Posted on 09/06/2003 6:09:24 PM PDT by Pubbie
America will tomorrow demand that the United Nations takes urgent action to prevent Iran acquiring the atom bomb as fears mount that Teheran is on course to develop a nuclear weapons capability within two years.
United States officials will make the demand at a special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna that has been arranged to consider a 10-page report by Mohammed al-Baradei, the agency's director-general, into the state of Iran's nuclear programme.
Washington has already expressed deep concern about the discovery of traces of weapons grade uranium found in soil samples taken from one of Iran's top secret nuclear facilities last July.
In his report, a copy of which has been obtained by The Telegraph, Mr al-Baradei lists serious concerns raised by UN weapons inspectors about the scope of Iran's nuclear programme, which Teheran continues to insist is aimed at developing a nuclear power industry.
Inspectors are particularly concerned about activity at a nuclear complex at Natanz, in central Iran, which has sophisticated equipment for enriching uranium to weapons grade standard.
Even though the complex was built five years ago, the Iranian authorities only confirmed its existence to the IAEA earlier this year after its location was revealed by Iranian exiles.
The report also details the inspectors' concerns about the development of a heavy water facility at Arak, which they believe could help Iran to manufacture weapons grade uranium.
Mr al-Baradei writes in the report's conclusion that "there remain a number of important outstanding issues, particularly with regard to Iran's enrichment programme, that require urgent resolution".
US officials, however, are concerned that Mr al-Baradei, who this year argued in favour of UN inspectors being given more time to locate Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, will try to play down the significance of the recent discoveries made in Iran.
One American closely involved in monitoring Iran's nuclear programme said: "The big difference between Iraq and Iran is that the Iranians now have the ability to develop an atom bomb within two years. The time has come to force the Iranians to come clean about their real intentions."
Although Mr al-Baradei admits that the Iranians have deployed a variety of delaying tactics to prevent UN inspectors gaining access to secret nuclear facilities, he believes that they should be given more time to comply with their obligations under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
American officials fear that many Europeans on the IAEA's 35-member board of governors, some of whose countries have lucrative trade ties with Teheran, will back Mr al-Baradei's position.
Might we have 'gotten' Osama in the latest skirmishes in Afghanistan?
W: "Ladies and Gentlemen, five minutes ago I gave orders for the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan to launch its 24 tubes of nuclear warheads against the terrorist nation of saudi arabia."
"In three minutes there will be no more terrorist state, terrorist financiers, or terrorist religions."
Thank you, G-d Bless, Good night, and you may now sleep soundly."
How about resignation? He might as well . What the hell has he done in 2 1/2 years?
Bush had a no less than a 60% (average = 77%) approval rating for 23 months, and yet failed to fight for ANWR or his Judicial nominees, and passed Ted Kennedy's "education" plan written by the NEA. All we got was a watered-down, temporary tax cut. Many of us who are political consultants or volunteers put our families on hold for nearly a year to add a bunch of new Conservative Senators to the GOP side, and all we get is Bill "Limp Wrist" Frist and a total surrender to Hillary, Chuck and Ted.
3,000 Americans were murdered by Saudis on 9/11, yet we still do Saudi Arabia's bidding--like pushing our ally Israel into a suicidal, Saudi-designed "Roadmap", and doing everything possible to thwart 9/11 victims' $1 trillion lawsuit against our Saudi enemy. And it is disgusting to watch our Secretary of State bend over for the Arabs time after time.
After 9/11 American citizens had to wait in huge lines for security at airports, grandmothers humiliated by neanderthal rent-a-cops on power trips---yet tens of thousands of illegals swarm across our borders totally ignored....carrying God knows what--plutoneum? Missiles? Bioweapons? Bush evidently doesn't care, having done NOTHING to defend our borders and was even pushing for amnesty.
And Johnny Ashcroft has no time to defend our borders as he's too busy busting people for selling bongs and putting naked pictures on the Internet, and nailing college students sharing Eminem mp3 files.
Many of you who know me will be shocked by this rant. But I have met Miguel Estrada. He is a man of spotless integrity and honor. And he was treated like a doormat by this White House and I am mad as hell. I am sick of us being on the goddamed defensive--with the Democrats, Muslims, Homos and Illegals. When will this President stand up and fight? Is there ANYTHING he is willing to spend political capital upon? Conservatives are pissed off, Mr. President...we didn't sign on for this wussy crap. It is time to take a stand and declare that the "era of New Tone is over", that the gloves are off, and that you are raising the flag and leading us into victory against our Marxist enemies.
The American people do support outing Saddam. There's no problem here.
Even the Dems supported Clinton when he claimed Saddam had WMD and bombed him.
Dude, good rant!
Not a Damn thing.
Two votes is not a "bunch."
Now don't go acting like a "the sky is falling" liberal kook. There's no invasion. Bush is going to have the UN deal with it. Or at least try to get their left wing welfare butts to work, anyway.
The UN will do nothing at all. His rightful course going into Iraq showed just that fact. Why waste time going to the UN again?
To rub their noses in it.
That my friend accomplishes nothing, unless the stick carrier walks quietly while wielding it.
To put them on the record as doing nothing at all.
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