Posted on 10/04/2009 9:14:57 PM PDT by myknowledge
TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.N. experts will inspect Iran's newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant on Oct. 25, the IAEA nuclear agency chief said on Sunday, praising a shift "from conspiracy to cooperation" between Tehran and the West.
The underground nuclear fuel facility near the holy Shi'ite city of Qom had been kept secret until Iran disclosed its existence last month, setting off an international furore.
Iran agreed with six world powers -- the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany -- in Geneva on Thursday to allow IAEA inspectors unfettered access to the site.
"IAEA inspectors will visit Iran's new enrichment facility, under construction in Qom, on 25th of October," International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohammed ElBaradei told a joint news conference with Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi.
"It is important for us to have comprehensive cooperation over the Qom site ... It is important for us to send our inspectors to assure ourselves that this facility is for peaceful purposes."
The West suspects the Islamic state is covertly seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies it.
U.S. National Security adviser James Jones said Iran did not appear to be closer to having a nuclear weapon. The New York Times said on Saturday that an IAEA report had concluded Iran has sufficient information to produce a bomb.
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Ahmadinenutcase welcomes El-Baradei
This would be an ideal opportunity for the Israeli Mossad to send a 007-type agent of their own among the IAEA inspection team and sabotage the Qom nuke facility, gunning down the scientists and destroying the nuclear centrifuges.
BFD.
Nice of them to give them a 3 week warning so they can hide everything like last time.
I say we let the 13th Bomb Squadron perform the inspections...
I’d prefer the 509th Bomber Wing.
bait and switch
But Commander Zero stepped in and "negotiated" this right away. (Giving the Iranians loads of time to cleanse the sight, and btw changing the subject from ongoing enrichment of uranium at ACTIVE sites, which now is no longer even under discussion.) And this the MSM declares a triumph of Obama diplomacy.
In the meantime... The Iranians will be trying to hide the evidence. The whole inspection is a sham.
It has to be the 25th because the site is very dirty and it needs to be cleaned, they also need to get some refreshments for the inspectors.
Ok, guys,we’ll be coming on this day, at this time, by these means..
Hans Blix must be this guy’s mentor..
“Nice of them to give them a 3 week warning so they can hide everything like last time.”
Ditto...
what a joke!
How many months did we give Saddam to transport the WMD’s and hide them in Syria?
Sheesh!
Oh this will be good.
Let’s all try to act surprised when they tell us they don’t find anything. :)
Well I’m glad that’s all settled. /s
But the Mossad will pursue the incriminating evidence, so that it gives the IDF/AF a built-in casus belli to bomb the Qom nuke facility, plus the other Iranian nuke facilities.
I see this as a way for Iran to stall off Israel from an October attack.
Once again the UN, negotiated by the Kenyan, will fiddle around, find nothing, and stall.
Its like deja vu all over again.
And ol’ Hans will still have relatives in Iran.
The whole game is to get in Israels way.
I still marvel how some idiots in this country would want to elect some stranger with the name Hussein, and then trust a stranger named Mohammed Al Baredi.
America needs to get a real President. This poseur is unacceptable.
I wonder if El-Bald-face-liar, knows he is protecting a Jew.
What happened to the story about the proof that the insane runt is really a Jew and has been making fools of the Islamofascist all along.
Why has the msm kept this quiet. Do they LOVE the little nut job that much, that they want to protect him from the Islamofascist.
Heard eveyone is afraid to say they actually have “anything” since it would demand action. They are afraid of getting the Bush treatment if even one little item is wrong, then the Lefties will skewer them.
“And over here is human resources. And on the right you will see the break room.”
“What’s behind the 50’ steel blast doors?”
“Cleaning supplies.”
“Okay. I think I’ve seen enough to write my report.”
Time is on the Iranian’s side.
A Mossad agent won’t be able to sabotage Qom facility after all?
Big whoop.
It's not finished and there is likely nothing to hide, which is why they allowed the inspection.
It's a empty shell to be used to transfer existing equipment. It is protected and bomb hardened. There is no there, here. Just part of Iran's strategy to protect their stuff from us and Israel.
So.....el-Barradai gets to stand and watch A-jad’s boys make elements for the bombs we already know they are making.
How does that help, exactly?
I mean, “how does it help us?” It’s already obvious how it helps A-jad: It gives him the critical gift of time.
Whoopee!
Yeah, I thought so.
The Iranians need a few weeks to hide everything.
Yep let’s notify them in advance of an “inspection”. Just enough time for them to hide whatever they have. Brilliant.
It’s only a matter of time before Iran dominates the middle east in the near future, except for Israel of course which will remain a bulwark against them. This sham of an inspection will of course be a dog and pony show, and the Western media kooks will believe it.
Did you or anyone heard Bob Beckel this morning on Fox News say iran will send their nuclear materials to another country or something like that? I was out of the room but he said Obama did something Bush could never do in 8 years. He also said Obama had done more for anti america sentiment than anyone.
Where, when, how? I don’t see it.
Mark this day as Beckel saying the Iran nuclear problem isover because of Obama.
Big wiz. This particular site ain’t even operational, is it?!
They don’t even need these 3 weeks.
I think it's more to the point to state that *cowardice* is on the mullahs' side.Although we just might see some from the Israeli Air Force.
I guess you didn't get the memo...our newly designated "United States Peace Force" has renamed the 509th the "509th Social Justice Wing".
Although we just might see some from = Although we just might see some courage from
I have a feeling that they’ll do the North Korean strategy: let the inspectors in, and continue to enrich uranium anyways.
“Are you enriching uranium?”
“Why yes, we are in fact.”
IKEA to inspect Iran's Qom site Oct. 25
Probably would be equally effective.
Nuke the bastards! Now!
Nothing to see here, move along, folks.
“How many months did we give Saddam to transport the WMD’s and hide them in Syria?”
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Do you mean the WMDs that our former POTUS referred to as not being there, contrary to our intelligence reports?
WTF was up with that?!!!
“WTF was up with that?!!!”
I wondered, too! I just kept waiting for an explanation that would shock the world!
I thought...”Anyday now.”
Good thing we didn’t hold our breath!
Impossible. Why wait another eight years to gain clearance for an inspection of Qom nuke facility?
I heard that El-Baradei will be wearing a camera transmitting to Tel Aviv...
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