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| Iran to continue EU talks, no uranium enrichment (of course not) |
| 2005-07-31 |
| Iran said on Sunday it would not resume uranium enrichment and would continue talks with the European Union. But it said it would resume limited uranium conversion if the EU did not submit proposals by later on Sunday on a dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme. More Rope-a-Dope©. The EU -- represented by Britain, France and Germany -- is due to offer Iran a limited package of economic and political incentives to give up work that the United States suspects is a veil for efforts to build a nuclear bomb. In return, the EU wants Iran to agree to maintain indefinitely its suspension of uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel reprocessing and related activities. Of course, the EU will trust your word... Iran has said the parties originally agreed on an August 1 deadline for submission of the proposals, but that ambassadors for the EU's so-called "Big Three" had asked for this to be extended by six days. Tehran said it rejected any delay. "We will continue our talks with the EU. Iran will not resume uranium enrichment," Ali Aghamohammadi, a spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council, told Reuters. "If you please me, I will be nice. Yes, right there, good. If you fail to please me, Allan will shake the ground under your feet! And melt it, er, I mean... "The Europeans have until 1700 (local time) today to submit their proposals." "Or we will, um do some stuff!" If the EU did not submit its proposals the "only activity we will resume is to lift part of the uranium conversion facility at Isfahan and it will be only limited activities", he said. "Promise, heh." The plant in the central city of Isfahan takes processed uranium ore, mined in Iran's central desert, and turns it into uranium hexafluoride gas. This gas can be pumped into centrifuges that spin at supersonic speed to enrich the uranium. Nukies 101. It was not clear whether Iran, which says its nuclear programme is only for power generation, was using a tough stance over a matter of a few days to put pressure on the EU. No, no, Rooters, of course not. They're peaceful Mad Mullahs, major players in the Religion of Peace©. Perish the thought. Diplomats in the EU's "Big Three" countries said they were not aware the bloc had committed itself firmly to August 1. They said there had been an agreement at talks with Iran in Geneva last May that the EU would submit proposals by the end of July or "early August". Waiting until August 7 would allow the EU to present its offer after the inauguration of Iran's new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on August 3. "Um, did we say that? You, Nigel? Franz? How about you, Michele? Mebbe it was Boris, but he's not 'sposed to count." Regardless of the date, diplomats have expressed little optimism a deal can be done. EU diplomats say the European offer is predicated on Iran agreeing to maintain indefinitely its suspension of uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel reprocessing and related activities. If it does not do so, they have threatened to back U.S. demands to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. "If you don't make this deal you won't keep, well, um, we'll turn loose the Bad Dog. Y'know, the one with teeth. Then you'll be sorry!" Rooters. Tools. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #3 Word up, PD, Word. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-07-31 19:58 |
| #2 "Nevertheless the EU's position has persisted effectively so far. The EU is still impeding and fracturing Iran's position." Simple question - how do you know? Relying on MSM reporting - which is merely repeating the Mad Mullahs' statements, or IAEA reports - which has been denied access to several sites and only intermittent access to a few of their own list of "sites of interest"? In fact, you have no earthly idea if the EU "negotiations", which are an effort to bribe the Mad Mullahs with goodies for unverifiable cooperation, is going anywhere. The IAEA is utterly ineffective in any situation where the country does not wish to voluntarily cooperate. The Mad Mullahs are doing exactly what they want - a full push, with no breaks, to develop nukes. Period. Full Stop. The E3 and IAEA are repeating the ineffective hand-wringing diplo-dance show we saw in Bosnia and elsewhere. It all comes down to: What do they need nuclear power plants for? If you believe the MM's, then your gullibility factor exceeds your intelligence factor by a wide margin. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-31 19:46 |
| #1 You might eventually be right, .com, that the EU will not persist effectively in this dispute with Iran. Many factors -- economic, political, and social -- work to weaken and disintegrate the EU's position. Nevertheless the EU's position has persisted effectively so far. The EU is still impeding and fracturing Iran's position. I think the EU is motivated by 1) genuinely strong feelings opposing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and 2) a determination to prove that it can prevail over Iran in this dispute using only diplomatic and economic (non-military) methods. I still think that the EU will prevail and that Iran will yield. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2005-07-31 17:53 |