As I read through my daily sources on Iran and their nuclear ambitions, after coming across such titles from the AP: IAEA info suggests Iran worked on nuclear missile
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear monitoring agency shared new photos and documents purporting to show that Iran tried to refit its main long-distance missile to carry a nuclear payload, said diplomats who attended the meeting Tuesday.
Responding to the presentation to the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a senior U.S. envoy said the information was compelling evidence against the Islamic Republic. His Iranian counterpart said the material shown was fabricated.
And then from AFP
Iran warns on nuclear cooperation, rattles sabre over Gulf
TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran warned on Tuesday it will not respond to every adverse claim about its nuclear drive, after a damning report from the UN atomic watchdog left the global community divided about future action. Amid fears that one response might be a US or Israeli strike on Tehran's nuclear programme, a top aide to Iran's supreme leader warned again that Iran could bring oil shipments from the Gulf to a halt if attacked.
I come across this By Heather Robinson of the American Spectator. Who know Iran better then an Iraqi?
Published 9/16/2008 American Spectator
Last month, Iraqi parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi contacted me by phone from Baghdad with an urgent warning that Iran could be a lot closer to attaining nuclear weapons than most analysts believe.
"Do they have an atom bomb? Not yet," he told me. "Can they build an atom bomb, a dirty bomb? Yes.... Americans believe humans can work 50 hours in a week, but [they] can work 24 hours in a day. They can build a bomb very soon."
Obviously, Mr Mithal al-Alusi should be cleared by the Iraqi Parliament for all the false charges brought up against him by the Pro Iranians still seated in the Iraqi Parliament. Also, the Iraqi Parliament should do some serious house cleaning to rid their country from that outside destabilizing presence of Iran. Now I bring you here:
IAEA: Iran tried to refit missile for nuke
Published: 09/16/2008 JTA Breaking News
The U.N.'s nuclear weapons watchdog said Iran tried to refit a long-distance missile to carry a nuclear payload. Photos and documents were included in the information presented Tuesday to a closed meeting of the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, The Associated Press reported, citing anonymous diplomats.
The Iranian envoy told the AP that the information was bogus. Other country's representatives told the news service that the information appeared to be "credible but unverified."
A U.S. intelligence estimate said the efforts to refit the missile stopped after 2003.
The IAEA distributed a report to board members Monday indicating that the probe into allegations that Iran is developing a nuclear warhead have reached a standstill because Iran has not cooperated with the investigation. Iran, the confidential report said, had installed 3,820 centrifuges enriching uranium, 500 more than in May, and was working to install another 2,000.
IAEA's board of governors will discuss the report next week.
A week? Why so long? Wouldn't you think that all this new information would be detrimental to the wellbeing of the security of the world?