Iran Reaffirms Nuclear Treaty Commitment

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran reaffirmed its commitment to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty on Sunday, a day after its hard-line president implied Tehran was considering withdrawing from the pact after being reported to the U.N. Security Council.


The declaration by the Iranian Foreign Ministry came as inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog arrived in the Islamic republic over the weekend to evaluate what controls remained on nuclear sites and equipment after Tehran reduced the agency's monitoring power to a minimum, diplomats said.

A diplomat told The Associated Press Saturday that some seals and cameras had been removed within the last few days, suggesting that happened without IAEA supervision. But others familiar with the probe said Sunday they doubted the Iranians would make such a move before the arrival of the inspectors.

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Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi urged a peaceful solution to the dispute over his country's nuclear program.

"We are still committed to the provisions of the NPT. But we can't accept its use as a (political) instrument. We will cooperate in the treaty and the safeguards' framework," Asefi said at a weekly news conference.

[stepnw1f]

1. They Have Every Right to Have Nuclear Power Plants

This is because WE can have them. That's how a Democracy works. We have the UN.

[LynnTheDem]

8. They have every legal right because the NNPT says they do.

Of course bushica thinks laws and treaties are "quaint".

[bemildred]

2. It's almost like they know the "good cop, bad cop" routine. Heh.

This is going to really upset Dolton at the UN.
"I am the great Cornholio!"
:rofl::rofl:

[SpiralHawk]

3. Condi's knickers will be twisted

This will send a shiver from the spike tip of her stiletto boots, to the globby knot of Infernal Molecules circulating above her crown.

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[SpiralHawk]

5. You are absolutely right

Since we are faced with nuclear annihilation, we should ban Black Humor immediately and absolutely.

Let's run this proposed ban up the BushCo flagpole, and see if they click their heels and give a "classy" stiff-arm salute.

Black humor is evil. Black humor promotes terrorism. Black humor brings on nuclear annihilation and Armageddon. Outlaw it now.

[rastaman]

6. LOL

LOL LOL

[leftchick]

16. LOL!

you bad SH! :)

[rastaman]

7. Dont know why it was deleted so...

I'll post it again

Do you want to live in a world where islamic radicals have thier fingers on a nuclear weapon? Its as if you think we are living
in a seperate country. Things around the world could deteriorate very quickly as this situation escalates. And it wont just affect "condis"
stihletto boots. All that we know and have will be very very different as the possiblity of a full scaled conflict between thed west and iran
draws ever closer. With China on the outside waiting like a vulture to take advantage of US distraction, Russian autocrats longing for
the glory days of the old empire and western Europe with their typical genicidal tendencies plus gathering a storm of anti muslim fervor.
There is so much going on here while for many fools it is about insulting and ridiculing the idiot in charge.This is so much bigger than
Bush, Rice, Cheney and their minions. They have less than three years left in office The United States has forever.
Think about it...

[tatertop]

10. Are you apologizing for Bush and the criminal thug Repukes?

They are of course at fault.
If not, then whom?

[rastaman]

23. How is it their fault...

Iran announced it was their right to have nukes in 1980. I think bush was still driving drunk with nostrils filled with cocaine back then. This, by the way, is not to absolve them of some responsibilty for the current world situation but an illustration of how deep this actally is and the fact that they may be in over their heads. Iran may have accelerated their plans because of this administrations aggressive stance but we would be in the same situation a few years from now regardless.

One major question here, is what will be the response of Chinese who signed a major oil deal with Iran one or two years ago? Wars are in many ways about resources and a pentagon study released a few years ago suggested that lack of energy supplies would create the most unstable global relationships in the very near future and possibly lead to worldwide conflicts. Hugo Chavez visited Iran recently. What deal did they strike? What Putins angle? I think his invitation to hamas should be instructive on his duplicity. Plus Russia generally cannot be trusted to do the right thing in anyway.

Syria has made an ememy of Chirac in France by assassinating Harriri, one of his close friends. Then, recently, they signed a treaty pledging some sort of nuclear solidarity with Iran. What is that about? France announced a new nuclear policy two weeks ago saying they would use nuclear weapons against any country that sponsered terrorist activity within France. How this was not given more coverage is beyond me. This is huge, and quite frankly I dont think this administration with its myopic foreign policy is up to the task of shaping a more secure world.

[sarcasmo]

11. Them having less than three years? Three years is enough for these ASSHATS

to further destroy this once great country.

[bemildred]

13. Sir, the fuckwits running Iran are no better or worse than the fuckwits

running the USA. I have been living all of my life (almost exactly) with the fuckwits running the USA having their finger on the trigger of nuclear weapons, and apparently no sense of responsibility or measure or restraint about the use of such weapons. I spent my grade school years kissing my ass on command in "civil defense" drills, and if you think you can scare me with the idea of Iran having a nuke or two, it is you that are ignorant and not I.

[Zhade]

19. Good points. When did the average American become so cowardly?

I for one don't think the average American is really that scared.

I think we're supposed to think they are, though.

[leftchick]

24. bravo!

:applause:

[Zhade]

18. Just how stupid do you think the Iranian government is?

Do you really think they're suicidal?

I don't. Most educated people, if they take five seconds to realize that an Iranian attack = no more Iran, understand that.

[rastaman]

22. As a matter of fact

I do. Listen to what Ahmadinthehead says. I think we should take him very seriously. Before WWII Hitler wrote mein kamph, no one took him seriously and 15 years later 60 million people were dead. I have this strange idea that people actually mean what they say.

[LynnTheDem]

9. Condi, aka The Devil's Handmaiden,

is an idiot of the first order.

[The Stranger]

12. Why hasn't the warmongering media (and, it would appear, some on DU LBN)

noticed this?

Hate-filled rhetoric, well-placed riot-causing cartoons, and war plans.

escalate: To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf.

:think:

[Wordie]

14. Good question. The threads of warnings about Iran's nukes proliferate,

while this one has seemed to languish. And this is despite even many Israeli experts saying that Iran is still years away from nuclear capability. So, even presuming that is what the Iranians really want, what is the goal of all the rabble rousing about Iran, I wonder.

Note that I also think that much of the rhetoric coming out of Iran sounds truly insane according to the many reports, but who knows what's really going on!

Recommended.

[Wordie]

15. So a different POV might be available to DUers, please recommend this!

[Zhade]

17. K/R to annoy those who would rather scream about the Iranian "threat".

Hey, guys?

You're WRONG. And you've been wrong all along. Sure, nukes are bad. Iran's government sucks. But they ain't suicidal. They ain't a threat to us.

They WILL be, however, if we push them to the brink by attacking their country. And they'd have a right to retaliate.

Anyone want to support the position that would force them to have to admit that IRAN has a right to attack us following a 'preventative' strike? I sure don't want to be in that position!

[Wordie]

20. Another kick and an appeal for just one more recommendation...

This has 4 now, and only needs one more to reach the Greatest page, where many more can see it.

[stlsaxman]

21. Morning Kick!

This is too damned important to let sink...

:kick: