Sunday
Mar282010
UPDATED Iran's Nukes: The Dangerous News of The New York Times
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 9:12 
UPDATE 1500 GMT: More signals that the Sanger-Broad "news" of undeclared Iranian enrichment facilities as an imminent threat, either to security or to political strategy, is not supported by most Obama Administration officials . Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett told ABC News this morning: ---
Here we go again.
We are going to continue to put pressure on Iran,” she said. “We’re going to have a coalition that will really put pressure on Iran and will stop them from doing what they are trying to do. Over the last year, what we’ve seen when the President came into office, there was a unified Iran. Now we’re seeing a lot of divisions within the country. And we’re seeing steady progress in terms of a world coalition that will put that pressure on Iran.
Iran's Nukes: False Alarm Journalism (Sick)
The declared line by both Jarrett and senior advisor David Axelrod is that the US is on the way to "a strong regime of sanctions" against Iran --- today's spin is that Russia is on board --- the more successful undeclared strategy is getting individual companies, both from pressure from the US Government and from Washington's allies, to leave Iran.
There had been a few weeks of silence from the Iran Nuclear Beat of The New York Times --- reporters David Sanger and William Broad --- since the last meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency at the end of February.
On that occasion, their reporting, fed by a set of IAEA and "Western" officials who want a tougher line on Tehran, had declared that the IAEA would issue a much tougher report over Iran's approach to a militarised nuclear programme. In the end, the statement of the IAEA's Secretary-General, Yukiya Amano, offered little new, even if Amano's rhetoric was a bit more strident than that of his predecessor, Mohammad el-Baradei.
Well, the boys are back this morning with a double-barrelled picture of showdown and possible war: the two declare, "Agencies Suspect Iran is Planning New Nuclear Sites", and Sanger adds the speculative piece, "Imagining an Israeli Strike on Iran".
As usual, the Sanger/Broad article is constructed on a patchwork of "Western officials" using the pair as a channel for their line on Iran, some twisting of words, and a disregard for context. The very first sentence is a guide: "Six months after the revelation of a secret nuclear enrichment site in Iran...." ignores the fact that Tehran declared the "secret" site to the IAEA. (There is a justifiable argument that Iran was forced into the declaration because Western officials, based on intelligence, were about to "out" the Fordoo plant near Qom, but that's a complexity beyond the New York Times piece.)
In this case, Sanger and Broad's entire declaration of drama rests on the standard process of IAEA inspectors looking for any sign of undeclared Iranian uranium enrichment sites. This is not earth-shaking: a series of IAEA reports have declared that, while there is no sign that Iran has diverted uranium to enrichment for military purposes, the Agency is looking for full disclosure from Tehran.
So what's new? Here, beyond the breathless invocation that "this article is based on interviews with officials of several governments and international agencies", is the total of Sanger and Broad's research: 1) the head of Iran's nuclear energy agency, Ali Akhbar Salehi, said that Tehran would build more enrichment plants (which indicates that Iran's intentions are not exactly covert and, despite Sanger and Broad's claim, was noted by news sites like EA); 2) some "recently manufactured uranium enrichment equipment" is not yet in the Natanz or Fordoo plants (which leaves the far from ominous possibility that it might be awaiting shipment to those plants or may be put on a 3rd site if Iran backs up Salehi's claim).
And that's it. There is no evidence here --- none, nothing, nada --- that Iran has or is anywhere close to an undeclared operational enrichment site. There is nothing here which indicates that, even if the site existed, it is being set up for a military programme rather than as a plant for enrichment of uranium to the 20 percent allowed by international regulations.
(In fact, a sharp-eyed reader will note that Sanger and Broad weaken the shaky foundations of their analysis with this paragraph slipped into the middle of the article: "American officials say they share the I.A.E.A.’s suspicions and are examining satellite evidence about a number of suspected sites. But they have found no solid clues yet that Iran intends to use them to produce nuclear fuel, and they are less certain about the number of sites Iran may be planning.")
And there is nothing here which indicates that Sanger and Broad have even glanced at their series of articles over recent months which have breathlessly implied Iran's march to a covert military programme for its uranium, articles which have evaporated without support for their claims , propped up by IAEA officials upset with the Agency's leadership or by US Government officials seeking an outlet for political moves rather than by any substantial investigation.
