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| Iran wants nuclear talks with U.S. |
| 2007-02-22 |
| Despite a Security Council deadline, Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States but did not budge on UN demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions. Amid Iran’s nuclear defiance, the UN nuclear watchdog finalized a report to be released Thursday that is expected to formally confirm the Islamic republic’s refusal to freeze enrichment — a conclusion that could subject it to tougher UN sanctions. Officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency said the report by Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the Vienna-based UN agency, would say Iran has expanded enrichment efforts instead of freezing them. Once released, the report will be sent to the agency’s 35-country board and to the Security Council, which set a deadline of Wednesday for a freeze and said Iranian defiance could lead to sanctions in addition to those imposed in December. In remarks directed at Washington, the key backer of tougher UN action, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday the dispute “has to be decided peacefully with the United States.” But other top Iranian officials used harsher language and none showed signs of compromise on the main demand of the U.S. and other world powers — a halt to enrichment and related activities. “The enemy is making a big mistake if it thinks it can thwart the will of the Iranian nation to achieve the peaceful use of nuclear technology,” Iranian state TV’s website quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying. On Tuesday, he said Iran was ready to halt its enrichment program, but only if western countries do the same. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 darn it.....whole.... |
| Posted by: JustAboutEnough 2007-02-22 23:01 |
| #8 The rumor today that affected Wall Street was based on the Iranian refusal to meet the nuclear reporting conditions established for them by the international community through the UN. The flagrant disregard was intended to send the "strong horse" message to the muslim world. The request to talk was then sent back to the West as an effort buy yet more time from the gullible idiots in the West who desperately don't want to face this menace. The clock ticks and the danger grows day by day. The WMD threashold crossed in Iraq that so many RBers have already commented about today is the clear signature of where this is going to end. The West is cowed, and the irnians have 30+ years of successes convincing them that the we will never react. Cowardice and sloth begets tragedy, a lesson we are doomed to learn again. I for one no longer feel confident we will emerge from this hole or even healthy. |
| Posted by: JustAboutEnough 2007-02-22 23:00 |
| #7 |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-02-22 22:42 |
| #6 Just tell them our site surveys of target cities is over fifty years out of date and thank them for providing the opportunity to get more current data. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-02-22 19:45 |
| #5 Anyone with half a braincell knows this is a ploy to waste more time so that their nuclear work is up and running!"!!! An attack is needed by the summer!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-02-22 13:01 |
| #4 Less jaw jaw. More war war. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-02-22 09:45 |
| #3 We got all we're gonna get from the Euro-weenies, time to talk to Edwards, Pelosi, Durbin, and Murtha. |
| Posted by: Mackkkkkmooood Ima-dinner-jacket 2007-02-22 06:18 |
| #2 Talk? They love talk! How about action? |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-02-22 04:19 |
| #1 Waste no more time talking with these deceitful fools. |
| Posted by: DanNY 2007-02-22 00:27 |