August 19, 2005 Headlines | UK to test RFID-tagged license plates

August 19, 2005 Headlines | UK to test RFID-tagged license plates:

"TEHRAN — 'Oil is the lifeline of the West, and most of the West's military industries are dependent on it,” the Tehran Times suggested in an editorial last week. Irritated by a recent resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that called for a halt to Iran’s uranium conversion program, the newspaper suggested that oil-rich states form a united front and use oil as a tool to confront 'western neocolonialist countries.'

In Venezuela, Pres. Hugo Chavez has taken the idea a step further, threatening to halt oil exports if alleged attacks on his country continue, according to Agence France Press"