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Iran parliament to vote on IAEA Withdrawl
cnn ^ | 1157 GMT (1957 HKT), December 24, 2006

Posted on 12/24/2006 4:28:14 AM PST by maquiladora

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's parliament passed an urgent measure Sunday that stipulates its members must decide within the next 48 hours whether to continue its membership in the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The move comes a day after the U.N. Security Council voted to impose sanctions on Iran for failing to suspend its nuclear program.

If Iran's parliament votes to withdraw from its voluntary membership they will produce the centrifuges without the IAEA's involvement.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran

1 posted on 12/24/2006 4:28:16 AM PST by maquiladora
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To: maquiladora

The question is whether to produce centrifuges without the IAEA's involvement, or with it.

I predict the IAEA staffers who enjoy those 5 star hotels during their "inspection visits" will be deeply saddened if they lose an excuse to visit Iran for rug buying trips.


2 posted on 12/24/2006 4:40:45 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: silverleaf
Iran should continue to give the west what it deserves: the finger.

Until the West proves otherwise, it deserves only contempt.

3 posted on 12/24/2006 4:54:38 AM PST by zarf
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To: maquiladora

Interesting. Thanks for posting.


4 posted on 12/24/2006 5:23:49 AM PST by PGalt
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To: zarf; Nancee
Iran should continue to give the West what it deserves: the finger.

If we don't pulverize Iran's nuke and military sites by early '07 we deserve an Italian-style fisted hand not merely a finger. Once more, the words of Ayatollah Khomeini in the late 70s: "America cannot do a damn thing" will prove prophetic.

If we want to quiet down Iraq and the Middle East at large we must bomb Iran sooner than later. The Bush Doctrine should be modified to make the implementation of a regime change of any government that assists or harbors terrorists a requirement.

When Ahmedinejad says: "imagine a world without the USA" I will counter and say: "imagine a world without Iran's Islamo-fascism."

Here is how the world will look like very shortly after Knocking off Iran; a road map to spontaneous peace in many parts of the world :

1- Hamas will be orphaned leading the way to peace between Israel and the Palestinians by empowering Abbas and the moderates.

2- Syria will fold. Assad will try to save his “chair” by pulling a Qadhafi.

3- Hezbollah will be doubly orphaned leading to its destruction and the survival of the Lebanese democracy.

4- There will a quick victory in Iraq by knocking out the orphaned Sadr's Mahdi army thus saving many American and Iraqi lives.

5- There will be no more long range Iranian Shi'aa plan to force the conversion of 200 million Sunni Arabs to Shiites. This plan, if allowed, will eventually cause a huge Middle Eastern war and the inevitable disruption of oil flow to the whole world. This will force us to interfere militarily against a nuclear Iran which will be too late and too dangerous.

6- It will send an unambiguous message to our “enemies and pseudo allies” in the world, especially in the Middle East, to mind their own business, to end their financial and/or military support of terrorists, or face a regime change.

7- It will give the Iranian people a real chance to rid their country of the mullahs once and for all, especially when the Iranian military doesn’t like to get decimated because of idiots running their country.

8- It will send an unambiguous message to the “imams and mullahs” in the world, especially in Western Europe and the US, to mind their own business, and end their radical activities or face deportation without due-process, together with their families, friends and acquaintances.

In the West, we have no time or money to investigate, convict, go through 10,000 appeals and then deport the culprits in the next generation! I for one don’t want to pay for this type of “due-process” and I refuse to have those animals using our freedoms against us. Our message should be crystal clear: if you don’t assimilate you gotta evacuate!

We cannot afford to listen to Mark Ginsberg, just heard him on FNC, who is advocating helping the anti-Ahmadinejad factions like we did with the Soviet Union because “that’s all we can do”. My answer is a simple question: how long can we afford a Soviet-era-type cold war with Iran given our lack of good intelligence on when they will have a nuke? I wouldn’t take a chance, would you?

5 posted on 12/24/2006 11:40:48 AM PST by melancholy
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To: melancholy
Syria is the weak link in the whole equation, a bit like Mussolini in WW II, but even weaker. Under Assad it's a "Axis of Evil" wannabe that's greatest contribution is as a transit point for terrorists in route to Iraq and a logistics hub for Russian-produced and Iranian-purchased ammunition enroute to Israel and Lebanon. Assad is sitting on top of a hostile nation who do not share his Allawite heresy, as many of them would see it, and would no doubt like to move off of the dynasty his daddy establish which now places his son Fedo Coreleone Assad in charge.

Iran is the center of gravity in the war on terror. The PLO was the Godfather of modern terror, but Iran is today the chief and only state sponsor of it. But having said that, an Iran with nuclear weapons would be a disaster for the Middle East for humanitarian reasons and because of the impact on the world's oil supplies for the world. Iran takes on a whole new level of menace. It is emboldened today because if we fail to deal with its assistance to terrorists are we likely to confront it when its gone nuclear? I don't know, and I'm not yet confident that the American public can be roused to the dangers ahead. For over five years now, they've been fed a steady diet of defeatism and hyper partisan pessimism. We remember the gruff old coach Vince Lambardi for many things, but one was for his saying. One of them was: "If you think you're beaten, you are." This is what the DNC and MSM have done to the American psyche at a time when nothing could be further from the truth. But many Americans, even conservative Americans, behave like a beaten people who are sure the enemy is too difficult of a challenge. For the sake of freedom and posterity, we must meet this challenge.

6 posted on 12/24/2006 5:34:42 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Free Syria and Iraq, Lebanon, and Israel will all be secure.)
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To: melancholy
"If we don't pulverize Iran's nuke and military sites by early '07 we deserve an Italian-style fisted hand not merely a finger. Once more, the words of Ayatollah Khomeini in the late 70s: "America cannot do a damn thing" will prove prophetic.

We need to pulverize Iran's nuke and military sites N-O-W!!!!

I agree 100% with you!

Nancee

7 posted on 12/24/2006 6:00:32 PM PST by Nancee
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To: elhombrelibre
The operative word is: REGIME CHANGE. Period.

These two words scare tyrants more than an invasion. You can take that to the bank when it comes to Syria.

The death cult types of tyrants: you have to be merciful and painlessly accommodate them by sending them to hell!

8 posted on 12/24/2006 6:27:57 PM PST by melancholy
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To: Nancee

Nancee,

Thank you, Merry Christmas and God Bless you and yours.


9 posted on 12/24/2006 6:29:15 PM PST by melancholy
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To: melancholy
Assad rightly fears regime change for the same reason Kim Jung il does. They both saw what happened to Ceauºescu. Frankly, I'm all for that and the sooner the better. I cannot conceive that this useless worm of a man will successfully thwart the forward momentum of human liberty and actually lend valuable support to the most insatiably cruel and benighted people in the world all while we sit passively by allowing this to happen. I mean a big part of what he is doing includes aiding those killing American service members, Iraqis of all sects, Lebanese, and Israelis. The lives of innocent people must count for more than that of a scheming, self-serving dictator whose only protection is the antiquated law of sovereign immunity. Regime change is the past due solution.
10 posted on 12/24/2006 6:57:18 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Free Syria and Iraq, Lebanon, and Israel will all be secure.)
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To: melancholy
Merry Christmas to you and yours, "melancholy", and God Bless all of you. I have learned so much from you!!

Nancee

11 posted on 12/25/2006 6:22:07 AM PST by Nancee
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