So what's the big deal? If indeed this is poor journalism, it should dissipate just like its predecessors.
Well, even poor journalism can have consequences, especially when it is buttressed by ominous speculation. On the surface, Sanger's "Imagining an Israeli Strike" is an introduction to a simulation played out at the Saban Center of the Brookings Institution in December, one which considered US and Iranian responses to an Iranian attack.
Nothing more here, in other words, than analysts testing out a scenario. Except that the timing of this article, placing it alongside the Sanger/Broad exaggeration of news, is far from subtle: if Iran is hiding uranium enrichment plants, couldn't that bring the bombers in from Tel Aviv?
All too predictably, Sanger and Broad's piece is being splashed across websites who support tougher Israeli and US action, possibly even a military strike, and are looking for "evidence" for their position: Fox News and The Jerusalem Post have circulated the piece. (To be fair, neither has added editorial comment elevating the language of fear and threat; I anticipate, however, that columnists will soon be jumping in.)
It's one thing for a series of commentators to bang the drum for an Israeli or even US strike on Iranian facilities --- almost all of those opinions are marginal in policy discussions in Washington. It's another for two reporters at the leading newspaper in America, under the guise of "news" rather than speculation or editorial comment, to offer support for that action.
That's not just poor journalism. That's dangerous journalism.
Reader Comments (47)
Pcard,
I was typing that comment for at least 1 hour & everything there is 100% straight out of my head.
I don't follow any political group or ideology, but support whover stands for secular democracy
There was a second part that EA took as error and didn't submit, too
I have never denied Iran's right to nuclear energy, but let me ask you someting, when you are staving and only have $10, would you buy food or new shoes? That's the case w/ Iran. If IR really cared about the country & people, it would fix the economy, create jobs, etc. Not to cut all the subcidies, starve ppl to death, while its IRGC importing heroing, cocain, crystal mat, chinese junk by the oil $$ just to destory the small businesses and Iran's industries and waste generations.
Shah was a responsible person and committed to all International laws, treaties and regulations, never threatened any other countries, he was a peace keeper and peace lover, if it wansn's because of Shah communism would've took over one half of Iran and Terrorism over the other half of Iran and the rest of Middle East 50 years ago while IRI is the #1 sponsorer of terrorism in the world and the inventor of Islamic terrorism.
When Shah planned to build 10 nuclear plants in 15 years(fortunately IR hasn't finished 1 yet!), first of all Iran's economy had double digit growth & had plenty of surplus w/other countries to finance the projects (now double digit infilation eversince IRI took over) 2nd his vision was to save oil for future generations by cutting Iran's own consumption as fuel (now IRI is firesaleing oil field contracts to Chinese & Europeans, when shah was overthrown, only less that 5% Iran's oil was sold, now 45% and in 50 years or less Iran may be empty of oil) he understood that the petrochemical value of oil was far more than its fuel value. His goal was to use the electricity for heating, cooking, farming, transportation, etc. He had a modern futuristic green vision. He also wet the plan for underground metro syatem for all major cities in Iran to be completed 20 years go, IR just completed 1/6 of one of them just recently and to use electricty to water all Iran's deserts & transform them into forests and farmland eliminating Iran's food problems forever. If he stayed in power and followed his goals, by now Iran would've been the world's 4th or 5th largest economy & industrial nation, 5th or 4th world superpower, 2nd or 3rd in nuke energy.
This proves us all that IR's wishes of having nukes is not for the people since they haven't done anything for the people since the took over, but for IR's leadership's own dangerous and dirty use. Yes if they allow inspectors to oversee their operations like any other country does, then there is nothing wrong, but since they hide& lie, there is no way they can be trusted.
And if they get their hands on nuke weapons, they will have their Hamas Hezbollah boys to use them & Iran will bombed & destroyed in return.
Kirunner,
First of all what do you mean of WE?
One of Khamenei's fatwas banns nukes, another one make them holy weapons, iran and Islam follow the laws of jungle where a Tarzan like Khamenei, Khomeini or Yazdi makes the laws & breaks them at the same time without being questioned by anyone (really even Tarzan didn't have beard as long as Khamenei's)
they want the bombs so they can destroy the world, kill all non-Muslims so hidden imam come out of well after 500 years of hiding!! Isn't that true?? At least some of the Mullahs think that way.
