PING
Posted on 06/29/2004 10:41:35 PM PDT by F14 Pilot
Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia - The head of the UN nuclear agency says a planned nuclear plant in Iran is not at the centre of international concern for the time being.
The White House called Iran's decision further proof it was trying to build an atomic bomb, and ElBaradei said on Sunday that he hoped Iran would reverse its decision.
On Tuesday, ElBaradei noted that Iran, like many other countries in the Middle East, supports the regime of non-proliferation.
Meanwhile, ElBaradei, who is heading to Israel next month, has said that Israel should seriously consider talks about making the Middle East a nuclear-weapons free zone, whether or not it admits having such arms.
Achieving peace in the Middle East is directly linked with a restriction on nuclear and conventional arms, he said on Tuesday.
Currently, ElBaradei said some nations, like Israel, believe that first they need to solve the peace problem and only then discuss questions of safety. While in many Arab countries, they want to first provide for safety and then solve the peace question, he said.
ElBaradei said he is convinced that a "parallel dialogue on peace issue and on safety" is needed, adding it would be one of the points of his visit to Israel.
Meanwhile, Alexander Rumyantsev, head of Russian Federal Agency on Nuclear Energy, who was also attending the meeting, said that talks are still at a very early stage about creating an international spent fuel storage unit, but that such a facility could be built in Russia.
"It can be built in any country, which has experience of dealing with nuclear materials" and legislation allowing it, Rumyantsev said.
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They discuss Iran's intentions and nuclear proliferation, and wind up talking about Israel like it's ALL their fault! Amazing....
These people are dumb as dirt. Its time to take out iran's nuke plants.
Is ONZ too stupid to see what is going on. When will they wake up.
The *UN* is a security problem.
How about a surgical strike on the General Ass-Embly?
The UN is just biding its time until it can pass a resolution authorizing a "Food for enriched-Uranium" program.....the coffers are running low.
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I wish the US (& Isreal) would stop whining and fix the problem.
Why are we so scared of Iran?
The UN would rather wait until Iran has the capability to take out half the Middle East and then announce they are too dangerous and must be left alone and HOPE they don't destroy a country.
This is how the left fights war...wait until war cannot really be fought.
At last the strategy has been revealed.
I have been wondering why the EU, UN, Russia and the IAEA have been willing turning a blind eye to Iran delaying any action on sanctions or other measures. I thought it was for economic greed as is generally the case with these people.
They want Israel disarmed and are willing to give Iran the bomb as leverage. I have no words for this folly.
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