France & US on same page

**Ironduke** · 10-30-2007, 05:36 AM

I like Sarko.

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IAEA findings on Iran dismissed

France and the US have dismissed a finding by the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog Mohammed ElBaradei that there is no evidence of Iran building a bomb.

French Defence Minister Herve Morin challenged Iran to allow UN inspectors unlimited access to sites.

A White House spokeswoman said Iran was "enriching and reprocessing uranium, and the reason that one does that is to lead towards a nuclear weapon".

Mr ElBaradei said on Sunday that Tehran was years away from developing a bomb.

Iran denies it is seeking to build nuclear weapons and says it wants only civilian nuclear energy.

Its refusal to stop enriching uranium - a process which can lead to a nuclear bomb - has led the UN Security Council to impose two sets of sanctions, which the US has followed up with unilateral penalties of its own.

French scepticism

"Our information, which is backed up by other countries, is contrary [to Mr ElBaradei's comments]," Mr Morin told reporters on a visit to Abu Dhabi.

"If... ElBaradei is right then there is no reason that Iran stops ElBaradei and the IAEA [the UN nuclear watchdog] from carrying out inspections.

"If [the nuclear programme] is only civil what would be the reason to stop international inspections?"

The IAEA has some access to Iranian nuclear facilities but Tehran's refusal to allow intrusive inspections means the UN cannot verify the absence of undeclared nuclear material.

The US Ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, said on Monday that Washington saw "no indication" Iran was moving towards suspending uranium enrichment.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | IAEA findings on Iran dismissed

Dreadnought · 10-30-2007, 13:00 PM

IMO,France's new president is a breath of fresh air to the U.S. He seems like a pretty good guy who would like to renew ties with us. I was glad to see his stop his interview with cbs when they fired the cheap shots about his divorce which surely were not in the brief he was given before hand.

Bravo Sir, gentlemenly standards still do exist and I respect you for it.

Bella · 10-31-2007, 01:18 AM

What I don't understand is, If Iran is not building nuclear weapons, then why don't they just let the U.N. inspectors poke around to prove them right.
Also, if ElBaradei says that there is no evidence that Iran is not producing WMD's, what is he basing his findings over? Anyone can say that from a distance. This whole thing is B.S. If everyone followed ElBaradei's conclusions, Iran will have a Nuke in a few years.

Dreadnought · 10-31-2007, 13:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Bella

What I don't understand is, If Iran is not building nuclear weapons, then why don't they just let the U.N. inspectors poke around to prove them right.
Also, if ElBaradei says that there is no evidence that Iran is not producing WMD's, what is he basing his findings over? Anyone can say that from a distance. This whole thing is B.S. If everyone followed ElBaradei's conclusions, Iran will have a Nuke in a few years.

Thats what the entire U.N. is asking.

To be truthfull I certainly dont trust ElBaradei nor his conclusions I would rather trust foreign intelligence first and then listen to what he has to say and compare and ask him his explanation. It cant be very accurate if he cannot inspect when he wants to. IE "Quick hide this this and this person and we will tell him to come back at a later day". Yeah I d trust em.

To be truthfull as well again I would much rather see a German,Canadian,French,British head that team. Somebody that is all to well familiar with the games they play such as hide and seek. That way nobody can scream American influence. It seems the harder questions arent being asked by his team nor the hard reports being made to the U.N. about inspection denials. And thats a primary reason why countries including America are growing impatient with that regime and its games. But if/when we pull the plug we will be the bad guys once again to the U.N. So be.

smilingassassin · 10-31-2007, 13:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bella

What I don't understand is, If Iran is not building nuclear weapons, then why don't they just let the U.N. inspectors poke around to prove them right.
Also, if ElBaradei says that there is no evidence that Iran is not producing WMD's, what is he basing his findings over? Anyone can say that from a distance. This whole thing is B.S. If everyone followed ElBaradei's conclusions, Iran will have a Nuke in a few years.

Because it's painfully obvious that it is for the purpose of aquiring nuclear weapons, they've purchased plans for a bomb from AQ Khan if I'm not mistaken. They have repeatedly called for the distruction of Isreal, "they" meaning the Mad Mulahs and A-Jad. They are finatics, plain and simple and finatics can't hide their schemes if they present them to the public.

Feanor · 10-31-2007, 20:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought

IMO,France's new president is a breath of fresh air to the U.S. He seems like a pretty good guy who would like to renew ties with us. I was glad to see his stop his interview with cbs when they fired the cheap shots about his divorce which surely were not in the brief he was given before hand.

Bravo Sir, gentlemenly standards still do exist and I respect you for it.

Careful. At this rate M1's will be competing with the Leclerc for the number of reverse gears so that it can keep up with the french.

Dreadnought · 11-01-2007, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Feanor

Careful. At this rate M1's will be competing with the Leclerc for the number of reverse gears so that it can keep up with the french.

Not a chance.

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