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| 35 countries meet on Iran nuclear intentions |
| 2006-11-20 |
| A Western push to deny Iran technical help in building a plutonium-producing reactor has gathered enough support to be approved by the 35-nation board of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, diplomats said Sunday. Still, differences both within the Western camp and more broadly among different factions on the International Atomic Energy Agency on how harshly to punish Iran for its nuclear defiance persisted on the eve of the opening meeting Monday, said the diplomats. Normally, the United States takes the lead in demanding tough action against Tehran for defying U.N. Security Council demands that it freeze uranium enrichment, a possible pathway to nuclear arms. But with council agreement on sanctions mired down because of Russian and Chinese efforts to block tough punishment, diplomats said the Americans have taken a back seat to the France at the upcoming Vienna meeting in calling for harsher penalties. Like, their European allies, the Americans were calling for Iran’s request for help in building the Arak research reactor to be denied when the IAEA board meets in committee starting Monday — and later in the week in full conference to formally approve committee decisions. But France was demanding even more, said the diplomats — all accredited to the IAEA, who demanded anonymity in exchange for discussing strategies ahead of the meeting. They told The Associated Press that Paris was asking the IAEA to probe the seven other projects Iran had submitted individually — and possibly reject any or all of them, if they were found to be risks to nuclear proliferation. Even countries traditionally supportive of Iran were likely to want to deny some help to Iran — probably through a compromise that defers a decision on the issue. Both the Security Council and the IAEA board have issued resolutions urging Tehran to stop construction of the facility. Rest at link. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #4 sounds like the Royal Bank of Scotland ads...I love those |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-20 21:10 |
| #3 I nominate that for snark o' the day, BH6! Concise, well written, succint and to the point. Obviously, you've never writte a |
| Posted by: BA 2006-11-20 21:09 |
| #2 Lol, BH6 - beautiful analysis! |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-20 20:23 |
| #1 So, in essence 35 people can agree that the dog just shit on the carpet but cannot agree that it's a good idea to shovel it up before it stinks up the whole house. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-11-20 20:21 |