European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes tuesday april 10 2007 n the world Iran defies u n sex 11 Mil uni Ivy Villa a by Ali Akbar Sareini the associated press Natanz Iran Iran announced Mon Day it has begun enriching uranium with 3000 centrifuges defiantly expanding a nuclear program that has drawn in sanctions and condemnation from the West president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a ceremony at the enrichment facility at Natanz that Iran was now capable of enriching nuclear fuel on an Industrial scale asked if Iran has begun injecting uranium Gas into 3000 centrifuges for enrich ment top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani re plied yes he did not elaborate but it was the first confirmation that Iran had in stalled the larger set of centrifuges after months of saying it intends to do so until now Iran was known to have Only 328 centrifuges operating uranium enrichment can produce fuel for a nuclear reactor or the material for a nuclear warhead the United states and its allies accuse Iran of intending to pro Duce weapons a charge it denies Sean Mccormack the state department spokesman said the in Security Council and the just nuclear watchdog group dont believe Iran assurances that their nuclear program is peaceful in nature the Vienna Austria based International atomic Energy Agency the just nuclear watchdog had no immediate comment on mondays announcement Vahid an iranian student sets us and British flags on fire monday during a rally to show sup port for Iran nuclear activities in front of Iran atomic Energy organization in Tehran the United nations has vowed to Ratchet up sanctions As Long As Iran refuses to sus Pend enrichment the Security Council first imposed limited sanctions in Decem Ber then increased them slightly last month and has set a new deadline of late May what we Are looking for Are reasonable iranian leaders who View the cos Benefit calculation and see that it is not to the Bene fit of tiie iranian people to continue to Pur sue the course on which they find them selves Mccormack said program iranian state television reported Mon Day that an iranian revolutionary guard general who is under travel restrictions urged by the sanctions has visited Russia without any difficulty tensions Are High Between Iran and the West following Iran 13day detention of 15 British sailors the sailors who were seized by revolutionary guards off the iraqi coast were released on wednesday but since then have said they were put under psychological pressure by their Cap tors to Force them to confess to being in iranian Waters when captured angering Many in Britain in his speech Ahmadinejad insisted Iran has been cooperative with the in nuclear watchdog allowing it to inspect its facilities but he warned dont do some thing that will make this great nation recon Sider its policies in a reference to the threat of increased in sanctions with great Honor i declare that As of today our dear country has joined the nuclear club of nations and can produce nuclear fuel on an Industrial scale Ahmadinejad said across Iran school Bells rang on Mon Day to Mark the National Day of nuclear Energy the government sent out text Mes sages of congratulations for the occasion to millions of Mobile phone users in Tehran some 200 students formed a human Chain at Iran atomic Energy organization while chanting death to Ameri Ca and death to Britain the students Burnt us and British flags us military banned from Selling stories by Robert Barr the associated press London Britain on monday banned All military service members from talking to the Media in return for payment reversing its decision to allow the 15 marines and sailors held captive in Iran to sell their stories defense Secretary Des Browne issued a statement saying the Navy faced a very Tough Call Over its initial decision to allow the pay ments which came under Sharp criticism the new ban will not affect those who already gave accounts a defense ministry spokesman said on monday in one of the first accounts Faye Turney the sole woman in the detained Crew said that she Felt like a traitor for agreeing to her captors demands to appear on iranian to and that she believed they had measured her for a coffin the Sun newspaper also reported that tur Ney 25 was told by her captors that her 14 male colleagues had been released while she alone was being held another Sailor Arthur Batchelor 20 said he was singled out by his captors because he was the youngest of the Crew the financial arrangements for Turney and Batchelor were not disclosed but Turney said the offer she accepted was not the largest she had been offered Browne said lessons must be Learned from a review the ministry of defense is now con ducting regarding the regulations that affect service members talking with Media i want to be sure those charged with these difficult decisions have Clear guidance for the future Browne said until that time no fur ther service personnel will be allowed to talk to the Media about their experiences in return for payment us ministry of leading Seaman Faye Turney stands with daughter Molly after being reunited at the Roya marines Barracks in Chivenor Devon England on monday the British sailors and marines were search ing a merchant ship on March 23 when they and their two inflatable boats were intercepted by iranian vessels near the disputed Shaft Alarab waterway us and British officials said Iran claimed the British had strayed into its territorial Waters a charge Britain denied during the Crews Captivity Britain accused Iran of using the group for propaganda for put Ting them on iranian television in appearances in which they admitted trespassing in Tehran Waters they were freed last week by iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Turney told the Sun that she feared at one Point that she would be killed one morning i heard the noise of Wood sawing and nails being hammered near my cell i  work out what it was then a woman came into my cell to measure me up from head to toe with a tape the Sun quoted Turney As saying she shouted the measurements to a Man outside i was convinced they were making my coffin mexican drug lords find powerful tool in internet the Washington Post Mexico City bloody bodies slumped at steering wheels stacked in pickup trucks crumpled on sidewalks clog nearly every Frame of the music video that Shook Mexico criminal underworld posted on youtube and countless mexican web Sites last year the video opens with blaring horns and accordions Valentin Elizalde a Singer known As the Golden rooster croons Over images of an open mouthed shooting Vic Tim in singing this song to All my ene Mies he belts out within months Elizalde was dead shot 20 times after a november concert his enemies exacted their final revenge by posting a video of his autopsy Elizaldez narc Ballad video and its aftermath highlight a new surge of inter net activity by mexican drug cartels whose Mastery of technology gives them a huge advantage Over Law enforcement agencies following the Model of terrorist groups such As Al Aida the cartels have discovered the web As a powerful Means of transmitting threats recruit ing members and glorifying the narc trafficker lifestyle of big Money big guns and big thrills its out of control Victor Clark a to Juana based drug expert said in an interview drug raids in Mexico now routinely net cameras computers and intricate computerized surveillance systems along with the usual piles of Cash co Caine and weapons hit men Are just As Likely to pack video cameras As goats horns the mexican drug worlds nickname for ak47 assault rifles mexican police have been slow to recognize the internet As a font of clues critics say a mistake that has increased the ability of the cartels to work in the open imagine if youre a policeman you can find Gold Here on these web Sites said Alejandro Paez Varela an editor at the mexican Magazine Dia Siete who tracks drug gangs use of the internet ifs a shame everything Here names places they even say who they Are going to Kul the videos almost unheard of a year ago now show up with disturbing regu Larity recently mexican newspaper web Sites published portions of a video of a supposed Gulf Cartel hit Man being questioned by an offscreen interrogator about the february murders of five police officers in Acapulco the Man wears nothing but under Wear a Large z is scrawled in thick Ink on his Chest along with the words Welcome killers of women and Chil Dren the z is a Symbol of the zetas the Gulf cartels notorious hit squad which was started by former mexican army special forces officers the full version of the video shows assassins decapitating the Man by slowing twisting a wire through his neck it ends with a written threat Lazcano youre apparent reference to Heriberto Lazcano alleged chief of the zetas viewer comments on the video Sites provide some of the possible clues police could be investigating Clark said on one recent evening viewers had posted what appeared to be death threats on a youtube Page showing a bloody narc Corrido video you have few Days left Miguel Trevi no wrote a user named isl nov