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| IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei: Relax, Accept Limited Iranian Nuke Program |
| 2006-02-19 |
| The crisis over Iran's atomic agenda is deepening, but the world's nuclear watchdog chief has warned there may be no choice but to accept limited uranium enrichment by Tehran, diplomats say. For a mistrustful West, the quid pro quo would be to give U.N. inspectors more intrusive powers via a Security Council resolution to prevent suspected atomic bomb projects. Tehran in turn would have to pledge no industrial-scale enrichment of uranium. Countries on the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have called for the Iranian controversy to be referred to the U.N. Security Council by March 6. Iran hit back by breaking a moratorium on enrichment, the process of making fuel for atomic plants or, potentially, bombs. The board vote has driven Iran into a corner under a banner of national pride and risks paralyzing the Council given that veto-holding Russia and China reject sanctions on Tehran mooted by Washington, IAEA veterans say. IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei will make no recommendations in a broad report on three years of probes in Iran he is to give to board members on February 27, a week before they convene to weigh whether to urge a course of action by the Security Council. But he has already suggested in diplomatic circles that a compromise may lie in accepting small-scale enrichment in Iran in exchange for guarantees of no full nuclear fuel production that could enable diversions into bomb-making, diplomats say. |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #9 Folks, el Baradei's part of the Egyptian nuclear program. About five minutes after Iran announces they have a nuke, Egypt will anounce they have one, too. His job hasn't been to actually stop proliferation, but to cover for it. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-02-19 22:00 |
| #8 he needs the Gerald Bull treatment |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-19 18:28 |
| #7 Make that first use either directly or indirectly (i.e. via Ham-Ass and other terrorist organizations). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-02-19 18:05 |
| #6 The US response to this should be an official declaration that any first use in the region would result in the complete sterilization of all lifeforms in the offending country by airburst neutron bombs, followed by all lands, properties, and goods being given to the nation attacked. And, it should be noted in the same breath, that by declaring this, in NO way means that the US will tolerate proliferation, development, or possession of nuclear weapons by hostile powers in the region. This amounts to a national death penalty for using nuclear weapons, even if they don't make it to their target, which should also be emphasized. Ergo, if Iran attacks Israel, Iran become part of "greater Israel", henceforth. Israel may choose to sell off parts of it if it chooses. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-02-19 17:44 |
| #5 This should be posted in Rantburg's WTF Has This Guy Been Smoking? category. ElBaradei should take his Dynamit Nobel prize money and go home and live a comfortable life in retirement. Iran has stated that it will wipe Israel off the map. It has a program that is made for nuclear weapons. You do not negotiate with people like that. You project power upon them. That is how you negotiate with the MMs. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-02-19 16:54 |
| #4 It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Baradei's role is to slow roll the West into Arab control of nukes. |
| Posted by: too true 2006-02-19 16:48 |
| #3 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060219/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_compromise_dc |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-02-19 16:47 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-02-19 16:47 |
| #1 Oops |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-02-19 16:45 |