Posted on 06/20/2008 9:49:08 PM PDT by Coffee200am
DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said a military strike on Iran would turn the Middle East into a fireball and prompt Tehran to launch a crash course to build nuclear weapons. Russia also warned against military threats on Friday, after The New York Times quoted U.S. officials as saying Israel had carried out a large military exercise, apparently a rehearsal for a potential bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities.
"A military strike, in my opinion, would be worse than anything," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Mohamad ElBaradei told Al Arabiya television in an interview aired on Friday. "It would turn the region into a fireball." He said any attack would only make the Islamic Republic more determined in its confrontation with the West over its nuclear programme.
"If you do a military strike, it will mean that Iran, if it is not already making nuclear weapons, will launch a crash course to build nuclear weapons with the blessing of all Iranians, even those in the West." "If a military strike is carried out against Iran at this time ... it would make me unable to continue my work," he added. Russia's U.N. envoy said threatening Iran with military action could undermine newfound momentum in the drive by six world powers to resolve the standoff with Tehran. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana went to Tehran last week for talks on the matter. Diplomats say that on behalf of major powers, he offered Iran preliminary talks on its nuclear work and a freeze on moves to harsher sanctions if it limited its uranium enrichment to current levels for six weeks. The United States accuses Iran of seeking to develop nuclear bombs.
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So be it!
What does this idiot think is going on now?
The advice is to run and hide.
Anybody happen to know where, from what home nation, Mohamad ElBaradei originally hails.
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My advice is for a limited strike......... on the U.N.
A balls to the wall stike on Iran.
I’d love to joke with you friend...
A fireball in the Middle East. Hmm ...
This man comments more on areas outside his jurisdiction than anyone I’ve seen. Why can’t he just become proficient at his appointed task. He’s had a decade to become conpetent, but has failed miserably.
He’s from Cairo, Egypt.
And the downside to all this would be...???
Hate to say it...but the secret is already out of the bottle - thanks Khan and Pakistan.
Anyway, a sudden attack on Iran, will yield - in the short run - an increase in the popularity of the Iranian regime (amongst the Iranian People).
Keep that in mind.
Thank you very much. That explains a great deal.
He knows what’s going on. He is just stalling for more time so ImADinnerJacket can get the bombs built. This man, like everyone in the UN, is not to be trusted.
This should put him at odds with Mubarak who has expressed worry about an Iranian nuclear ambitions.
Anyone who thinks ElBaradei is a dedicated non-partisian UN diplomat just isn't paying attention.
:) I was only half kidding!
Hear! Hear! I second the motion of my esteemed colleague from soon to be Bambiville!
— Drill_Thrawl, Drill_Here, Drill_NOW!
The Egyptians hate the Israelis because the Israelis humiliated them militarily.
That’s what happens when Arabs fight to the last Egyptian. The behavior of Arab leaders is what compelled Sadat to compromise and seek a peace agreement with Israel. All it got him was a bullet.
ElBaredi was an Arab League sympathiser who has morphed into an pro-Islamist activist within the halls of the UN.
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