Posted on 09/21/2006 9:20:30 PM PDT by bobsunshine
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday was trying to settle a flap over a potentially damaging claim made earlier in the day by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad said Annan had told him Iran could ignore a Security Council resolution requiring the country to cease enriching uranium by Aug. 31 or face economic sanctions. The Security Council sought the resolution in the face of rising fears over Iran's possible moves toward building nuclear weapons: Uranium enrichment is one of the key factors in that process.
But in its most recent report, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, found that Iran had continued enriching uranium through the deadline, bypassing Security Council Resolution 1696.
"We didn't understand and couldn't understand why a resolution was passed in the midst of an examination of a package," Ahmadinejad said. "We think [the Security Council] was probably under pressure by some powers who constantly want to place pressure on countries. The secretary-general told me to disregard what has happened for the time being, resort to diplomacy."
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Oh my my ... Annan caught again, huh??
I see you found it............LOL.
I agree 100 percent.
When I heard this nut "drop" this today in that rambling press conference, I could hardly believe my own ears!
IMO, out of all this news from yesterday:
Ahmadinejad said Annan had told him Iran could ignore a Security Council resolution requiring the country to cease enriching uranium by Aug. 31 or face economic sanctions.
is the most important!
Reading it now........
It will be a big thick Persian rug weaved by the old media.
;-)
No, Annan did.
Tough call on this one.
Yep .. and it make one wonder if Anna said the same thing to North Korea and Saddam
It's not a rug anymore.It's now a mountain-range!
I don't think so. Sure I'magoinjihad is a Loony Tune, but, IMO, Annanis a proven liar, thief and kleptocrat.
I agree; so far The Iranian has been brutally honest, even if we think he's nuts.
I hope you are right. I wish Bush would single Koffi out in his next speech..... nail his behind. Didn't Bush just say how he and Koffi get along, etc. etc.??
Wonder what deal Kofi and Imanutjob had worked out, well until Imanutjob opened his mouth and ruined it all....
My thoughts exactly. Whenever there is oil concerned...Koffi is in the picture.
Well, one of them did.
This may yet get entertaining, seeing the two of them trying to dance their way out of this.
Isn't that the truth!
He's dirty, dirty, dirty.
Tough break for Koffi.
Iran has made deals with (paid off) enough countries so there will be no UN sanctions -ever.
So Iran doesn't need Annan anymore.
Could it be that Kofi is on Ahmadinejihad's payroll? It's been hard for him to make ends meet since Saddam has been out of power. He had to find another source of income.
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