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| Iran Nuclear Inspections 'Longer Than Usual,' Says IAEA |
| 2004-11-26 |
| Deutsche Presse-Agentur Inspections of Iran's nuclear program will take longer than usual owing to the country's former policy of concealment, said IAEA chief Mohamed El Baradei yesterday. In his opening speech to an IAEA Council of Governors meeting, he said: "The IAEA is presently not in a position to say that in Iran there are no undeclared nuclear materials and relevant activities." However, also according to the present stand of information, no declared nuclear materials had been rerouted for banned activities, said the general director, according to the text of his speech. El Baradei said progress had been made in two key areas, but they still had to be clarified. They were the origin of traces of enriched uranium which had been found in some installations, and the extent of Iranian efforts to import and use centrifuges of the P1 and P2 types. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 What, is he paid by the hour? Lol! Sometimes it seems Elbaradai forgets he is a mere appointed functionary charged with reporting the findings of a technical unit of the UN - not the voice of the UN itself. In reality, he speaks for no one and has zero credibility. His actions / inactions / obfuscations / inconsistencies / political maneuvers have assisted in the Mad Mullah rope-a-dope routine and wasted what could turn out to be extremely valuable time. His turn is coming. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-26 6:25:46 PM |