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Russia and Iran announce several joint ventures all of which are designed to prevent an American attack. While we play war games right on top of Iran's borders, they make deals with a very angry Putin who wants to be erase the agony of Chechnya and resume friendly relations with Muslim countries. Meanwhile, many more American, Canadian and Iraqi soldiers are blown up.
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Saturday the Islamic republic had reached a "basic deal" with the Kremlin to form a joint uranium enrichment venture on Russian territory, state-run television reported.Ali Asghar Soltanieh, envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, "spoke of a basic agreement between Iran and Russia to set up a joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian soil," Iranian state television reported.
It remained unclear, though, whether Iran would entirely give up enrichment at home, a top demand of the West, or whether the joint venture would complement Iran's existing enrichment program. Enriched uranium can be used to fuel nuclear reactors that generate electricity or to make atomic bombs.
"Only issues regarding technical, legal and financial matters remain to be resolved which need more deliberation and exchange of views," the television quoted Soltanieh as saying Saturday in Moscow.
We are not privy to what is going on. No country in the know is telling us. We get to find out when and how they want us to know, we are totally outside. Far from being the power brokers, we are the broken power. Like England, back when they still harbored delusions of empire after the end of WWII, we go around, poking at everyone, fighting the natives everywhere, sneering and strutting but we can't even scare anyone much less compell anything.
"We firmly stand for resolving the problems in and around Tehran diplomatically rather than militarily," Oleg Ozerov, deputy director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department, said. "Increasing international pressure on Iran has no prospects."With the international community urging Iran to halt uranium enrichment and the US pushing for sanctions, Ozerov said "the further increase in pressure on Iran could have the opposite effect", and lead to Iran's total refusal to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency. "The forceful option is extremely dangerous and not constructive," Ozerov told a seminar on global security.
This is obviously Putin red flagging Bush. This red flag has sharp teeth.
The chief of the General Staff said Wednesday that Russia would honor its commitments on supplying military equipment to Iran.
“We discussed supplies of military equipment to Iran, including the Tor M1, in the framework of bilateral cooperation, but it does not fall into the category of strategic weapons,” Army General Yury Baluyevsky said after talks in Moscow with NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General James Jones.
“And I can assure you it will be delivered under the control of the relevant organizations,” he said.
At the end of 2005, Russia concluded a $700-million contract on the delivery of 29 Tor M1 air defense systems to Iran.The Tor-M1 is a fifth-generation integrated mobile air defense system designed for operation at medium, low and very low altitudes against fixed/rotary wing aircraft, UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle), guided missiles and other high-precision weapons.
Despite strong criticism from the United States, Russia has maintained that the systems could be used only to protect Iran’s air space.
We want a totally disarmed Iran just like Iraq. Bush is on the defensive this week, lying yet again about his war plans back in 2002. He didn't finalize the plan to invade, he claims, until after the UN report clearly showing Saddam didn't have even the tinniest WMD in his possession and THAT was the day Bush decided to invade! And he thinks this is OK? This makes it a worse war crime!
Of course, we won't even do bombings from the sky because we are going bankrupt and need money for Homeland Security puppet shows! If there will be any fighting, it will be like 9/11, the Pentagon on fire only it won't be "terrorists" attacking but retired generals and Murtha storming Rumsfeld's office.
Click here to see funny John Stewart video about Rummy.
Rumsfeld has this thing about Henny Penny. The sky isn't falling, it is crashing. Hopefully on Bush and Rumsfeld's heads.
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I loved this article. Loved it. :)
Posted by: Amal | April 24, 2006 at 11:59 PM