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January 16, 2006

UN Director General Puts His Foot Down.

See it, Itâ€™s coming down! Hold on... ...Here it comes. Wait for it,.....almost there. The UN official in charge of nuclear inspections under the Non Proliferation Treaty will declare Iran â€œout of complianceâ€ on March 6th.

Mohammed ElBaradei, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency Via Telegraph UK : "We are coming to the litmus test in the next few weeks," he said in an interview in Newsweek magazine.
"Diplomacy has to be backed by pressure and, in extreme cases, by force," he said. "We have rules. We have to do everything possible to uphold the rules through conviction. If not, then you impose them. Of course, this has to be the last resort, but sometimes you have to do it."
He gave Iran seven weeks to answer the IAEA's outstanding questions - including intelligence reports of secret work on nuclear warheads.
If Iran did not comply by March 6, Mr ElBaradei said he would formally declare that his investigation had reached a dead end.

Huh, â€œDead End?â€. Who would have thought? Reports that if Iran does not comply it will, "Be grounded and sent to bed without supper for a whole year!", were unconfirmed.

Posted by: Howie at 08:25 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 Hey I know, why don't we try inspections, followed by threats of sternly worded letters? I hear the same approach worked really well with Hitler...

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at January 16, 2006 11:05 PM (0yYS2)

2 "If Iran did not comply by March 6,..."

Of what year?

Posted by: Oyster at January 17, 2006 05:47 AM (YudAC)

3 March 6th?? Doesn't Bolten(US) have the revolving chairman seat in Feb.? Do we still have it in March? This sounds like it is being timed so we can't control the proceedings by being the Chairman on Security council. Who is the Chairman seat going to in March? China? Russia? Seems like more pandering to the Iranians to me. I know everyone is saying that Iran may have nukes in 2 yrs at current pace, but will they not have nuclear material that could be used in a terrorist dirty bomb before then? What better way to strike back at the west.

Posted by: legacypt at January 17, 2006 09:32 AM (7KYmz)

4 I would say they already can make a dirty bomb. Cesium(sp) is common in medicine and you don't need enriched uranium or plutonioum just plain u235 will do for a dirty bomb.

Posted by: Howie at January 17, 2006 09:36 AM (D3+20)

5 I'll be dusting off my Blue Helmet - if I can find it. did "procure" one once as a souvenir - hope the dumbass who lost it didn't have to pay for it (not).

Posted by: hondo at January 17, 2006 12:40 PM (3aakz)

6 FOUND IT!

Damn! Its all funky with crud and fungus from the basement! Oh well - guess the UN will have to now extend the deadline a few years till I get a new helmet!

Posted by: hondo at January 17, 2006 11:54 PM (3aakz)

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