Posted on 11/19/2004 2:13:15 PM PST by ejdrapes
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The source of intelligence used this week by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to suggest Iran is working on a nuclear weapons program may not be reliable, knowledgeable sources told CNN Friday. The issue surfaced when The National Council of Resistance of Iran -- which is on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations --revealed satellite photographs this week it said showed a hidden nuclear plant in Iran, allegations the Iranians denied. "This allegation is timed to coincide with the next meeting of the board of governors of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]," Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hussein Moussavian, said. "And every time just before the meeting there are these kind of allegations either from the United States or terrorist groups. And every time these allegations have proven to be false." Powell, en route to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Santiago, Chile, told reporters he had seen intelligence that appears to "corroborate" the resistance group's information. And the State Department stands by Powell's comments, saying the information he cited offered a "firm basis for his remarks." "The secretary did not misspeak," deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said. "The secretary knows exactly what he was talking about. And there should be, I think, no question in our mind of casting doubt or walking it back." "We believe there's solid information to substantiate clandestine Iranian efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems, and this is something we've been saying for quite some time," Ereli said, adding that the United States is on "very very solid ground" in pointing to such efforts.Source of Powell's Iran intelligence under scrutiny
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Is this intel a slam dunk case, too?
CNN's MOTTO and CREED :
Ted Turner, June 18, 2002:
"So who are the terrorists?
I would make a case that both sides are involved in terrorism."
CNN, as ever, terrorism's advocate.
LOL!
Actually, the intel comes from a variety of sources, even the IAEA, even Rasfanjani said they were developing nukes to wipe out Israel, but not to fear, the Muslim world would only face "damages" in response.
CNN is framing the "intelligence" as coming from one source, supposedly suspect. But they are not satellite imaging experts, so who cares what they say? CNN is picking at what it perceives is the weakest link. Media mischief...but why?
"Now, I made a statement yesterday that said we had some information," Powell said. "I've seen some information, and the dissidents have put out more information, that suggests that the Iranians are also working on the designs one would have to have for putting such a warhead into a missile.
"This shouldn't be brand-new news. This shouldn't surprise anybody. If they had been working on a nuclear weapon and design a warhead, certainly they were also trying to figure out how they would deliver such a warhead."
So, CNN's jumping ahead of the pack to be the first to try to discredit the intel source. Jihadi butt-kissin' from the Communist News Network.
Prairie
given recent history, i feel governments should be somewhat wary of relying on 'intelligence' from dodgy 'liberation' movements regardless of how much we would like to believe what they say.
kosovo and iraq spring to mind....
Why?
For the same reason that they (well, not CNN then) derided and scoffed at the brilliant strategic vision of our greatest president, calling it Star Wars and then lapsing into fits of giggling.
How wonderful would it have been to fake horror, impotence and capitulation to Iran and N. Korea, and then shoot their first missile out of the sky? Instead, thanks to the media and the Democratic Congress, we're ten years behind schedule.
"This allegation is timed to coincide with the next meeting of the board of governors of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]," Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hussein Moussavian, said.
Here CNN takes the word of IRAN's negotiator. The negotiator takes the damning evidence and lessens it because among the others who've spoken of it is this group.
CNN helps it along...
Powell, en route to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Santiago, Chile, told reporters he had seen intelligence that appears to "corroborate" the resistance group's information.
Here's CNN's big lie...they imply that the issue has to do with Iran's nuclear program. Not at all true. The ruckus has to do with the Washington Post article this morning solely dealing with this group's information that Iran is building a missile that could fly over 1000 miles and carry a nuke.
CNN spins it to imply the whole nuke program is at issue. Media mischief.
Now, if the info is suspect, it could be having to do with wanting to scare the Europeans, that Iran's missiles aim to reach their states. Bush II could face many problems if one matter is suspect.
"If you want on or off this Iran ping list, Freepmail DoctorZin
"Now all you good folks in Iran. We of the UN inspection team will be in your country in six weeks. Now don't hide anything in the meantime"
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