I was thinking yesterday of scenarios of how a conveniently placed haarp manufactured weather event, such as an earthquake, could be useful to psychopaths, but this one didn't occur to me. Anything that could lead to a 'misunderstanding' or a 'mistake' that can later be 'regretted' -- after it has served its purpose -- should always be viewed with suspicion when people are looking to start a war. - Ed.
TEHRAN: At 6.1, the earthquake that rocked Iran's main oil port of Bandar Abbas, was rated "strong" but not seen as likely to cause major damage. But the shock took a toll of nerves in many world capitals as speculation that Iran had tested a nuclear bomb spread like wildfire.
The hysteria soon died down, but not before the west wondered if its worst nightmare - of a nuclear bomb in the hands of a theocratic Islamic state - had come true after all. Though Iran's nuclear capacity is unproven, US's high-pitched campaign as well as sabre-rattling by Iran's leaders has kept nations on the edge.
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