develop nuclear weapons. In particular, lithium-6 is an internationally controlled substance because of its "booster" role in smaller, highly efficient thermonuclear devices.
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Why Iran and Bolivia are in business
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Outside-View/2011/05/10/Outside-View-Why-Iran-and-Bolivia-are-in-business/UPI-29341305022140/#ixzz1wSbmNeIK
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