Of course as a terrorist state, Iran is happy to stall the Europeans for as long as the Europeans are na�ve enough to go along, Saddam did it for almost 20 years.
Every moment�s delay is a step closer to a nuclear weapons capability for Iran�a contingency it is doubtful the Europeans are prepared for. Bruce http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/Ap ril/middleeast_April166.xml <http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/A pril/middleeast_April166.xml§ion=middleeast> §ion=middleeast Iran pledges to keep uranium enrichment freeze during talks (AFP) 6 April 2005 TEHERAN - Iran is prepared to keep its controversial uranium enrichment programme suspended for several months, provided negotiations with the European Union make progress, chief negotiator Hossein Moussavian said on Wednesday. �This is not a problem of days or months,� Moussavian told AFP. �What�s important is to reach a basic agreement which guarantees that negotiations can be successful.� If such an agreement is reached, �negotiations can continue for several months.� Tehran agreed in November to suspend its enrichment activities as a goodwill gesture, but the Europeans want the suspension to become permanent, a demand the Iranians have termed �absurd�. Iran says it has the right to enrich uranium to low levels to produce atomic fuel for civilian power stations, but highly enriched uranium can provide the core for an atomic bomb. The European Union is currently considering, ahead of a meeting next week with Iranian negotiators in Geneva, a proposal by Tehran to allow it to produce low-level enriched uranium on a small scale. �We are involved in negotiations and as long as we are, suspension continues,� said Moussavian. However, he repeated Iran�s refusal to renounce efforts to master the uranium enrichment cycle as sought by the three European nations of Britain, France and Germany involved in negotiations. �We must master the enrichment and production cycle of nuclear fuel,� he said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
