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Iran

Cleric says Iran not lying about nuclear programme

2003-07-26

TEHRAN: A senior Iranian cleric on Friday insisted Tehran was not lying when it said its nuclear programme was peaceful

"Trust us..."

and said allowing UN inspectors to carry out tighter inspections in Iran would be âhumiliatingâ.

"We just couldn't stand it. That's the only reason we're being truculent..."

International concern about Iranâs nuclear ambitions has prompted calls from Washington, the European Union, Russia, Japan and others for Tehran to sign up to more intrusive, short-notice checks of its nuclear facilities by inspectors. Iranâs government, while insisting its nuclear programme is merely aimed at generating electricity, has agreed to study the possibility of tougher inspections. But hardliners in the country have said they are fiercely opposed.

That's only one of the reasons they call 'em hard-liners...

âThey want to come to our country and search every hole and everywhere, which would be humiliating and insulting for our country,â Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani, told worshippers at Friday Prayers in Tehran. âThey want to put the country at their mercy,â the cleric, who is a member of the conservative-leaning arbitration body the Expediency Council, said in a sermon broadcast live on state radio.

Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#5 Frank G - I suddenly had Slim Pickens and Mineshaft Gaps pop into my head and well, you can see the mess that made of everything. For now, I'm blaming the use of the word truculent. That's a pretty evocative word, I think. Peshawar. Don't you? Peshawar. Prolly triggered a hidden, uh, trigger thing in my Peshawar brain. It's my story and Peshawar I'm sticking to it. I wonder if there are any Peshawar Bio-Anti-TSR treatments available... other Peshawar than shock thereapy, I mean, Peshawar. Dot com. (blink, blink) Reset.

Posted by: PD 2003-7-26 9:24:10 AM

#4 keyboard alert would be appropriate PD - thx ;-)

Posted by: Frank G 2003-7-26 8:10:46 AM

#3 Open Letter to the Eye-Ranian Turban Guys:

"Y'know this isn't fair. I mean, well, shit Mr Ayatollah, sir, it's just so darned easy to humiliate and insult Islam! I mean, uh, well sir, what I mean to say is that it's just about the most target-rich form of tomfoolery ever invented by man to survive more 'n, say, 10 or 20 minutes. If you folks in the black hats wuzn't such obvious total losers and self-serving asshats, with yer holier-than-thou ~~asses~~ status quo to protect, not to mention them fancy e-lectronic bank accounts you folks are filling up over in SwissLand nowadays, well hell, any sensible fella woulda tossed this 'slam turd in the crapper 10 or 12 centuries ago. Me 'n the Mrs talked about it last night - and cain't fer the life of us figger out how you fools lasted this long. Sheee-it. Must be a whole mess of mo-rons where yew come from. And talk about mercy, well Hells' bells, boy, you're still breathing ain'cha? Get a grip, whydoncha? If'n we were half as merciless as you Muslim types, your whole friggin' country would be glowin' in the dark, by now. So lighten up with all the skeery talk and pretendin' to be tough - and let them nice boys from the UN thing c'mon in and do their jobs. Yew startin' to sound zactly like them idiot NorKy guys I'm tasked to erase sometime in the next few (deleted). Shit. We kin save some gas and do ya both on the same run. Our Buffs kin carry a shitload of ordnance, y'know. So I'm jes telling ya to cool yer jets and keep yer pants on. Oh, fergot. Yew don't wear pants. Hell, maybe that's the problem. Hey, I dunno and it's no sweat off my nuts, either way, son. Yewr choice."

-Col. Billy Bob Latimer, Wing Commander, SAC

Posted by: PD 2003-7-26 7:54:06 AM

#2 "They want to come to our country and search every hole...which would be humiliating..."

I'm sure that sounds waaay different in Farsi (or whatever language they speak in Iran). Nonetheless, I agree, it would be humiliating.

Posted by: Rafael 2003-7-26 7:50:11 AM

#1 Ummmm, that last paragraph is confusing. Is Kashami bitching about airport security?

Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-7-26 2:14:45 AM

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