IRI isn't for peace or otherwise wouldn't be chanting death to Israel & America for 31 years. A bunch of Islamo-Nazis.
Cyrus,
If you re-post the second part, I'll ensure it is not mistaken for spam.
S.
For those who think Ahmadinejad is insane ,,
I have seen him many times and I have spoken with him on many occasions ,, he is not what you guys have in mind at all ,, I am not saying that I am a supporter but I only want to be fair ,, something that everyone intneds to be ,, no ? fair and balanced ?? he is just a normal guy and incidently with a very good sence of humor ,, regarding the comment he made about Israel being wiped off the map ,, wow man ?? why does every one not want to see the truth ,, he NEVER said Israel must be wiped off meaning that it must be destroyed with a bomb or something of that nature ,, what he said which he repeated several times which incidently I was at his presence when he did for a number of times was that Israel must ( will ) be wipped off the map meaning === the way that the USSR was wipped off and the way regiem of south Africa was wipped off , Israel will be wipped off too ,, believe it or not but this is exactly what he said and exactly what he meant ,, it was because of propaganda by the western media that the meaning was changed ,, besides long before An said this and at the early days of the revolution Ayatollah Khomeini the founder of the rev also said the exact thing so many times ,, so how come no one said anything then and all are saying things now ?? each of you can think and belive what you like but I personally think that our world is in such a mess that is right now because people beleive what they want and what is provided to them to believe and not necessaruly what the truth is ,, I am absolutly positive that I know much more than any of you about Iranian politics and politics in Iran for some reason that is both genuine and legitimate and although I dont support everything happens here but I hate to see that no one pays attention to the absolute truth ,, I hate that people around the world are motivated by things that are themselves a point to question ,, you guys dont have the slightest idea of the exstent of the underground intelligence in your own towns and cities and indeed around the world and you just believe what is tailor made for you ,,
If you want to do anything that would help at all ,, do something about the ever increasing possibility of an Israel attack on Iran's facilities ,, if this happens then you can be sure that the sh,,,,, would really hit the fan and every one would enjoy the pleasure ,, even you guys on the other side of the pond ,,
Cyrus,
I appreciate the effort you put in that long post. I realized that you had put a great deal of effort in laying out you argument. Your points were on the mark. Keep up the good work and we will prevail.
@ Cyrus,
RE "Chavez allowed the Lebanese Hezbollah members to freely organize training camps, muques, etc. they are given so much power and freedom in Venezuela that the head of immigration minstry in Venezuellas was appointed by Cavez a Hezbollah Lebanese member so he can freely authorize any Hezbollah entry!!!"
The Venezuelan Servicio Administrativo de Identificación Migración y Extranjería (Administrative Service of Identification, Migration and Alien Affairs), or SAIME, is headed by Dante Rivas Quijada. He was appointed to this post on 4 March 2009, taking over from the interim minister El Aissami, who briefly occupied the post from 25 February replacing former minister Coronel Baudelio Medrano.
BUT. Who's Tarek El Aissami? He's the Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice. He's of Syrian descent, his father is a big-wig Baathist and his great-uncle was part of Saddam Hussein's regime. Read more in translation from Spanish to Englsh: http://tinyurl.com/yducj8k
Artimiss,
“For those who think Ahmadinejad is insane ,,
I have seen him many times and I have spoken with him on many occasions“
Do you work for Ahmadinejad? In what capacity did you meet him???? How do you know what is in his head (empty head I should say) and in his heart (his dark heart that is)?????????????
“I am a supporter”
You are not a support of Ahmaghinejad?? Wow, You could have fooled me!!! But not a chance dude.
Since you speak with him often, could you please give him a message for me? Please tell him we, the Green Movement, will wipe him off the map first. And please tell him we mean what he means by “wiping of the map”. Please also tell him his villagers are missing their idiot.
Incidentally, how much Antarinejad pays people to do his PR and rehabilitate his image??? Their fees must have gone up. Is this why he wants an additional 20 million? I am afraid billions even will not do.
@ #23
Thank you, Cyrus, for your long comment on the IRI.
Though I do not agree with all of your opinions (e.g. the IRI has done something for the country, but obviously not enough), there are too many right points, unfortunately ignored by Western media.
