Iran will not comply with UN tomorrow.

DuH2 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-20-2007, 11:27 PM

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The tension over Iran's nuclear programme is increasing, with the expiry on Wednesday of a Security Council deadline for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment.

At the same time, the BBC has reported that the United States has drawn up plans for an attack on Iran to cover two contingencies - the confirmed development of nuclear weapons by Iran, or backing by Iran for a major attack on US troops in Iraq.

The first contingency is full of uncertainties. Iran says it is simply exercising its right to provide fuel to make nuclear energy and that it has no intention of building a bomb.

The problem is that the same technology used to make fuel for nuclear power can then be developed to make fuel for a nuclear explosion.

So how can Iran's intentions be judged?

The UN Security Council has demanded that Iran halt its activities in order to allow for negotiations. Iran has been offered civilian nuclear technology for power if it gives up enrichment of fuel itself. The council has imposed sanctions designed to limit Iran's access to nuclear technology.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that there can be no pre-conditions for talks. Indeed, he has proposed that Western governments suspend enrichment themselves before any talks.

The signs are, therefore, that Iran will not comply with the Security Council demands and that therefore further sanctions will be considered. The US will press for them. Russia and China will question them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6379611.stm

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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammed elBaradei, is expected to report to the UN Security Council on Wednesday that Tehran has defied a 60-day deadline to suspend uranium enrichment - opening the way for tougher international sanctions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6380879.stm

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EU gloom over Iran nuclear work

Iran says it wants nuclear power, not nuclear weapons
An EU internal paper has admitted that Iran will one day have enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb.
The paper also says UN pressure has not helped to slow down Iran's nuclear programme, and that economic sanctions alone will not resolve the problem.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6357305.stm

But hey I have an idea lets play games with them...lets buy into their stupid "its for power" excuse and believe the Far lefty rhetoric that their former "REAL ENEMY" is now notign but apeacelovign wonderland and that the real evil in the world is the USA and of course the JEW.

DuH2 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 02:18 AM

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Iran 'swiftly seeks nuclear goal'

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Iran will try to achieve nuclear capability as soon as possible.
His comments, reported by Iran's Isna news agency, come as a UN deadline for Iran to freeze its uranium enrichment programme expires.

For the first time, a political party in Iran has called on Mr Ahmadinejad to accept the UN's demands.

Iran denies Western claims that it is seeking nuclear weapons, saying its programme is for purely peaceful ends.

A UN resolution, adopted on 23 December 2006, imposed sanctions against Iran's nuclear and missiles programmes and opened the way for further measures if it failed to halt uranium enrichment within two months.

Following the deadline's expiry on Wednesday, the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog is expected to report that Iran has defied a 60-day ultimatum to suspend the activity.

Last year Iran resumed uranium enrichment - a process that can make fuel for power stations or, if greatly enriched, material for a nuclear bomb.

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greatamerican128 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 12:19 PM

Eventually someone has to give them a real punch for not complying, and there couldn't be a better date than tommorow.

Johnderondon · #4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by greatamerican128";p=&quot

Eventually someone has to give them a real punch for not complying....

I rarely hear an American citing non-compliance with UN resolutions as a reason to 'thump' Israel.

Tedminator · #5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 12:45 PM

But yet it is still ok for Russia to be selling nuclear power equipment to Iran.

This is all very confusing.. why aren't the Russians being pressured to stop?

superbadbrutha · #6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tedminator";p=&quot

But yet it is still ok for Russia to be selling nuclear power equipment to Iran.

This is all very confusing.. why aren't the Russians being pressured to stop?

Who are they getting it from?

Why is there no public pressure being put on them?

Peace.

Tedminator · #7 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by superbadbrutha";p=&quot

Why is there no public pressure being put on them?

Public, private, goverment.. something. This is the sort of thing governments should be making deals over.

Mack · #8 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 01:30 PM

It's the oil stupid.

We bend over for the Saudis because we get their oil while the French, Russians and Chinese are suckling at the proverbial teats of the Iranians.

nosider · #9 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 01:32 PM

There is not much that can be done to stop another conflict in the Middle East. It seems to me that both sides are pushing for war.

So what can be done to defuse a bomb if a match is lit from inside and from outside of it? This event seems to be inevitable, unless Iran is somehow convinced to give up its power/weapons program by tomorrow.

Who knows, though, for one can never be fully certain of what tomorrow brings.

Tedminator · #10 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mack";p=&quot

It's the oil stupid.

We bend over for the Saudis because we get their oil while the French, Russians and Chinese are suckling at the proverbial teats of the Iranians.

In that case, we're doooomed. If the USA has so little political leverage over France China and Russia, then our goverments have failed us.

The Brazilians achieved their energy independence in ten years using methanol. We shoulda invested all those trillion$ into alternate fuel source years ago instead of trying to secure oil fields in the ME.

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