Posted on 10/20/2006 8:51:26 PM PDT by humint
After the surprise announcement by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear facilities will be opened to tourists, Persian Voyages says it is “awaiting formal instructions” on how to arrange visits, but is considering including nuclear plant stop-offs in its next trip in December. Nasrin Etemadi, managing director of Persian Voyages, the UK’s leading tour operator of trips to Iran, said: “We were very surprised by the announcement. I think it was made to show that Iran is a peaceful place. If even tourists can see nuclear facilities then it must be peaceful.”
HUMINT: Either this man is a naive tool or an operative working for the Iranian government! Consider the history of such tours...
World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: Reporters Visit Underground Nuclear Plant - Published: March 31, 2005
President Mohammad Khatami gave journalists a a rare look at the heart of its contested nuclear activities: a once-secret underground complex that the United States says aims to produce material for bombs. The tour at the Natanz facility, south of Tehran, and another nuclear plant in Isfahan was intended to show that Iran was not breaking its promise to suspend its uranium enrichment program but that it could resume whenever it wished. The United States dismissed the event as a media stunt.
HUMINT: In a brilliant stroke of propagandist genius, Mohamed Khatami marched naive journalists around a section of his Natanz nuclear facility that appeared as though it was being prepped to receive new equipment. Innocent enough, if that were the entire story. While that tour was taking place International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors were not permitted to visit other suspect sites. What a sham. This latest move by Mahmud Ahmadinejad appears to be an upgraded version of Khatami's propaganda. British tourist would make perfect human shields in the event of an attack on any nuclear facility in Iran by either the United States or Israel. Welcome to the new way of warfare - human shields that are willing to pay for the pleasure.
Jimmy Carter, Otis Pike and Frank Church should all rot in hell in the afterlife for the damage they did to this country's intelligence agencies.
Some things aren't our fault.
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