Bush Administration invites ElBaradei 'to stay out of diplomacy with Tehran.'

[seafan]

Who is going to stop The Fools On The Hill?


Mon October 29, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Monday brushed aside the UN nuclear watchdog agency chief's warning that there was no proof Iran seeks atomic weapons, and invited him to stay out of diplomacy with Tehran.

Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told CNN Sunday that he had no evidence Iran was building nuclear weapons and accused US leaders of adding "fuel to the fire" with their warlike rhetoric.

"He will say what he will. He is the head of a technical agency," US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. "I think we can handle diplomacy on this one."

"We appreciate the work that the IAEA is performing but it is the member states of the international community that are going to be responsible of the diplomacy with respect to Iran and its nuclear program," said McCormack.

At the White House, spokeswoman Dana Perino said there was no doubt about Iran's plans because "this is a country that is enriching and reprocessing uranium and the reason that one does that is to lead towards a nuclear weapon."

Uranium enrichment and reprocessing produces fuel for nuclear reactors, but can also be a key step to creating the core of an atomic bomb. Iran says it wants a civilian energy program, not an atomic arsenal.

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Oooops, but Spinderella got to whirling 'round so fast, somebody had to *clarify* for her....

Asked whether any country enriching uranium seeks nuclear weapons, US National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe clarified Perino's remarks.

"I would say that we're concerned about Iran doing this because they could have the capability to have a nuclear weapon. Each country is different, but obviously Dana was asked and was talking about Iran," he said.

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We are truly beyond The Looking Glass.


And at this debate tonight, these Democratic candidates had better sure-fire tell the American people that there is no eveidence of Iran having nuclear weapons and that Bush and Cheney are ramping up the con job on all of us, to support another illegal invasion, the ramifications of which will destroy our earth.

These people who hijacked our government need to be stopped. NOW.

[niyad]

1. fortunately, he doesn't answer to der chimpenfuhrer

[jpgray]

2. I guess being exactly right about Iraq and the Niger documents disqualifies him

[Spazito]

3. It certainly enrages the bush cabal that Mr. ElBaradei....

can't be silenced like others have been on Iran and, previously, on Iraq's non-existent WMDs.


How dare he publicly state the facts on Iran as he did on Iraq, it is "undiplomatic" not to mouth the lies of the bush cabal. :sarcasm: just in case it is needed.

[bdamomma]

4. this (our) regime is totally out of control.