I suppose it's possible that they found them during a search for oil. Kind of like the Dead Sea Scrolls. They could have been in an earthen jar left by a scribe in the 3rd century AD. What's so hard to believe?

>Well, of course. I believe that. Don't you? ROFL.... :o)
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>>"Iran maintains it was given the papers without asking for them during its black market purchases of nuclear equipment decades ago that serve as the backbone of its program to enrich uranium" -- emphasis mine
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>>Of course they didn't copy them. After all, they never asked for them in the first place. They just magically showed up with their order from AtomiKhan(tm).
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>>>That's what I was thinking. Apparently they have never heard of Xerox in Iran.
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>>>>As they didn't keep a copy, I guess we're ok for a while.
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>>>>>"Iran has met a key demand of the U.N. nuclear agency by delivering blueprints that show how to mold uranium metal into the shape of warheads, diplomats said Tuesday, in an apparent concession meant to stave off the threat of new U.N. sanctions."
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>>>>>"Both the IAEA and other experts have categorized the instructions outlined in the blueprints as having no value outside of a nuclear weapons program."
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>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_re_eu/nuclear_iran