Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb (IRAN CAN BUILD THE BOMB...thumb twiddling continues)

YahooNews ^

[quesney]

VIENNA – Iran experts at the U.N nuclear monitoring agency believe Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and worked on developing a missile system that can carry an atomic warhead, according to a confidential report seen by The Associated Press.

The document drafted by senior officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency is the clearest indication yet that those officials share Washington's views on Iran's weapon-making capabilities and missile technology — even if they have not made those views public.

The document, titled "Possible Military Dimension of Iran's Nuclear Program," appeared to be the so-called IAEA "secret annex" on Iran's alleged nuclear arms program that the U.S., France, Israel and other IAEA members say is being withheld by agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei — claims the nuclear watchdog denies.

It is a record of IAEA findings since the agency began probing Iran's nuclear program in 2007 and has been continuously updated.

The information in the document that is either new, more detailed or represents a more forthright conclusion than found in published IAEA reports includes:

• The IAEA's assessment that Iran worked on developing a chamber inside a ballistic missile capable of housing a warhead payload "that is quite likely to be nuclear."

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For more than 5 years, the world has twiddled its thumbs. For how much longer?

Until we see a mushroom cloud?

[Amerigomag]

This is a losing battle for the Administration in my opinion.

For the first time in my adult life I'm questioning my minority responsibilities in a democratic republic. I am close to concluding that Obama is not my president.

[Dutch Boy]

I didn’t know Obama could twiddle his thumbs when they are shoved in his arse.