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August 26, 2003

More evidence we invaded the wrong country

By Jim Dallas

The Guardian reports that UN inspectors have found evidence of highly-enriched weapons-grade uranium in.... Iran.

You know, the junior member of the Axis of Evil.

VIENNA, Austria (AP) - U.N. inspectors found traces of highly enriched, weapons-grade uranium at an Iranian nuclear facility, a report by the U.N. nuclear agency says. Iran said Tuesday the traces came with equipment purchased abroad decades ago.

The find heightened concerns that Tehran may be running a secret nuclear weapons program.

Agency inspectors found ``particles'' of highly enriched uranium that could be used in a weapons program at the facility at Natanz, said the report prepared for a meeting of the U.N. agency's board Sept. 8 in Vienna. Contents of the report were made known to The Associated Press by diplomats who requested anonymity.

The United States has accused Iran of developing a clandestine nuclear weapons program, violating the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty barring the spread of atomic weapons.

Iran has denied the allegations, insisting its programs are devoted only to generating electricity.

Ali-Akbar Salehi, Tehran's ambassador to the IAEA, said the equipment was ``contaminated'' with enriched uranium before it was purchased by Iran.

Salehi told AP the equipment in question was ``brought many years ago from intermediaries'' and so it was impossible to name the countries of origin.

Iran strongly insists it doesn't have a nuclear program.

Posted by Jim Dallas at August 26, 2003 04:35 PM | TrackBack

Comments

Have faith, their comeuppance will come soon

Posted by: Josh at August 26, 2003 06:21 PM

Yep, there's a revolution brewing there, and no it probably wouldn't happen were it not for us destroying Saddam's regime.

Posted by: TX Pundit at August 26, 2003 10:51 PM

As of today (Tuesday) the number of American troops who have died in Iraq since Dubya declared the Iraq War over has exceeded the number who died during the "official" conflict.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/27/international/worldspecial/27IRAQ.html

In March the pretext for invading Iraq was that the Iraqi régime possessed "weapons of mass destruction". Since none have been found, the administration has doctored its rhetoric to describe more amorphous "weapons programs" as our excuse for régime change.

Posted by: Tim Z at August 26, 2003 11:15 PM

No, but they should be next. A few guided bombs directed at certain nuclear facilities in a fashion the Israelis did to the Iraqi's should solve the problem for a decade. What do we have to lose....they might hate us? they might send arms to our enemies? they might support terrorism? They are already doing all of the above. It is in our interest not to invade Tehran, but it is in our interest to surgically end their gains toward a nuclear weapon.

Posted by: don at August 27, 2003 03:46 AM

Correction: you can now add two more dead Americans to the post-victory speech totals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/27/international/27CND-Iraq.html

Did somebody say "flight deck"? Here's something no Democrat will want to be without. ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3184709.stm

Posted by: Tim Z at August 27, 2003 08:01 AM

Bush is asking Congress for more money for nuclear weapons -- yet he finds the possession of nuclear weapons by OTHERS to be good reason to have a war. The old "don't do as I do, do as I say" routine.

I pray and pray and pray and pray that the U.S. people and U.S. power will grow up enough to realize that the REAL "superpower" is that which is mature enough to SET A GOOD EXAMPLE with proactive steps that help humanity and this great country rather than bombing, killing and maiming, and feeding the military and rich elite rather than the starving masses.

War is serial murder. (I heard recently that 70% of serial killers actually do vote Republican. Doesn't surprise me.)

Posted by: Austin Wisewoman at September 4, 2003 06:34 AM
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