As to 1) the situation on Iran's oil fields is even worse, because due to insufficient and completely outdated technology, most of the gas deposits are exploited by neighbouring countries. Not my opinion, but published by Khabar Online recently.
Point 3) is taken with the above-mentioned reservation.
I also agree with points 4) and 5), as they are evident - or should be at least.
As to the following, your ideas seem rather hypothetical to me. Circulating explosive material is certainly not as easy as you imagine - there are too many intelligence services operating in the area, watching closely the IRGC's and its cronies' moves. Just think of the recent assassination of the Hamas commander in Dubai, perhaps for one of these reasons...
In any case I find it most dangerous that some Western media try to belittle AN's constant threats against Israel. Historical experience, especially in Germany, should put them right.
Arshama
Megan
I dont want to sound rude and I dont want to humilate you in any way at all either ,, but what I said about people accepting only tailor made news surely targets people like you ,,
Be frank with yourself ,, go and read my note again ,, ask everyone on this page to judge ,, whatever I said was the plain truth and you and all others have the choice to accept it or disregard it but nevertheless its the truth and I accept it because I experienced it myself in person many times ,, its not something that some one else said to someone else ,, No my friend I am not Ahamdinejad's supporter ,, not does he or anyone on his behalf or anyone at all pays me anything for anything ,, I agree that there maybe people working as his PR but this is not me ,, dont fool yourself ,,
One important fact here is that I DO NOT want to close my eyes on what is true only because I may disagree with him on other issues ,, being fair means that you have to judge properly ,, and judging properly is a very delicate and sensitive and important job ,, just because you dislike him or mey even hate him does not take away the facts about him ,, love it or hate it ,, it will make no difference to me ,, I am onlypleased that I have said what I know is correct ,, I am not concerned about you or anyone else accepting it ,, do what you like ,,
Also ,, I dont work for him and I am not one of his pawns ,, I just happen to be at his presence on so many important occasions and I have had the chance to talk to him on many occasions in formal and informal discussion ,,
Its becoming a mystory for me to realise that almost no one wants to accept that he didnt say Israel must be wipped off the map by a bomb or devestation ,, why is it like this ,, you can go and read all that he has said since that day about this and you will yourself come to the conclusion that he meant like Russia and South Africa ,, but why everyone insists that this is not so ?? Je ne ce pas ??
Another issue which maybe of interest to you and others is the holocaust ,, and that conference about it held in Tehran ,, I was there and I also visited the exhibition ,, again believe what you like but the truth is that he NEVER said that Holocaust did not happen ,, he ALWAYS said that it did not happen the way they say happened ,, and this is absolutly true ,, counting the number of burning machines at awshwits and the other camps plus the time it took for one body to be totally burnt gives you the speed of the procedure and no matter how you calculate it it WILL NOT come to six million ,, at most it comes to something around half a million ,, again accept it or do what you like ,, this is the truth ,,
AND also Megan
I have criticised him on many occasions too ,, in his face and in front of others ,, criticisms that NO ONE dared and had the guts to make ,, so dont think that I am his paid supporter ,, I just want to be fair, thats all ,,
@ARTEMISS
Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIoPIBl_1Cg&feature=related - and understand what beauty there can be in our world - without your "absolute truths".
The only absolute truth is that one day we all die - your "absolute truths" exist only within your mind.
Barry
here Artemis has some points that I have to agree with while I disagree w/ most of it
I don't think Ahmadinejad is a fool, he is actually a very smart and ambitious guy.
I also think he is more capable of running the country than Mousavi and I don't see the problems we are facing with the Islamic Republic directly linked to Ahmadinejad
I actually thank Ahmadinejad for exposing the true nature of Islamic Republic to the rest of the world as well as Iranians themselves
Ahmadinejad grew up with a thugish-religious mentality in a section of Iranian society where volence and lawlessness is praise. you can clearly see that in the way he talks. To him and his similar minded supporters, being powerful means being tough by opposing the rules and doing what ever he wants without considering other's demands and concerns. Both him and Khamenei are the representatives of the IRGC mafia and all their decisions are based on protecting IRGC's interests and preserving the IR regime at the same time.
