Friday, March 03, 2006

World Calm for Three More Days – Then IAEA Meets Monday on Iran Nuclear Program

Enjoy the little calm we have in the world this weekend for the drums of conflict will beat loud and clear starting Monday......
AubreyJ.........

More reads on Iran today:
>>> SwissInfo......

... Iran says it wants only nuclear-generated electricity. But it hid atomic work from the IAEA for 18 years, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has publicly called for Israel to be destroyed and the IAEA says Tehran continues to stonewall its investigations...
Last-ditch EU-Iran talks held before IAEA meets

>>> Israelinsider......
... Israel's Arrow 2 anti-ballistic missile system is able to destroy any incoming Iranian missile attack, including a nuclear assault...
As Iran ramps up missile-making, Israel reported ready to stop incoming

UPDATE:
>>> posted 5:30am CST- Bloomberg.com......

... We have not been able to reach an agreement, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said today in Vienna...
EU Talks With Iran Fail to End Nuclear Standoff, Council Waits

>>> Posted 5:30am CST- chron.com......
... While the Security Council is waiting until the end of next week's board meeting to decide further action, its involvement reflects the level of concern surrounding Iran's nuclear ambitions...
Iran, EU Nuclear Talks End Without Result

>>> posted 6:10am CST- ncr-iran.org......
... America is lying, trying to destroy the Russian proposal," Larijani said at a news conference in Moscow... In response to the unusually heated rhetorical assault, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said... "If Iran has a problem with the state of affairs and the situation it finds itself in, Iran has only itself to blame..."
Iran blames U.S. for stalled nuke talks

>>> posted 9:15pm CST- The New York Times...
(Now here's a good one-) If diplomacy were a courtship... the rendezvous between Iran and Europe in a Viennese mansion on Friday could be called a failed seduction...
Iran Softens Tone, but Talks with Europeans on Nuclear Program end in Bitterness

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