Posted on 08/10/2005 9:51:52 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
-- An aerial photograph shows Iran's Uranium Conversion Facility, just outside the city of Isfahan, 410 kilometers, (255 miles), south of Capital Tehran, Iran, in this Wednesday, March 30, 2005, file photo. Iran removed the final seals from equipment at a uranium conversion plant as U.N. inspectors watched Wednesday, paving the way for it to fully open the facility despite European and U.S. calls for it to maintain the suspension of its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi,file)
Iran began breaking U.N. seals at a uranium processing plant on August 10th, U.N. and Iranian officials said, a step on the road to production of enriched uranium that could be used for nuclear weapons. 'They have begun breaking the seals,' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spokesman Mark Gwozdecky said. An Iranian worker lifts a barrel of 'yellow cake' at the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Isfahan, August 8, 2005. Photo by Reuters
"as Europe and the United States were struggling to find leverage to stop Iran from forging ahead with its nuclear program"
How about dropping the hammer on the 1/3 of the axis. Struggling... Struggling to find good men maybe.
I bet the UN will issue a stern statement.
US condemns Iran's breaking of UN seals on nuclear plant
VIENNA (AFP) - The United States condemned Iran's breaking of UN seals to bring online a key nuclear fuel plant, calling it a sign of Tehran's disregard for the international community.
"Today's breaking of seals is yet another sign of Iran's disregard for international concerns," Matt Boland, spokesman for the US mission to international organizations in Vienna, told AFP.
Iran on Monday took the first steps to break a suspension of nuclear fuel cycle work, which it had begun in November to start talks with the European Union on getting trade and other benefits in return for guarantees it was not making atomic weapons.
Iranian technicians on Wednesday removed seals placed by the UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at a uranium conversion plant in Isfahan, 400 kilometres (250 miles) south of Tehran, allowing the facility to return to full capacity and raising the stakes in a standoff with the international community.
The United States accuses Tehran of covertly developing nuclear weapons, a charge vehemently denied by Iran which says its atomic program is a peaceful effort to generate electricity.
Boland said the United States "strongly" supports the European Union's effort through talks with Tehran "to convince Iran to stop its dangerous activities."
"We urge Iran to give serious consideration to the EU's proposals," for the Islamic Republic to suspend all nuclear fuel cycle work in order to guarantee it will not make atomic weapons, Boland said.
Iran's removal of the seals comes as the European Union tries to win approval at a emergency IAEA meeting in Vienna for a draft resolution calling on Iran to reverse its decision to push ahead with the nuclear fuel work.
Conversion turns uranium ore or yellowcake into a feed gas for making enriched uranium, which can be the fuel for reactors or the explosive core of atomic bombs.
Iran points out that its right to the nuclear fuel cycle is legally enshrined under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and that it has infringed no international rules by resuming uranium conversion.
I would love to be a fly on the wall at the Crawford ranch.
CNN
FOX
MSNBC
Well, at least MSNBC rates it higher than the jurors in the Jackson case.
Yes, but first things first. Lunch at 21, then over to Maury Sills to pick up those suits I'm putting on the UN's tab.
And we're waiting for what?
UN? Nothing will happen.
Europe? Nothing will happen.
WE NEED TO DO THIS AND DO IT SOON.
I favor a response similar to the one made by Israel to Iraq's program back in the '80's.
JDAM and cruise missile targeting coordinates:
Longitude 51.67139053344727 degrees East
Latitude 32.65972137451172 degrees North
Or thereabouts.
Mad Mullahs with bad toys - ping! Allahu fubar!
Yeah, they need to be careful handling that stuff so that it doesn't go critical and blow up on them.
Hey, don't discount disregard for the international community! We could do with a little more of that here in America. Meanwhile let's hope Israel has some disregard for the international community. They're closer to the target.
Alert the 2nd BW and the 7th BW.....send in the B-52s and the B-1s, and have the 509th's B-2s standing by. This is NOT good....
Did any trumpets sound when they broke the last seal?
Just asking.
I am also amazed at how this major news story is being ignored.
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