For where Ahmadinnejad came from and how he grew up, he has accomplished enough to be considered a very smart and talented person, however the interests of the people and country mean nothing to them. All they care about is spreading their power abroad by supporting terrorist groups, bringing down the west and pocketing the revenue from its resources.
Growing up in Iran I used to hate the IRI for what it stood for, under Khomeini's rule there was a daily routine of chanting death to Israel and America every morning after a 1/2 hour speech and some verses of Koran at the school yard, me and my close friends never used to repeat, but most students used to do. IRI was planning to make a whole nation jihadists that failed and only some idiots who joined the Basij fell into IRI's brainwashing traps. I almost got kicked out of my school as a kid when I got caught advocating students to not to chant death to other countries.
Now, you are telling me a regime that's been spending enormous effort to create an anti-Israel & anti-American nation, feeding anti-western crap into the heads of every single student every single day, with its text books filled with anti-western agenda, if has the power to carry out a highly destructive attack on Israel, wouldn't do it??
Regime's power players have billions of dollars stashed in other countries. Even if their actions lead to a destructive war, they have ways to escape to the countries where they can't be touched such as Venezuela and Russia.
Artemiss,
Thank you for your reply but please tell us in what capacity you have spoken with Ahmadinejad many times. Please provide us news clips, videos where you have criticized him. It is a simple request.
Repeating "it is the truth" 100 times does not make it the truth.
I listen to AN, the shame of Iran, on CNN. He was directly asked about Holocaust and he said there were no proofs.
AN has inferiority complex. He is ruthless and he is stupid. No intelligent person in his official capacity as president in a televised news conference ridicules public officials of other countries unless he is a village idiot or he is mad (majnoon) or he is under the influence of narcotics or he is a caveman. Your AN in a news conference referring to U.S. Secretor of State Mrs. Clinton said, " in zaneikeh hala yeh chee zee migeh. In zaneh chee esmeshe begoo? khanoomeh Obama?" (translation; this woman- a little no body- okay says something , this woman what is her name? Mrs. Obama?) And when someone in the press helped him by giving him the name of US Secretary of State, he replied. " Han? chee? halla har chee esmeshe” (translation: what? What was it? Okay whatever her name is).
Artemiss, that is your star Ahmadi. You cannot be an Iranian if you do not feel you would like to find a hole and go hide in it in shame when this village idiot represents you as your president on the world stage. Please suggest to him Ahmaghi (idiot) is a better name for him.
You generously suggested I can hate him all I wanted. For me he is not even worth my hate. He is not worth to be in my vocabulary or thoughts. He is a corrupt and a hopeless pawn like the rest of Islamic Republic actors. The only reason I bother to comment on these village idiot thugs is because of those people in Iran who cannot say what it is in their hearts and minds like I can. It is because of those Iranians I write.
AN is an IRGC clown; they use each others to hang onto power. Together they are looting Iran and sacrificing yet another generation in Iran. If you are an Iranian, how do you sleep at night supporting these criminals while young and old are wasting away in Islamic Republic secret and not so secret prisons? How could you go on with your daily life and drop a few lines in support of AN on EA knowing full well that many at this moment are on hunger strike in IR prisons? How can you close your eyes to families who had an empty place at their sofereh (dinner table) this Norooz and many in the past? I cannot remove the images of families who spend their days going from court to prisons trying to learn the faith of their loved ones. I cannot erase the thought of people not have enough food to eat in a land that is blessed with natural resource. How do you do that? How can you close your eyes to the destruction and decent of Iran by exonerating Islamic Republic and its boy clown, AN, by repeating "I am only telling the truth, AN is good man"????
I understand people have different views, belief system, and perceptions. I respect that. What I do not respect is when a person tries to fudge the truth and try selling it to me as the “truth”.
Well, to finish this with a bit of comic relief I include this video of AN news conference. Art and Artists are the best truth tellers of history. Watch it, enjoy it and compare your truth with truth told by this artist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXWKIA7khU
Arshama,
With 100's of billion dollars in oil revenue a year (according to an IR source, the total annual oil revenue from oils sales only aside from exploration rights sold to other countries is nearly $350 billion a year at $70/BBL) , of course they have to spend some of the money for development to keep the people's mouths shot.
and oil field situation is absolutely a lot worse than what I said, according to an IRI expert, from 43 oil fields shared with Iran's neighbors, only 8 of them are being used at low capacity while the neighbors are using most of them at high capacity. http://www.dw-world.com/dw/article/0,,5312352,00.html
That's when IRI only takes out the revenue and fails to even maintain the existing infrastructure putting more of its oil fields off-line.
