Iran is running 3,000 atomic centrifuges

Here's what we have. The Mid-East, if not the world, is screwed because the US is run by an idiot and so is Iran.

What in the hell is ahmadinejad doing? Is he strutting to gain support in Iran while pissing off the guy who already has nukes? Or is he trying to provoke Bush? Perhaps a death wish?

I'm at a loss here.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday Iran had met a planned target of installing and running 3,000 atomic centrifuges used in enriching uranium, Iranian news agencies reported.

Iran had said it aimed to have that many centrifuges, which are set up in interlinked networks or "cascades" of 164 machines each, by the end of July. Diplomats in Vienna have said Iran appeared to have fewer than the target of 3,000 operating.

The diplomats have also said Iran's nuclear work appeared to have slowed down during the summer, possibly due to technical glitches or for fear of spurring world powers to pass a third U.N. sanctions resolution. Iran has denied any slowdown.

"We have more than 3,000 centrifuges working and every week a new set is installed," the president was quoted as saying.

Via Reuters.