Truthiness?

The UN nuclear watchdog has protested to the US government over a report on Iran's nuclear programme, calling it "erroneous" and "misleading".

Signed by a senior director at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vilmos Cserveny, the letter raises objections over the committee's report released on 23 August.


The letter took "strong exception to the incorrect and misleading assertion" that the IAEA removed senior safeguards inspector Chris Charlier for "allegedly raising concerns about Iranian deception" over its programme.

It says the report was wrong to say that Iran had enriched uranium to weapons-grade level when the IAEA had only found small quantities of enrichment at far lower levels.

The letter, sent to Peter Hoekstra, head of the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Intelligence, was aimed at setting "the record straight on the facts", the IAEA said.

"This is a matter of the integrity of the IAEA and its inspectors," spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said in a statement.

A Western diplomat called it "deja vu of the pre-Iraq war period".


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5346524.stm
-------------

Is anybody surprised? I wonder who leaked the letter? And why?

A Western diplomat called it "deja vu of the pre-Iraq war period".

I'm just hoping the ol' addage works:

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

And I don't mean GWB's version. ;)

But of course the American people won't care. Shame on them, them, them.

- N

I'm just hoping the ol' addage works:

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

And I don't mean GWB's version. ;)

But of course the American people won't care. Shame on them, them, them.

- N
indeed.
this wont even be reported on.
but i bet the offending document gets all sorts of airtime, when it comes time to drop some bombs. ugh.

Signed by a senior director at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vilmos Cserveny, the letter raises objections over the committee's report released on 23 August.

And just how would he know anything about Iran's nuke program? Was he allowed absolute free access for detailed inspections? Could he go anywhere in the nation that he wanted to go? Was Iran absolutely forthcoming about all of it's facilities? Underground and otherwise?

Sam, just saying something doesn't make it so.

I would also ask pointedly, why do you believe this report and not other repors? What gives the IAEA such authority and veracity ...when they're just as much like a government bureacracy as anything else. HINT: Look at the UN scandals in the past.

Baron Max

And just how would he know anything about Iran's nuke program? Was he allowed absolute free access for detailed inspections? Could he go anywhere in the nation that he wanted to go? Was Iran absolutely forthcoming about all of it's facilities? Underground and otherwise?

Sam, just saying something doesn't make it so.

I would also ask pointedly, why do you believe this report and not other repors? What gives the IAEA such authority and veracity ...when they're just as much like a government bureacracy as anything else. HINT: Look at the UN scandals in the past.

Baron Max

They are defending their own findings...

a congressional report contained serious distortions of the agency's own findings on Iran's nuclear activity.

and misrepresentations of their own staff...

It said Mr Charlier had been removed at the request of Tehran, which has the right to make such an objection under agreed rules between the agency and all states.

He remains head of a section investigating Iran, the IAEA says.

The letter went on to brand "outrageous and dishonest" a suggestion in the report that he was removed for not adhering "to an unstated IAEA policy barring IAEA officials from telling the whole truth" about Iran.

And the US response?

But Rep Rush Holt, a Democratic member of the House intelligence committee, which released the report, said it had never been meant for release to the public.

They don't deny it.

So .....were the IAEA permitted full access or not? If not, just how the fuck are they to know anything about Iran's nuke programs?

Baron Max

PS - oops ....didn't mean to use that "f" word! :)

So .....were the IAEA permitted full access or not? If not, just how the fuck are they to know anything about Iran's nuke programs?

Baron Max

PS - oops ....didn't mean to use that "f" word! :)



SEPTEMBER 2006

14, Thursday. Iran Report Sent to Agency's Board. IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei today sent his report of latest developments on the implementation of safeguards in Iran to the IAEA Board.

You can read the latest full report full report here:
link to pdf: Iran Report (http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Board/2006/gov2006-53.pdf)

And their daily press reviews here:

http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Dpr/pressreview.html

From what I read, they had concerns and they communicated the concerns to Iran and the UN.

But it seems those concerns were greatly exaggerated by the US to give a false impression of Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Here is a link to the report by the House Commitee on Intelligence:

http://intelligence.house.gov/Media/PDFS/IranReport082206v2.pdf

And a Reality Check:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e164/bobgeiger/Al-Qaeda-Members_2.gif

Recent research by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, funded by the Department of Homeland Security and other government grants, says that the number of Al-Qaeda has jumped from the 20,000 reported by the 9/11 Commission a few years ago to 50,000 today.

al-qaeda is a joke.
the ones to be afraid of are the ones that dont give themselves catchy nicknames.

you can quote me.

Let me quote devil inside:

al-qaeda is a joke.
the ones to be afraid of are the ones that dont give themselves catchy nicknames.



What about tamil tigers? That's catchy too.

Hmm? Ku Klux Klan is sorta' catchy, too, ain't it? And how 'bout "The Black Panthers"? "Hell's Angels"? "The Banditos" .....geez, there must be a gazillion cute and catchy names for "terrorist" organizations, huh?

Baron what-the-fuck-is-his-name!

Do you think talking like this guy makes your posts more credible baron?

http://www.bondnet.de/galerie/movies/bond/09tmwtgg/jwpepper.jpg

Do you think talking like this guy makes your posts more credible baron?

Credible? What the fuck is that? ...some kinda' new Tex-Mex food? :)

Baron Max