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IAEA: No proof of secret Iran plan ... no, really, none at all ... honest! |
2004-09-02 |
From CNN State Department Correspondent Andrea Koppel Wednesday, September 1, 2004 Posted: 2:38 PM EDT (1838 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.N. atomic watchdog agency says weapons inspectors have not uncovered evidence to support accusations that Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program. However, this article also fails to uncover a scintilla of evidence that the IAEA is anything other than a sock puppet for Islamic nations seeking to build nuclear weapons. However, a U.S. State Department official said the Bush administration still intends to work toward referring the matter to the U.N. Security Council for possible punitive action. A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency accepts that Iran may not have produced HEU (highly enriched uranium), a key ingredient needed to produce nuclear weapons. HEU contamination had been found at the Kalaye Electric Company and at the Natanz In other news: Recent scientific analysis of lunar soil samples revealed high concentrations of green cheese. Iran has maintained that the source of the contamination was not domestically produced HEU but rather imported equipment -- specifically centrifuge equipment it said it purchased from Pakistan in the 1990s But the State Department official told CNN the picture is murkier than the IAEA report indicates, noting "there are too many pieces to explain it away as a peaceful program." "We view with great concern the IAEA report that Iran is about to convert 37 tons of 'yellowcake' uranium into uranium hexaflouride gas, as well as Iran's recent announcement that it intends to test its gas centrifuge cascade," said Undersecretary of State for Arms Control John Bolton in a written statement to CNN. "Iran's announcements are further strong evidence of the compelling need to take Iran's nuclear program But, considering the tone and text of Wednesday's report, it appears unlikely the Bush administration will find support among the IAEA's 35-member body to refer the matter to the United Nations this month to consider imposing sanctions against Iran In particular, the report cited the appearance of low enriched uranium on domestically produced components in various locations in Iran and said it would "continue with its efforts to understand the source." A second matter of concern to IAEA inspectors is the extent of Iran's efforts to acquire and use centrifuges of the P-1 and P-2 design, which could be used to produce nuclear weapons fuel. A Western diplomat told CNN that IAEA inspectors believe they got a "very good fix The report implies that its year-long Iran then handed out free copies of "Selling Major Suspension Bridges for Fun and Profit," "Florida Real Estate and Your Future," plus bonus editions of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." |
Posted by:Zenster |
#4 Let this be a lesson to you, Sock Puppet of Doom. Without the ever-vital Sock Puppet™, your otherwise unsubstantiated claims of identity are nothing more than the mouthless mutters of a summer's breeze. |
Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-02 3:43:40 PM |
#3 The Oh will miracles ever cease?, Of course they haven't found any evidence its the UN fer cryin' out loud, they aren't looking and they aren't about to start. |
Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-09-02 10:43:26 AM |
#2 I think he's pissed, McClane! |
Posted by: Zeus Carver 2004-09-02 10:34:08 AM |
#1 The IAEA sock puppets? I am gonna sue! Get me a trial lawyer on the phone right now @$% &*#$ it! You can't insult the Sock Puppet of Doom like that you UN "chain dogs!" |
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-02 7:07:49 AM |