That's the kind of thing I had in mind, Eric. el-Baradei found zero in Iraq, but did find matters for concern in Iran Judy Evans jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scribe1865@xxxxxxx Sent: 29 April 2004 07:26 To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Iranian WMDs (old estimates) In a message dated 4/28/2004 10:39:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Look for reports on Iran by Mohammed el-Baradei of the IAEA. General Director El-Baradei is a good diplomat. - Eric ______ http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/09/us.iran.nukes/ WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States and its European allies have reached agreement on a draft resolution for the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog that criticizes Iran's secrecy on its nuclear program, a senior administration official has told CNN. But the resolution for the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors also praises Tehran for its cooperation with the watchdog, the official said Tuesday. The United States has been negotiating with Britain, France and Germany and other European countries on the text, but now needs to garner the support of the rest of the international community, the official said. The text will now be sent to capitals for comments and possible revisions. The text, according to the official, "deplores" that Iran failed to disclose sensitive weapons technologies discovered by the IAEA and "notes with the most serious concern" that Iran's past declarations on its nuclear program "did not amount to the correct, complete and final picture of Iran's past and present nuclear program." The draft calls on Iran to meet its obligations and comply with the IAEA, but delays further action by the IAEA until June, the official said. The IAEA claims Iran produced and experimented with polonium, a radioactive element that can be used in the chain reaction that produces a nuclear explosion. It also charges that Iran failed to declare designs for a sophisticated P2 advanced centrifuge that can be used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. On Monday IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei criticized Iran for failing to disclose the technology and called Iran and Libya, who recently declared its nuclear program, in violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). But the text also "welcomes" Iran's signature of an additional protocol allowing more intrusive inspections by the IAEA. While the text says that Iran is "actively cooperating," it calls on Tehran to "intensify its cooperation." It also censures [gasp, oh no, a censure! how bad is that-ey] Iran for continuing to hide its weapons program from the international community, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html