Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Even France finds IAEA to be disingenuous about Iran.

UN Nuclear Agency Said to Be in "Stalemate" with Iran - Robert F. Worth
The head of the UN nuclear oversight agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, said Monday that his organization was in a "stalemate" with Iran over its nuclear program. He said Iran had not stopped enriching uranium or answered lingering questions about its nuclear program and urged Iran to "respond positively to the recent U.S. initiative" on a dialogue about nuclear issues. ElBaradei made clear that Iran had not complied with many of the agency's requests. Separately, he criticized Syria for refusing to disclose information about a suspected nuclear site bombed by Israel in 2007. (New York Times)
France Claims ElBaradei Left Out Evidence of Iran Bomb - Catherine Philp
France said IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei's latest report on Iran's nuclear program omitted evidence that the agency had been given about an alleged covert weaponization plan. Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, said that France had attended a technical briefing that addressed evidence that Iran may be building an atom bomb and was surprised to find it missing from the report. "In the annexes there are specifically elements which enable us to ask about the reality of an atomic bomb," he said. "There are issues of warheads, of transport." (Times-UK)

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