Posted on 09/01/2007 3:30:08 PM PDT by blam
Nuclear watchdog chief warns of 'last chance' for Iran
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei gives a press conference in July 2007. If Iran fails to resolve its nuclear dispute by the end of the year, it may be passing by its last chance to do so, the UN atomic energy agency head said in an interview due out Monday.
BERLIN (AFP) — If Iran fails to resolve its nuclear dispute by the end of the year, it may be passing by its last chance to do so, the UN atomic energy agency head said in an interview due out Monday.
"By November, or December at the latest, we should be able to state whether the Iranians are keeping their promises. If they don't keep them, Tehran will have passed by an important chance, perhaps the last," Mohamed ElBaradei, the International Atomic Energy Agency head, told weekly Der Spiegel.
However, the IAEA chief urged international players to "encourage" Iran to cooperate.
"Beside sanctions, there must also be encouragement," he said, underlining that "sanctions alone will not bring any durable solution."
But he added that there were "concrete grounds to suspect" Iran of developing a nuclear bomb.
Asked about the possible use of force against Tehran, ElBaradei said that might destroy a large part of Iran's nuclear installations, but warned of the danger of an explosion of violence in the whole region.
"The already very deep oppositions between the Islamic world and the West would explode," he said.
He added that such a move would also certainly reinforce support for an Iranian nuclear bomb.
Iran and the UN atomic energy agency on August 21 agreed on a timetable for Tehran to clarify outstanding concerns about its contested nuclear programme, amid Western threats of further UN sanctions.
The IAEA said Thursday that Iran's decision to answer key questions about the programme was "a significant step forward," in a development expected to help Tehran avoid new sanctions.
But the United States reiterated its insistence on Iran suspending uranium enrichment to win international confidence, and downplayed the IAEA claim of progress.
Who, in their heart of hearts, could really blame Ahmadinejad and the mullahs for laughing themselves silly at this?
Looks like Iran is certainly in for a strongly worded letter from the UN. The horror.
Of course in a sternly worded statement...
Yeah, right. That's the ticket: encouragement.
The Iranian nuclear weapon problem won’t be solved until the Iranians use their first nuclear weapon against one of their enemies. Future generations will hold us accountable for our inaction, and the resulting high cost of our inaction.
We're pretty good at violent explosions, too, and not just minor bloodletting riots about cartoons or profiling. The whole region needs to "smell the roses" concerning this taqiyyah thing. The ol' US of A won't be their laughingstock take-over target without a fight.
Let 'taqiyyah' become totally deprecated in their language, as a reflection on the onslaught it will have brought by spring 2008.
HF
Is this their last last chance, or their next to the last last chance?
Because I could have sworn their last last chance was their last chance.
I still want to know why we have not blown that thing up already. The longer we wait the higher the liklihood of a nuclear accident when it does get levelled. Does anyone know if the rods are already in place?
LOL...I was wondering how many post in it would be before someone threatened them with a letter...
Like Churchill in the 1930s, President Bush is the leader of a small circle in a sea of political opponents. Churchill/Bush announced early on that Hitler/Iran must be stopped before they have the power to achieve their stated barbaric aims.
I don't’ know what if anything the President is doing quietly behind the scenes to destabilize Iran. I don’t know if he plans to use force if subtle measures don’t work.
No, I do not know anything more than anyone else at this thread, but I suspect that President Bush will do his best to neutralize Iran by doing whatever it takes before January 2009.
How?
Unlike Churchill's 30's, Bush's 2000's were spent in power, while Churchill's 30's were spent out of power. Then, just after the 30's, Churchill enters power... while Bush after the 2000's leaves power.
Bush should write ElBaradei, with a copy to Ahmadinejad, that he views JDAM's as "encouragement
ElBaradei must know that Iran has or will have a nuke by the end of October. He is Iran’s most determined enabler. By saying Iran’s “last chance” will pass in November or December is therefore menaningless.
The only thing Bush has in common with Churchill is that both of their names are at the front of the alphabet.
The only thing Bush has in common with Churchill is that both of their names are at the front of the alphabet.
Yes, but this time they REALLY mean it!
I believe you mean: "Smell the coffee."
Should they not wish to live and wake up enough to smell the roses, the allusion of wanting to live will transmogrify and be dependent on there being souls to mourn their loss and that roses still be available for the funerals, to surround any caskets. Then let them smell those roses. So, yes, I did mean roses. ;-)
HF
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