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1938 Alert: "Blair says West likely to sanction Iran," from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
TEHRAN, Iran - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that Western countries were likely to seek economic sanctions against Iran after Tehran restarted its nuclear program, but a powerful cleric said it would not curtail its research. Iran on Tuesday broke U.N. seals at a uranium enrichment plant and said it was resuming nuclear research after a two-year freeze. Enriched uranium can be used as a fuel for both nuclear energy and nuclear weapons."I think the first thing to do is to secure agreement for a reference to the Security Council, if that is indeed what the allies jointly decide, as I think seems likely," Blair told the House of Commons, adding that he was in close contact with Washington on the issue.
"We obviously don't rule out any measures at all," Blair said when asked about possible sanctions. "It's important Iran recognizes how seriously the international community treats it."In Moscow, the Foreign Ministry said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had discussed the issue with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and both sides shared "a deep disappointment" over Iran's move. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday that if Iran continued on its present course, "there is no other choice but to refer the matter to the Security Council," which could impose sanctions.
In Iran's first response to the international outcry, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani said he was "astonished" by the West's attempt to "bully" Iran.
"If they cause any disturbance, they will ultimately regret it," he warned.
Someone certainly will.
Posted by Robert at January 11, 2006 10:55 AM
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This is a bit off-topic, but I think it is a very interesting article about what one French expatriate believes awaits the EU. I found it in the online edition of European Jewish Press.
http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/france/5117
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at January 11, 2006 12:55 PM
I'm sure that Rafsanjani will have no problem admitting that 'bullying' is just fine as a practice--as long as it is MUSLIMS who get to do the 'bullying.'
Posted by: pythagoras at January 11, 2006 2:20 PM
I say let them develop a muke.
And let them use it against the West.
Then, once the horror wears off, the War Against Terroristic Imperialistic Islam can begin for real.
Until something this serious occurs, just as the shock of Pearl Harbor was "necessary" to galvanize America, nothing will change in this damned dithering diplomatic minuet.
The use of an Islamic Bomb will be needed to wake the West.
300,ooo smoldering corpses is a hell of an alarm clock, but I see no other way to arouse the p.c. narcoleptic masses.
Not when the leadership is in either: 1) in the back pocket of Muslim petrodollar pimps; 2) in kumbaya ecumenical denial; or 3) suicidally self-loathing "because of their evil, racist, genocidal colonial past".
Posted by: profitsbeard at January 11, 2006 6:50 PM
I watch mid east news every day on Mosaic (World Link TV) and as expected the Iranians blame their two recent aircraft accidents on America's sanctions, because America won't sell them parts for their planes.
Of course nothing is ever the fault of a Muslim, and despite it's lack of free will and it's Inshallah Fatalism, they still blame everything on Israel and the U.S.
Get a load of this ll Dead (Military top brass)in Iran air crash
All 11 people aboard were confirmed dead when an Iranian military aircraft crashed yesterday morning in northwestern Iran, according to the official IRNA news agency.Previous reports put the death toll at 13 when a small Falcon jet belonging to Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) went down at 9:45 a.m. local time (06:15 GMT) in Aidinlou village near Orumiyeh, the capital of West Azarbaijan province bordering Turkey.
Yadollah Rabiei, deputy chief of the Public Relations Department of IRGC, was quoted as saying that all 11 on board were killed in the accident, including Ahmad Kazemi, commander of the ground forces of the IRGC, his deputy Saeed Soleymani and several other high-ranking officers.
Massoud Jazayeri, spokesman of the IRGC, blamed bad weather and dilapidated engines for the crash.
"The plane crashed in foggy weather after its engines broke down...the pilot managed to land the plane on a road but bad weather prevented him making a full stop, leading to the crash,"Jazayeri told IRNA.
Earlier, the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted a parliament official as saying that the pilot reported engine malfunction before the crash.
"Before the crash of the Falcon airplane, the pilot had announced emergency situation citing the failure of the two engines," Chairman of the Majlis (Parliament) defense subcommittee Reza Talayee Nik said.
This was the second air disaster in two months in Iran.
An Iranian C-130 transport aircraft crashed on Dec. 6 last year in a residential area in Tehran shortly after take-off, killing atotal of 108 both on board and on the ground.
Iran has witnessed high rate of aircrush due to the lack of spare parts and maintenance of aircraft, especially U.S.-made planes, as a result of U.S. economic sanctions.
That C-130 transport crashed into an apartment building after take off and yet they still blame America for the crash.
Posted by: Nariz at January 11, 2006 7:59 PM
Iran is officially headed to the Security Council
Posted by: ajveros at January 11, 2006 8:10 PM
Slightly off-topic.
Seen in The National Gallery yet again today my beloved Titian's "An Allegory of Prudence".
The inscripton on the painting states: EX PRAETERITO PRAESENS PRVDENTER AGIT NI FUTUR- ACTIONE DETVRPET [From the past the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future]. How wise our Masters used to be! How meaningful and relevant it sounds to me today.
at January 15, 2006 6:01 PM
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