Anyway, that is not my concern because if the oil revenue is going to be used to finance IRI's oppressive machine and fund terrorists, better not having any oil revenue at all.
I still think oil sanctions will be the most effective way to take out the IRI regime.
About the nuclear transportations to Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, if Iran has transported thousands of missals to its proxies in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, it will sure be able to transport few hundred pound nuke warheads and long range rocket parts to them and have them assemble right before the attack.
Cyrus,
“For where Ahmadinejad came from and how he grew up, he has accomplished enough to be considered a very smart and talented person”
I respectfully disagree. Outside of Islamic Republic bubble Ahmadi would have been a Big NO Body. In a competitive and open society where you and I live the best Ahmadi would have accomplished is to be my company head janitor.
In last 31 years there has been a brain drain in Iran; numerous smart and talented Iranians left Iran and live in exile and many who had left the country for education before 1979 remained where they were when the country slipped into a chaos called Islamic revolution. It is in this situation that Ahmadi is where he is today not because of his talent or his smarts. Indeed the best testimony of Ahmadi and Islamic Republic stupidity is the 2009 election and the way they rigged the election. They were so stupid that they did not know how to rig the results to make it believable.
I listen to Iranian economists who hold high positions in western countries. All describe how dumb and clueless Ahmadi and others who run the government in Iran are in managing the economy.
Megan,
I didn't say he is smart in comparison to the rest of Iranians, but he is one of the smartest of his class.
He is from a religious and culturally insulated class with lack of general social understanding. People like him grew up surrounded with mainly religious and illiterate families and that's the type of people most of the regime supporters as well as the IRGC and Basij forces are made of.
We can't blame them for what they are because they can't understand anymore than what their mullahs taught them preaching in the Mosques. When someone like him or Mousavi picks Khomeini as his idol, what do you expect?
But among the people of his class, he is one of the smartest ones, a gangster street smart type of individual, not an academic smart. He is what the Mullahs and Basijis deserve, but not the average Iranian people.
Iran Nuclear Scientist Defects to U.S. In CIA 'Intelligence Coup'
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/exclusive-iran-nuclear-scientist-defects-us-cia-intelligence/story?id=10231729
Well I think we now know why the US has been increasing the pressure on Iran. It wouldn't surprise me that this person's knowledge is in fact the major factor behind the recent developments. For one I was questioning the US rhetoric of late but now that this tidbit of intel came through the dots are starting to connect themselves.
Cyrus,
I think your comparison (post 25) of the Shah's long-term plans for Iran's energy security with the total waste of energy and incompletion/frustration of those plans by the IRI, is one of the best arguments I've seen for why the IRI's current claim that they are only interested in the peaceful use of nuclear power for energy security is total bullshit. I am now convinced that their nuclear programme, whether ultimately aimed at making nuclear weapons or (more likely imo) merely acquiring the capability of doing so a/o threatening to do so, has nothing to do with "peaceful energy purposes". I had been leaning in this direction, but your post, together with credible analyses of the foreign policy goals of Iran's nuclear programme*, was what finally convinced me.
* For example (from R. K. Ramazani's recent article)
"Iran's nuclear program must be placed in the context of Iran's principle foreign policy goals because Iran's nuclear program is meant to serve these goals.
The first goal is to protect Iran's political independence and to defend its national security against any foreign attack. The second goal is to project Iran's influence in the Middle East."
http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1273.html
Oh wow! For the first time since I joined this blog I've been given a GREEN icon! 99% of the time I get a pink one. For a short while I thought we were being colour-coded by gender :-).
Bill,
I've been waiting for you to "re-appear" because I saw a show on AJE that I think you (and I'm sure some others) will find interesting.
War and peace in Quran and Bible (22 min)
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/rizkhan/2010/03/201032584118951469.html
I seem to recall (I watched it a week ago) that one of the guests makes one or more points that you do, but you have made so many ;-), and week is such a long time for me, that I'm not sure anymore. Check it out.
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