Thelasian wrote:
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Thelasian wrote:
Among the smoke-and-mirror and fear-mongering innuendo, these are some
facts about Iran's nuclear program that aren't being mentioned
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How about these new facts - sounds awfully suspiciously like Iran is
working on becoming a nuclear power, and doesn't care who - including
"Old Europe" - knows, or what UN sanctions it receives. Where have we
heard this before?
Actually, these are not "new facts" at all. And Iran is indeed working
on becoming a "nuclear power" - a civilian nuclear power. That's what
the NPT says is an "inalienable right" of countries to do.
Oh, and these facts are coming from "Old Europe", not the US. Are you
now accusing 'Old Europe' of "smoke-and mirror and fear-mongering"? Gee,
it's beginning to sound like there's multilateral support against Iran.
Again/ I am not sure what new facts you're referring to. According to
the article, Iran has demanded that Europeans provide Iran with
nuclear technology and stop impediments to Iran's acquisition of same.
That's exactly what the NPT requires of the signatory nations.

Thelasian -

I suggest you read the article I posted, which said, amungst other things:

The Iranian list, presented during talks in Paris, includes demands that
the three European powers:
- Support Iran's insistence its nuclear program have access to "advanced
technology, including those with dual use," which is equipment and
know-how that has both peaceful and weapons applications.
- "Remove impediments" — sales restrictions imposed by nuclear supplier
nations — preventing Iran access to such technology.

If the peace-loving people of Iran are only interested in civilian
nuclear power, they would not be asking for dual use technologies, nor
would the rest of the world (starting with France and Germany) be concerned:

But diplomats said Iran's demands undermine the effort by France,
Germany and Britain to avoid a confrontation. They had hoped to
persuade Tehran to give up technology that can produce nuclear arms,
but now are closer to the Bush administration's view that Iran should
be referred to the U.N. Security Council for violating the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty, the diplomats said.