President Barack Obama..."Start Treaty" signed in Prague! Former Soviet Nations worry...

In what amounted to a landmark step forward on arms control, President Obama met with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to sign a pact known as the “START” treaty.

The Commander-in-Chief flew to tPrague on Wednesday and met with the Russian leader like clock-work at the Prague Castle today (Thursday April 8th) without any hitches.

The treaty calls for a reduction in both U.S. and Russian nuclear strongholds.

Contrary to predictions that the arsenals will be reduced by thirty percent, critics and analysts have pooh-poohed the notion.

“The numbers will be much smaller,” one official confided anonymously.

Although growing tensions in recent years between the two world powers are expected to abate somewhat, some speculate that the pressure may have been dumped into the laps of other foreign nations.

Former Soviet countries in eastern Europe are allegedly nervous, for example, about the new bonding between Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev, and are expected to seek assurances that their security is not adversely affected by the accord struck between the U.S. and Russia.

Obama is now inclined to focus at the heart of the matter.

The President will host a summit meeting on Washington Hill next week to discuss effective ways to secure nuclear materials.

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U.K. vulnerable to Nuclear terrorist attacks...Lord West eyes Thames River!

Between 1993 and 2008 there have been an alarming number of documented incidents (1,562) of  nuclear material being lost or stolen in the U.K.

For this reason, the International Atomic Energy Authority have expressed their concerns about potential terrorists threats on the horizon.

Militants trained in Afghanistan have already acquired dirty bomb capability due to an increase in the International black market trade in radioactive materials.

In fact, because of an increased illicit trade of - chemical and biological, radiological and nuclear weapons and materials - the U.K.'s Office for Security and Counter Terrorism has reported that there may be an increased danger of dirty bomb attacks on the Nation from both land and sea.

Because nuclear (CBRN) is used for legitimate purposes, Officials have also warned that there a potential danger of materials being purchased right off the Internet with no one the wiser.

It has been widely reported that al-Queda is the first "transnational organization" to promote the use of CBRN weapons against civilians.

Because of poor security measures, decommissioned materials were also singled out as a growing danger, because they are vulnerable to insiders and terrorist organizations with high-level contacts.

Lord West, the U.K.'s security Minister, alarmed many when he recently asserted that a terrorist attack could be instigated from speed boats cruising undocumented along the Thames River just under the radar.

Consequently, a National Martime Information center has been set up to counter the gaps - in what amounts to - a flawed security system in the U.K.

"I think the public would be surprised to discover that we do not know about every single contact," Lord West confided to the press recently.

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Free Iran...news alert! Protestors at Federal Building...Feb 8th

Just a short while ago, I was cruising along Wilshire Boulevard when I spied a rag-tag band of protestors in front of the Federal Building waving signs excitedly to motorists passing by.

In bold-faced type one screamed out the following message:

"Free Iran".

Another made a plea.

"Democracy for Iran."

Why is it that activists on the trail of their cause always park themselves down in front of the Federal Building?

Are they in the dark about the fact the FBI holds sway on the top two levels of that high-security Government facility?

Unfortuately, the traffic was so hectic in Westwood, that I was unable to scoot from the inside lane over to the side of the road to snatch up a flier or at least have a brief chat with one of the organizers.

I expect there will be a report on the news tonight or in the dailies, tomorrow.

Free Iran?

Yeah, and while you're at it - free the nuclear bombs - too!

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