Bush on warpath over UN's shock report on Iran A-bomb (Dubya is Angry!)

The Daily Telegraph ^ | 09/07/2003 | Con Coughlin

[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.

[Let's Roll]

Yep, time to turn the cash cow out to pasture.

[BlackVeil]

You are right and one of the long-term consequences of the invasion of Iraq is that the same claims about WMDs cannot be used for any international co-operative effort in the future.

Also, I have an uneasy feeling that whoever does take over Iraq once this phase is over will make sure that he soon is in possession of WMDs. Sadaam's mistake was not having them. His sucessor will draw his own conclusions. Unless, of course, the sucessor is not any sort of dictator at all, and the country is transformed into a liberal democracy, in which case ... But I don't feel any need to make plans for that.

[AndyJackson]

The paleos will tell us that until the bomb crosses the 6 mile limit the neo - anyone inclined to do something - should do nothing.

[Destro]

You are a little confused--How would the UN money point of yours relate to India?

[PhiKapMom]

I wouldn't either. This is one of those I would like "sooner rather than later!"

[LibKill]

I have an idea.

We tell the Israelis that they can take the gloves off and clean out the paliterrorists. No more calls for 'restraint' from us.

In exchange they take their excellent pilots and all that great hardware we gave them and get rid of Iran's nuclear program. All of it.

It's win-win for the U.S.A and Israel, and lose-lose for the jihadies.

[nwrep]

Why Al Gore did not tell Congress about Russia-s nuclear dealings with Iran

From Russia with Love

[nwrep]

Why Al Gore did not tell Congress about Russia-s nuclear dealings with Iran

From Russia with Love

[PhiKapMom]

My tagline used to be "get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!

[Mo1]

AL Gore hid secreat Russian Deal on Nuclear Aid to Iran

Good Grief .. I swear that administration is going to haunt us for years and years

[blam]

"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. "

I say, give the Israeli's the thumbs up. We're probably the only reason they haven't already taken it out.

[concerned about politics]

You are a little confused--How would the UN money point of yours relate to India?

Because if they decided to arm themselves even more, others would do the same, right? Isn't it the UNs job to keep that in check? If the UN doesn't do what it's designed to do, why pay for it? Pull the wages for those people. Why pay for a dead horse?

[Mo1]

Me too

[Pubbie]

Very Good, but I prefer to call them the "Terrorstinians" because it sounds better.

[Samurai_Jack]

Well Europigs is a bit over the top but it serves as an expression of distaste for the western europeans general One World Government View. Fact is that its only been three short generations since we kicked the western europeans to the curb and it seems they want to quietly discard the declaration of independence to be replaced with the declaration of 'World Unity'. Of course with European leadership. An expression of frustrated distaste with regards to historical lessons seems appropriate.

IslamoNAZI is right on target. Quite eloquently put as follows: Not all muslims are terrorists, but its increasingly a sure thing that if you find a terrorist he is a muslim. Also the level of anti-semitism THINLY disguised as 'anti-isreal' is at a SHOCKING level even by Mid to late 1930s standards. So islamonazi really specifies a particular group of muslims who have donned the NAZI Cloak.

Its important in this conflict to properly identify the enemy, and increasingly it is important to identify those who SHELTER the enemy.

[boris]

"What we should do is walk in to Teheran, smack the Ayatollah in the face. We then should force the Iranians to turn in their research on nukes, and we destroy all that they have built. Then after we accomplish that, we walk away.

Later that night, we should do a similar thing in Pyongyang.

That is what I would do if I were the Commander in Chief. I am not interested in playing "footsies" with these barbarians. We should kick their asses and then put them in their rightful places."

No walking. Our troops are more than fully occupied. What is required is surgical air attacks or cruise missiles. I am not averse to "thinking the unthinkable" and imagining those weapons fitted with nuclear warheads.

--Boris

[blam]

"I've got a sense that something big is in the wind."

I'd like to hear your educated guesses as to what it may be.

[Poohbah]

Difficult to see. Always in motion the future is. (c8

My thoughts are more of a "I sense a disturbance in the Force" kinda thing as opposed to anything specific.

[LibKill]

Yes. 'Terrorstinians' is more euphoneous.

You have a way with words.

[The Wizard]

level it, turn it to dust