How long has this been dragging on? The process of holding Iran accountable has been so halting and drawn out, and the steps taken to halt their nuclear program so ineffective, that it will in all likelihood drag on until some morning when the world wakes up to an Iranian nuclear test. And people will wonder how that happened, or was allowed to happen.
In the meantime, few countries or organizations seem to have much of a sense of urgency about what is at stake here. The most likely course of action, if any, will be to throw yet another UN resolution at the problem and resume the waiting game. "IAEA receives more evidence Iran nuke program military," from Reuters, June 6:
VIENNA - The UN atomic watchdog has received further information regarding activities that "seem to point to the existence" of possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear program, the agency's head said on Monday.
Amano's statement underlined the UN body's concern that the Islamic Republic may be working to develop a nuclear-armed missile. Tehran rejects such suspicions, saying its nuclear program has only civilian aims, mainly generating electricity.
"Uh, yeah. Honest. You can't hug the Mahdi with nuclear arms."
Amano did not disclose the source of the new information.
For several years, the IAEA has been investigating Western intelligence reports indicating Iran had coordinated efforts to process uranium, test explosives at high altitude and revamp a ballistic missile cone so it can take a nuclear warhead.
Amano said he had written last month to the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, "reiterating the agency's concerns about the existence of possible military dimensions."
He had also asked for Iran to "provide prompt access" to locations, equipment, documentation and officials to help clarify the agency's queries.
Amano made clear that Iran's response had not been satisfactory, saying he had sent a new letter to Abbasi-Davani on June 3 "in which I reiterated the agency's requests to Iran."
Moslems with nukes is a grave subject. Don't let Pak's run w/o detonation fool you, given all the duplicity, hatred and violence that has swirled around the missiles it has had for years now.
@ Marisol
The Reuters-text seems scrambled. I guess the second paragraph (Syria's breach of israeli border) got in accidentally.
The original says: "There are indications that certain of these activities may have continued until recently," Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in a speech to the agency's 35-nation governing board.
Ali Sina Page 253 "...Muslims love death more than we love life. This changes everything." (see nuclear bomb of Iran)
...its nuclear program has only civilian aims, mainly generating electricity.
Mainly? So that'll be 66% for generating electricity, 1% for medical equiment and research, and 33% for civilly wiping Israel off the map of civilisations.
Don't expect that double-tongue Caliph Hussein Obama and his useful idiot dhimmis to invade Iran! Nor will the double-tongue UN Ban ki-moon punish Iran. They only care to punish Israel!
No! How can this be? We must be "misunderstanding" Islam again!
"Uh, yeah. Honest. You can't hug the Mahdi with nuclear arms."
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Hahahahahahahah! Out here in Oakland and neighboring Berkeley, you see the fatuous "You can't hug your child with nuclear arms" bumper sticker all the time.
To see it in this context is grimly hilarious! Thanks Marisol.
Buraq is Dead wrote:
The Reuters-text seems scrambled.
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I noticed that too, Buraq is Dead—I emailed JW about it. It seems to belong to the next story, which is about the Syrian "Naksa" Day attempted invasion of Israel.
Wow! Now that the IAEA has spoken, we can surely count on the UN and the "international community" getting serious about putting Iran in its place...(cough, cough).
Only a worldwide ban on ALL civilian Nuclear power projects will dent this, there is no other way to control the madness that is used as cover for bombs and war.
Atoms for peace is dead, has been for a very long time.
Thanks-- not sure how that happened; that's a first. But I've edited the extra text out.
Islofob IS-1 wrote:
"Only a worldwide ban on ALL civilian Nuclear power projects will dent this, there is no other way to control the madness that is used as cover for bombs and war."
Israel found a way with Syria.
Yeah, the response was unsatisfactory, such as "Screw You!" The time has come to verify the intelligence, and , if found to be viable, bomb every nuclear site in Iran to H*ll! The rest of the Arab nations want Israel to do it anyway, they just don't want to be seen as giving them the green light. Iran is fanatical enough to use these bombs immediately. Waiting is not an option, if Israel or the West waits, they or us will become mass casualties.