Iran's nuclear program

"W. D. Allen Sr." wrote in message ...
"...Proof:
UN clears Iran nuclear facility...."

Is that the same UN that got rich on kickbacks from Saddam Hussein while
closing their eyes to his starving to death Iraqi children during the 1990s?


Oh, so the starving of IRaqi children was the UNs' fault and not the
fault of the USA??

LOL!!! Talk about scapegoating!

FYI, remember what Madame Albright had to say about it:

Lesley Stahl: We have heard that a half million children have died. I
mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is
the price worth it?

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard
choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it.

--60 Minutes (5/12/96)




Is that the same UN that has it's blue beret troops watch while black
Africans slaughter other black Africans?

It couldn't be that UN could it?

WDA

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"Thelasian" wrote in message
m...
Among the smoke-and-mirror and fear-mongering innuendo, these are some
facts about Iran's nuclear program that aren't being mentioned:

1- The Bushehr reactor-which was started under the Shah with US
support-is not a weapons proliferation threat since it is a ligh****er
reactor which is under IAEA safeguard. Even the IAEA itself admits
that much.

Proof:
UN clears Iran nuclear facility
The head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency has said
Russia's nuclear co-operation with Iran is no longer a matter of
concern.
(SOURCE: BBC Online Tuesday, 29 June, 2004)


2- According to Article 4 of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has an
"INALIENABLE RIGHT" to possess nuclear technology. Several other
nations use the same technology too, such as Brazil and Holland and
Japan. Note how the articles conflate a nuclear "weapons" program with
a "nuclear program"

3- Iran needs nuclear energy despite possessing extensive oil and gas
because of rising domestic consumption and the reliance on the sale
oil and gas for earning hard currency. In fact the Stanford Research
Institute advised the Shah's government that Iran could not rely on
oil and gas for energy way back in the mid 1970's. Other nations which
have extensive oil and gas resources also have nuclear energy - such
as Russia and the USA. Iran has also been experimenting with
geothermal energy and wind-turbines, as well as building its largest
hydroengery dam.

4- There is in fact no evidence of an actual nuclear WEAPONS program
in Iran, as admitted by the IAEA itself - there is only the INFERENCE
that Iran COULD ONE DAY POSSIBLY use the legitimate technology to
build a weapon of it desires to do so. Needless to say, ANY TECHNOLOGY
"could" be used to make nukes, and so could any country.

Proof:
"IAEA: No evidence of Iran nukes
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has found "no
evidence" Iran is trying to make nuclear weapons...
SOURCE: AP Monday, November 10, 2003

" 'The United States has no concrete evidence of a nuclear-weapons
program,' Albright told me. 'It's just an inference. There's no
smoking gun.' "
SOURCE: New Yorker by SEYMOUR M. HERSH Issue of 2004-06-28


5- The bombing of Iraq's Osirak reactor did not signficantly affect
Iraq's nuclear program, since the centrifuge sites were not bombed. If
anything it encouraged them to speed up the process. But in any case,
Iran has signed the Additional Protocol which permits IAEA inspections
anywhere-anytime, and Iraq had not.

6- Attacking Iran's nuclear installations will prove once and for all
to the people of Iran the necessity of obtaining nuclear weapons as a
deterrence.

7- Currently, Iran has signed the Nonproliferation Treaty and its
nuclear installations are all under IAEA safeguards - unlike North
Korea.

8- If Iran is attacked, Iran will withdraw from the Non-Proliferation
Treaty (as it is legally do pursuant to Article X) and will start
working on a nuclear weapons program in earnest. Centrifuge sites will
pop up like mushrooms all over the country - too many to be bombed -
and the IAEA inspectors will not be around to check them. Within 6
mos, the first nuclear test will occur, and within a year Iran's
missiles will be armed with nuclear warheads

9- The people of Iran will rally to support their government if Iran
is attacked, as their nationalism is stirred by such an act. Iran's
decision to develop nuclear deterrence will occur with the full
support of the people of the government too, so changing governments
will not change the decision to build nukes.

10- There are already many Iranians who believe that Iran should
withdraw from the NonProliferation Treaty since the US has failed to
abide by ITS obligations under the same treaty, and Iran is surrounded
by nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable states that threaten Iran's
security.

So yes, by all means, go ahead and bomb Iran and see what happens.