Iran: Attack fears spurred nuclear block

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Iran: Attack fears spurred nuclear block

By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer
32 minutes ago

VIENNA, Austria - Iran, in a confidential letter posted Friday on an internal
Web site of the U.N. nuclear monitor, said its fear of attack from the U.S.
and Israel prompted its decision to withhold information from the agency.

In the letter, Iran said the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency had
repeatedly allowed confidential information crucial to the country's security
to be leaked.

The IAEA, in response, urged Iran to reconsider, saying the decision would
be in defiance of the monitor's 35-nation board. Both the Iranian document
and the confidential IAEA response were made available to The Associated
Press.

The exchange reflected heightened tensions between Iran and the Vienna-
based IAEA arising from the country's refusal to heed the U.N. Security
Council and freeze uranium enrichment and the council's decision earlier
this week to increase sanctions in response to the Islamic republic's nuclear
defiance.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nuclear_iran

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Source: Reuters

IAEA pushes Iran to accept cameras at key atom site

By Mark Heinrich
Fri Mar 30, 5:01 AM ET

VIENNA (Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency is pushing Iran
to agree to cameras in its underground nuclear plant within days and Western
states are mulling whether to seek a crisis IAEA meeting if Tehran refuses,
diplomats said.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070330/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_iaea_dc_2

[Kagemusha]

1. As much as I totally believe there's been leaks and spying here...

the only way this information could be so critical to national security is if it involves Iran trying to make nuclear weapons. Otherwise, it would merely be "important" or "classified".

Can't trust any of 'em. And trust is besides the point anyway: the bottom line is war or no war.