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| US warned China that Israel Could Attack Iran: Report | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2009, 05:18 PM (170 Views) | |
| Wil | Nov 26 2009, 05:18 PM Post #1 |
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Report: US warned China that Israel could attack Iran Washington Post reports Americans warning caused Beijing to reconsider its stance on Iranian nuclear program, may lead to agreement on tougher sanctions against Islamic republic Yitzhak Benhorin Published: 11.26.09, 07:31 / Israel News WASHINGTON – An American warning that Israel could bomb Iran is what caused China to reconsider its stance over the Iranian nuclear program and may have paved the way for new sanctions against the Islamic republic, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The Americans have been trying for some time to get China to join the camp of countries supporting tougher sanctions against Iran. According to the report, two weeks before US President Barack Obama visited China a week and a half ago, two senior White House officials - Dennis Ross and Jeffrey Bader – traveled to Beijing on a "special mission" to try to persuade China to pressure Iran to give up its alleged nuclear weapons program. American Efforts Obama asks Brazil to help pressure Iran / Yitzhak Benhorin Ahead of Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil, US president sends letter to his Brazilian counterpart, asking him to urge Iranian leader to hold dialogue with West and agree to send uranium abroad. President Lula expresses his support for Iran's right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes Full story The Chinese were told that Israel regards Iran's nuclear program as an "existential issue and that countries that have an existential issue don't listen to other countries." According to the Washington Post, the message was clear: Israel could bomb Iran, leading to a crisis in the Persian Gulf region and almost inevitably problems over the very oil China needs to fuel its economic juggernaut. The Chinese response was given to the White House earlier this week. Beijing informed Washington that it would support a toughly worded, US-backed statement criticizing the Islamic republic for flouting UN resolutions by constructing a secret uranium-enrichment plant. While largely symbolic, the Washington Post said, it is the first such declaration since 2006 to be backed by both China and Russia. And the statement marks a departure for China, which has long refrained from criticizing Iran's nuclear policies. Obama presented the Iranian nuclear issue to the Chinese as extremely severe. The issue of how China will handle the Iranian nuclear issue has emerged as an early test of what Obama has described as a relationship that "will shape the 21st century." Given its backing even from Iran's erstwhile allies, European diplomats on Wednesday predicted easy passage of the resolution, which calls Tehran's construction of an underground enrichment plant near Qom a "breach of its obligations" under UN and IAEA guidelines. If approved, the Washington Post said, the resolution will be referred to the UN Security Council, which could decide to enact harsher sanctions against the Islamic republic. It is still unclear whether Russia or China would go further and agree to new sanctions against Iran. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has already hinted that his country would agree to sanctions. American sources clarified several days ago that China would likely not veto a Security Council resolution against Iran. http://www.ynetnews.com |
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| Wil | Nov 26 2009, 05:21 PM Post #2 |
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IAEA chief: Iran investigation at 'dead end' Head of UN nuclear watchdog says his probe of allegations that Iran tried to make nuclear arms stalemated because Tehran is not cooperating, criticizes Islamic republic for trying to change plan endorsed by six world powers News agencies Published: 11.26.09, 13:37 / Israel News The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says his probe of allegations that Iran tried to make nuclear arms is at "a dead end" because Tehran is not cooperating. He is also critical of Iran for trying to change a plan endorsed by six world powers. That plan would delay Tehran's ability to make such weapons by committing it to ship out most of its enriched uranium and have it returned as nuclear fuel. IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei spoke at the start of the IAEA's 35-nation board meeting. That gathering will likely vote on a resolution critical of Iran's nuclear defiance backed by six world powers negotiating with Iran; the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. He rejected Iran's assertions the deal lacks guarantees it will get the fuel in the end, a stance Western powers regard as stalling and a tacit admission its LEU will not be used for electricity generation, as Tehran insists. "In view of the degree of mutual mistrust, it has extensive built-in guarantees, consisting of the IAEA taking custody of the (LEU) until it returned to Iran in the form of fuel," he told the Board of Governors meeting, his last before he retires on Monday after 12 years in office. In the resolution drafted by the UN nuclear watchdog, world powers are demanding that Iran immediately mothball a uranium enrichment site it hid for years, heightening fears it is secretly planning to build atom bombs. Diplomats forecast majority approval for the resolution on Thursday or Friday in what would be its first action against Iran in almost four years. The move reflects dismay over Iran's September disclosure of a second enrichment site it had been building clandestinely for two years, and frustration at Iran's holdup of an IAEA-brokered plan to give it fuel for its nuclear medical program if it parts with enriched uranium that could be used in weapons. The last IAEA board resolution passed against Iran was in February 2006, when governors referred Tehran's case to the UN Security Council over its refusal to suspend enrichment and open up completely to IAEA inspections and investigations. The new measure's sponsors were the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China, the sextet locked in a long standoff with Iran over its shadowy enrichment activity, alleged nuclear bomb research and restrictions on IAEA inspections. Russian and Chinese support is significant, and expected to secure rare developing nation votes against Iran at the IAEA, since the two have often blocked a united stance against Iran in international security bodies. But it was unclear whether Moscow and Beijing's expression of disenchantment with Iran, an important trade partner for both, would translate into readiness for harsher UN