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Come on...!

Seriosly people!

If that isn't a perfect example of time-honed crackpot Russian paranoia, then I don't know what is.

And it's published by Russia Today, a major state-funded Russian news outlet.

Remember this the next time you hear something from Russian media, ranking just below the Congo in terms of freedom of the press.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Oct 13th, 2008 at 12:21:28 PM EST
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Actually, it seems to have originated with RAI:
According to RaiNews24, a five-kilotonne blast equalled a 4.2 magnitude quake in the Richter scale.

The network cited the online archives of the International Seismological Center, a non-profit UK-based organisation, as confirmation of its research.

The blast is catalogued with the number 342793, which took place on 27 February at 1:39pm. The blast was reportedly registered in nine seismic centres, two in Iran, four in Nepal, one in Canada, one in Sweden and one in Norway.

However, the same article claims:
Lt. Col. Patrick Ryder, a media spokesman for the department, told Adnkronos International (AKI) that the US used "only conventional weapons" during the Gulf War.

[...]

"The US maintains a number of munitions that have an explosive capability of 5000 pounds (2300 kilogrammes) and larger," Ryder told AKI in a written statement.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 06:57:12 AM EST
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RAI... Isn't that the same crackpots who thought the US used chemical weapons in the second battle of Fallujah?

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 11:00:41 AM EST
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I think they are... but I quoted this story as it does have enough facts that could be checked if somebody really thinks it's worth the bother, and it also undermines the Russian story by providing an alternative explanation.
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 11:42:48 AM EST
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