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Straw rules out war over Teheran's nuclear plan
Britain ruled out military action to halt Iran's nuclear programme yesterday on the eve of a diplomatic battle by the West to take Teheran to the United Nations Security Council for possible political and economic sanctions.As hostile rhetoric between the West and Iran intensified, Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, sought to allay fears that the dispute would ultimately lead to war. Mr Straw: âA difficult moment for the international communityâ He said that an intransigent speech at the UN a day earlier by the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been "disappointing and unhelpful". But Mr Straw played down the prospect that referring Iran to the Security Council for failing fully to disclose its nuclear activities would lead to an Iraq-style escalation ending in war. "This will not be resolved by military means, let's be clear about that,'' Mr Straw told the BBC. "It needs to be resolved by all facilities available to the international community.'' Gotta love Staw, still believes it can be resolved with words and paper. America and European countries fear that Teheran's attempt to make its own uranium-enriched fuel masks a secret project to make fissile material for atomic bombs. Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-18 |
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