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| Iran issues warning over nuclear program |
| 2008-06-26 |
| Iran's parliament speaker on Wednesday warned that the West could face a "done deal" if it provokes Iran, in a rare hint by an Iranian official that Tehran could build nuclear weapons if attacked. Iran's leaders have long been adamant that the country's nuclear program is and will always be aimed only at generating electricity. Ali Larijani did not directly contradict that stance, but his veiled warning comes amid increased Iranian fears that the U.S. or Israel could strike its nuclear facilities. Earlier this month, Israel sent warplanes and other aircraft on a major exercise in the eastern Mediterranean that U.S. officials said was a message to Iran — a show of force as well as practice in the operations needed for a long-range strike mission. Larijani, who was once Iran's top nuclear negotiator with the West, made the comments in a speech to parliament aired on state TV and radio. He pointed to recent comments by Mohamed ElBaradei, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief, who said in an interview last week that a military strike on Iran could turn the Mideast into a "ball of fire" and "prompt Iran, even if it didn't produce a nuclear weapon today, to resort to an emergency plan to produce a nuclear weapon." "Take Mr. ElBaradei's warnings seriously," Larijani said, addressing the West. "Don't provoke Iran otherwise you will face a done deal that will block the path of your return to a compromise with Iran," Larijani told a parliament session broadcast live on state radio Wednesday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I have the speaker's nuke "right here". I call it "The One Eyed Viper". |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-06-26 23:00 |
| #6 EVEN CNN > WOLF BLITZER BEST NEWS PANEL > complain/critique Dubya + GOP as usual BUT SIMUL INDIC THEY WOULD LIKE IRAN TO BE STOPPED FROM NUCDEV. BLITZERS PRO-DEM PANEL WAS DIVIDED ON WHETHER A POTUS OBAMA WILL TRULY STOP IRAN FROM GOING NUKULAR. Also indic that once Iran gets the Bomb, its a given that Osama/Al-Qaeda + Radical Islamist Terror groups will get Nuctech = NucMiltechs as well. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-26 20:33 |
| #5 * FOX NEWS > CAVUTO guest Pert - argues that IRAN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PROCEED WID FULL NUCLEAR BOMB DEVELOPMENT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, REGARDLESS OF UNO SANCTIONS AND WHICH US GOP-DEM WINS IN NOVEMBER, + USA WILL LIKELY SEE MORE DISTRESSING NEWS ABOUT SAID IRANIAN NUCDEV CIRCA SEPTEMBER AND AFTER [recall EL BARADEI = Iran only needs SIX MONTHS to have a Bomb]. PERT > highly doubts any UN sanctions however strong will have any realistic effect as per stopping or deterring Iran from Nucdev includ Nucweapons dev??? * IRNA > THE ENEMIES OF IRAN HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE WAY ["end of the road" vv stopping Iran from nucdev]; + AHMADINEJAD: IRAN SHOULD SEEK ALL-OUT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Oh yeah, 2008-2012. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-26 20:25 |
| #4 Just stomp them already, and be done with it. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-06-26 19:24 |
| #3 "Blocking compromise." And the downside is? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-06-26 10:17 |
| #2 "...Don't provoke Iran otherwise you will face a done deal that will block the path of your return to a compromise with Iran..." Much, I'm sure, like my wife and I "compromise" on Holiday plans, home decorating, etc... |
| Posted by: OyVey1 2008-06-26 08:34 |
| #1 It's only gonna get worse. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-06-26 00:45 |