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| Iran: China Doesn't Want U.N. in Nuke Dispute |
| 2004-11-24 |
| An Iranian envoy on Wednesday said he had received Chinese support in Tehran's diplomatic campaign to block Washington from having the dispute over Iran's nuclear program referred to the U.N. Security Council. Seyed Hossein Mussavian, Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, visited Beijing on the eve of an IAEA board meeting that is to review an investigation of suspect Iranian activities. The United States contends that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons — an accusation that Tehran denies. Nope,not us. According to Mussavian, Chinese Foreign Ministry officials told him that Beijing wants to see Iran's nuclear program handled by the Vienna-based IAEA. ugh..El Baradei, couldn't find his ass with two hands. They are against referral of the Iranian issue to the Security Council," he told reporters. Iran could face sanctions if the investigation is turned over to the council. Kofi must be salivating at the thought of the sacks of cash that would be ripe for the picking if that ever happens. The Chinese Foreign Ministry didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the meetings with Mussavian. Are the Iranians lying maybe? But Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has said previously that Security Council involvement could hinder efforts to resolve the dispute. China is an IAEA member and holds one of five permanent Security Council seats, with power to veto U.N. actions, making it a potential key ally in any decisions about the Iranian nuclear dispute. Iran announced Monday that it had met a demand by the IAEA to freeze its uranium enrichment program. The step fell short of meeting U.S. and European demands to scrap the program permanently, but appeared likely to rob the United States of a possible reason to argue that Iran should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. The time for arguing is over, especially in front of that useless debating society. Time to lay the law down. Mussavian said the freeze is temporary and meant as a "confidence-building measure." He said Iran was prepared for "full cooperation" with inspections under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty but insisted on being allowed to carry on peaceful nuclear research. Why?, Iran is floating on a sea of oil. Mussavian denied U.S. accusations that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell repeated that claim on Tuesday, pointing to Tehran's development of long-range missiles that he said would be of little use without atomic warheads. "Everyone knows that not only does Iran not possess any nuclear bombs Well then I guess he's stupid if he can't figure that one out. "They are supporting the mass-destruction weapons of Israel, and they have no criticism of Israelis, (who) possess hundreds of nuclear weapons and they ... have no cooperation with IAEA," he said. blah, blah, blah the Israelis have never stated they wanted to wipe you off the map either. |
| Posted by:JerseyMike |
| #4 Remember that China is also one of the major proliferators of nuclear weapons and weapons technology. While Pakistan and Khan have had direct connections to Iran's nuclear weapons program and have recently made it back into the news cycle China is probably Iran's main supplier of nuclear technology (http://www.ceip.org/programs/npp/iran.htm). China is also probably the worst proliferators and was behind much of Pakistan nuclear program as well as much of the ballistic missile technology that is being used by Pakistan, North Korea, as well as Iran. While the Khan network has been a massive mess and problem looking carefully at his network you can see that not only was Pakistan directly involved in that network so was Chine. Some have even stated that China would like a nuclear enabled Iran with strong ties to China which would further isolate India and make China the clear regional power. |
| Posted by: robi 2004-11-24 6:16:20 PM |
| #3 China Doesn’t Want U.N. in Nuke Dispute... Yeah, the incompetent and corrupt El-Baradei might accidently blow himself up, take thousands with him, and make large stretches of land uninhabitable for 50,000 years. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-11-24 12:24:13 PM |
| #2 Well, that settles things doesn't it. If the big red machine doesn't want the UNSC to be involved, os be it. Pay no attention to the big commerical and oil deals China has established with Iran. Surely, those interests had no bearing, right? |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-11-24 11:47:18 AM |
| #1 China will veto any UNSC resolution so the UN thing is dead in the water except the talktalktalk. China gets much of its oil from Iran and is getting a strong position in Iranian oil infrastructure. A few nukes going against Israel, the EU or the US is no skin off the Chicom's fore. Really. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-24 11:35:41 AM |