UN watchdog rebuts claims that Iran is trying to make A-bomb

[Briar]

UN nuclear watchdog rebuts claims that Iran is trying to make A-bomb

By Anne Penketh

The UN nuclear watchdog is preparing to publish evidence that Iran is not engaged in a nuclear weapons programme, undermining a warning of possible military action from President George Bush.

The US President told Israeli television that "all options are on the table" if Iran fails to comply with international calls to halt its nuclear programme. Both the US and Israel - the Middle East's only nuclear-armed power - were "united in our objective to make sure Iran does not have a weapon", he said.

However, Iran is about to receive a major boost from the results of a scientific analysis that will prove that the country's authorities were telling the truth when they said they were not developing a nuclear weapon. The discovery of traces of weapons-grade uranium in Iran by UN inspectors in August 2003 set off alarm bells in Western capitals where it was feared that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon under cover of a civil programme. The inspectors took the samples from Iran's uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, which had been concealed from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 18 years.

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article305741.ece

[cornermouse]

1. The truth doesn't matter any more. It really doesn't.

Bush continues to create his own reality and drags us down with him.

[wishlist]

2. Meanwhile, Bush and media keep pushing their version of Iran and nukes

This scenario sure sounds familiar and our media seems to be swallowing hook line and sinker the Bush neocon version. Hopefully this is a very credible study that will get wide publicity and not just get ignored or shut down since it contradicts Bush.

[wli]

3. they're aid to push it

[delen]

4. Now it's clear

why Bolton's appointment to the UN was soooooo important to *.

Bet by the end of September or (October at the outside) the UN either agrees to what ever * wants or the US is no longer a member.