sanctions Western powers will push for if the fuel deal falls through. A November 16 IAEA report said Iran violated a transparency statute by admitting the existence of the Fordow enrichment site only two months ago, at least two years after building began, and raised concern it could be harbouring more secret sites. Iran had previously assured the IAEA it was not concealing nuclear activity with potential weapons applications. Resolution could backfire The draft resolution, a restricted copy of which was obtained by Reuters, urged Iran to immediately halt construction of the Fordow plant, clarify its original purpose, and confirm it has no more hidden atomic activity or covert plans for any. It voiced "serious concern" – a diplomatic euphemism for alarm – over its cover-up of the Fordow project and said it was in blatant breach of UN demands for an enrichment suspension. It also called on Iran to shelve all enrichment-related activity as demanded by Security Council resolutions since 2006, grant unfettered IAEA inspections and open up to an IAEA probe into suspicions it conducted illicit nuclear weapons research. But IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei suggested to Reuters in an interview on Wednesday the new resolution could backfire by aggravating Iran's siege mentality, boosting nuclear hardliners. Iran's envoy to the IAEA,Ali Asghar Soltanieh, told Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper on Thursday that the resolution would "endanger the prevailing constructive atmosphere" and have "long-term consequences". He was alluding to IAEA efforts to broker a compromise to salvage the nuclear fuel supply plan and Iran's stated readiness to resolve IAEA questions about the Fordow enrichment site. "The P5+1 (six powers) will win the battle in the Board of Governors, but it will be only a simple majority, but lose the war to get Iran to be more cooperative," a senior diplomat from the bloc of developing nations said. Tehran says the bunkered Fordow site, which is to start operations in 2011, is a backup for its much larger Natanz enrichment centre in case it is bombed by foes such as Israel. Western nuclear analysts say Fordow's low capacity makes it unsuitable for any purpose but to enrich smaller quantities of uranium suitable for a bomb. Enrichment plants generally need tens of thousands of centrifuges to feed a nuclear power plant. http://www.ynetnews.com/ |
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| Israeli | Nov 27 2009, 03:24 AM Post #3 |
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Sanctions do NOTHING to deter nuclear proliferation and weapons developement. The governement of the sanctioned country usually just goes and cuts more and more benefits to its people and diverts those funds to more and greater weapons developement. Only the people suffer. Then, that creates an even more anti-west nation, raising up more and more future leaders like Achmedinejad. It is so backward. |
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| Wil | Nov 27 2009, 06:01 PM Post #4 |
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And also of course in Iran's case it wants to be attacked so their Mahdi could come. U.S. warns Iran: Washington prepared to push for crippling sanctions Posted: November 27th, 2009 11:59 AM ET From CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jill Dougherty and State Department Producer Charley Keyes Washington (CNN) – The United States Friday warned Iran that it is prepared to push for significantly stronger economic sanctions on Tehran in the wake of a resolution by the IAEA censuring Iran’s nuclear program. “We are committed to putting together a package of consequences if we don’t find a willing partner," said senior administration officials authorized to speak with reporters on the condition their names not be used. "We hope Iran takes note of that clear message.” The board of governors of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, passed a resolution Friday supported by 25 nations demanding Iran stop construction of its previously secret nuclear facility at Qom, and stop uranium enrichment which can be used for producing fuel for a nuclear device. The resolution was endorsed by the so-called “P5+1”: the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. Until recently, Russia and China have resisted the push for imposing strong sanctions on Iran. The officials said the resolution was “significant” because it underscores the “unity of purpose” among those countries. “There was an intensive diplomatic effort that went into this.” they said. “It sends a strong signal of serious international concern about Iran’s continued non-compliance” with demands by the IAEA and to the UN Security Council, the officials said. “(Iran) is essentially not playing by international rules.” The officials said the U.S. did not intend to hurt the Iranian people. Some critics of sanctions argue that stronger sanctions will only deepen the economic plight of Iranian citizens. “Nothing that we contemplate or we would consider is aimed at causing greater harm for the Iranian people who have suffered enough as a result of repression of people’s efforts to express themselves peacefully since the elections on June 12th,” they said. The officials would not confirm media reports that two senior U.S. officials, in China, warned Chinese officials that Israel might take unilateral action against Iran’s nuclear program. They did say, however, the United States has made clear its concern with the possible consequences of Iran’s non-compliance. “The last thing the Middle East needs right now, with all the other challenges that face it is another source of insecurity and instability, and that is exactly where continued Iranian non-compliance is going to lead,” the said. Despite the resolution and the tough talk, the officials repeated previous statements that the United States is "still ready to engage" with Iran, and that Tehran can reap benefits if it divulges full details of its nuclear program. Iran maintains that its nuclear development is solely intended for peaceful purposes. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com |
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| lightningrod | Nov 29 2009, 12:28 AM Post #5 |
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I think they will attack Iran in February 2010 In late February --- early March It will end with Israel nuking Damascus as prophesied in Isaiah 17 |
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http://www.demongov.com/ubbthreads/ The governments of this world are all demon possessed entities | |
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| Wil | Nov 29 2009, 02:49 AM Post #6 |
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I believe you're probably correct. |
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