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Building a fraudulent case using coercion By Daniel M Pourkesali 02/26/07 "ICH" --- - Bush administration officials and their Zionist allies in the media are trying hard to portray Iran as a rogue and defiant nation that is "thumbing its nose at the international community" [1] by ignoring United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 [2] which gave Iran 60 days to halt its uranium enrichment program. In an article [3] written shortly after the passage of the same on Dec 23, 2006, this writer highlighted some important facts that warrant repeating. First and foremost that Iran is not in breach of any international conventions or agreements. Processing of uranium is entirely within the guidelines of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has accounted for all fissile material and confirmed that none have been diverted to prohibited activities. Prior to passage of 1737 by the UNSC; most objections to Iran's nuclear activities were loosely based on unsubstantiated allegations of violating the terms of the NPT. But in the 2 months since, the case has been entirely shifted to Iran's violation of that UN resolution. It is important to remember that passage of resolutions 1737 and the prior 1696, were made possible only after the Governors' Board of the IAEA referred Iran to the Security Council on Sep 24, 2005. In a New York Times report [4] on the following day it stated that 'perhaps the biggest surprise was India, which initially opposed the resolution but later voted in favor of it' The shocking revelation by Stephen G. Rademaker, a former ranking official of the Bush administration, first reported on Feb 16, 2007 [5] by India's national paper The Hindu that India's vote had been "coerced" may explain that surprise to some but reaffirms the suspicion of others. In a press release [6] posted today Professor Abbas Edalat of Campaign Iran said: "The revelation that the US coerced India into voting against Iran on this crucial issue is of global significance. It brings into question the entire legitimacy of the decision by the Governors' Board of the IAEA to refer Iran to the Security Council and the consequent passing of Resolutions 1696 and 1737 and any future resolutions against Iran the UN might pass. It also raises the question that how many other members of the Governors' Board of the IAEA were coerced by the US to politicize Iran's nuclear file, refer it to the UN Security Council and bring about first resolution 1696 and then resolution 1737?" What should serve as a red flag to all outraged by the deceptions which brought us the Iraqi disaster based on fabricated and manipulated intelligence, is that these people are using the very same deceiving and dishonest methods to build a case for attacking Iran which regardless of the Security Council approval would be ethically and morally void of any legitimacy. Daniel M Pourkesali - Member Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/ Notes [1] http://www.nysun.com/article/49210 [2] http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sc8928.doc.htm [3] http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/954/print [4] http://www.solami.com/nytiaeairan.htm [5] http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/16/stories/2007021605671200.htm [6] http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/1456 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
