Iran 'actively developing nuclear bomb' says Rumsfeld The US defence secretary yesterday tapped into deepening international concern about a clandestine nuclear programme in Iran, warning that Tehran was actively working to develop a bomb.
Donald Rumsfeld's remarks, delivered during a visit to Germany, appeared aimed at exerting pressure on Tehran and the UN's nuclear monitoring agency, which meets next week in Vienna to decide how to respond to Iran's failure to honour nuclear safeguards.
His intervention also appeared to advance the next project of Pentagon hawks: regime change in Tehran.
The convention has the full backing of Germany
Final push for EU constitution
The body in charge of drafting a constitution for the European Union is entering its final session with strong backing for its proposals from Germany and France.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said after talks with French President Jacques Chirac in Berlin on Tuesday that the two countries were determined to support the proposals of the Convention on the Future of Europe "without reservation".
The convention is hoping to complete the document ahead of a Friday deadline so that it can be presented to EU leaders next week.
The convention's chairman, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, said last week that a basis for consensus was emerging among the group leading the work.
But the BBC's Tim Franks in Brussels says that while there is talk of consensus there is still fierce criticism, inevitable for a constitution trying to knit together widely differing visions of the EU.
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The US defence secretary yesterday tapped into deepening international concern about a clandestine nuclear programme in Iran, warning that Tehran was actively working to develop a bomb.
Donald Rumsfeld's remarks, delivered during a visit to Germany, appeared aimed at exerting pressure on Tehran and the UN's nuclear monitoring agency, which meets next week in Vienna to decide how to respond to Iran's failure to honour nuclear safeguards.
His intervention also appeared to advance the next project of Pentagon hawks: regime change in Tehran.
Told'ya.
Iran is next. After Iran is "taken care of," Saudi Arabia will shut up, at least about the euro. Then maybe a nice anti-royalty, anti-western revolution, and we are in Saudi Arabia, too.
OPEC will need to be renamed to "OPEAC" (Organization of Petroleum Exporting American-ruled Countries).
Again: Not that the Iranian nuclear threat isn't real. It is. But it is in fact the perfect excuse that allows the US to justify its intervention. Without terrorism or rogue nations' WMD cravings, we'd be up a creek.
Question remains: How long can we keep this up?
There is an easier solution.
Research "Euro vs Dollar".
EW