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Funny that this article hasn't been translated and covered in the American press. It sort of puts a different spin on ole Hans and his search for WMDs in IRaq. ONe must ponder how meaningful his commitment was to keeping nukes out of the hands of Hussein when he was the one, who, under the auspices of the IAEA, allowed Iraq to gain nuclear capabilities.

I wonder if some of the oil for food programme dollars went his way, as well as to other key officials in this effort...and, who's paying him off now?

Catz

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I did not read the whole linked article; auto-translated German really makes my head hurt.

But isn't he right? Doesn't Iran have the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes under the nonproliferation treaty, as long as such activities are disclosed?

I'm not saying "Hey, no problem, it's fine for Iran to enrich uranium and build an Islamic Bomb." But if they do in fact have that right under the treaty, then you have to approach the problem a little differently since they're not flagrantly violating the treaty.

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I disagree. I'd suggest that the west has a vested interest in limiting nuclear proliferation.

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I agree. But all Blix is saying is that, under existing treaties (which we helped author) Iran has a right to enrich uranium. So we have to either change that treaty or find another way to restrict Iran's activities.

BTW, Sporklord fixed the URL. I'd just mess it up.

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Thanks, Spork.

However, I don't think you're representing the whole of Blix's argument, which seems to go further than just stating what the treaties say.

Catz

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Could be. Did I mention that reading auto-translated German makes my head hurt?

Since I did not have enough Tylenol nor time to read the whole thing, I was mostly responding to the title and subtitle of your thread.

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every few words, but it's still interpretable.

Catz

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Scrolling the window to read the entire post is a pain for all.

Blix is technically correct, but we all know what Iran will do once it is allowed to enrichen uranium for peaceful purposes.

BTW, The original German isn't much nicer to read either. But I did learn what was to enrichen in German a second ago, anzureichern.

I'm surprised at you. Of course we can't predict what Iran would do with enriched uranium!!! How dare we apply our Western sensibilities and moral judgements to this issue! That would be wrong, and extremely judgemental.

Shame on you.

Catz

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but it is also true that there is no international law that prevents them from doing so...