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n this photo provided by CBS, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appears on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’ in Washington Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006.

AFP: Mohammed cartoon controvery could “spin out of control:” Rice

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed concern that Muslim outrage over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed could “spin out of control,” particularly if fueled by countries like Iran and Syria.

Speaking on ABC television, Rice stood by her assertion last week that Tehran and Damascus were using the furor over publication of the caricatures to inflame anti-West sentiment and incite violence for their own purposes.

“Certainly, if governments do not act responsibly, we could face a sense of outrage that spins out of control, and particularly if people continue to incite it, it could spin out of control,” she said.

The chief US diplomat brushed aside comments by UN Secretary General
Kofi Annan that he had no proof of Iranian or Syrian involvement in the protests, which spread through the Muslim world and resulted in several deaths.

“I can say that the Syrians tightly control their society and the Iranians even more tightly,” she said. “It is well known that Iran and Syria bring protesters into the streets when they wish, to make a point.”

“I would like to have heard from the Iranian government … not a threat to start publishing a Holocaust cartoon, but rather to say that people should not resort to violence. That would have been a responsible thought,” she added.

But, Syria and Iran thrive on the encouraging of discord and the Muhammad caricture FLAP will bring people into the streets. The governments of both tightly politically controlled states, without a doubt, have supported, fostered and continued the protests – really over something that was an inanity.

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Iranian Intelligence Ministe, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehei, center, attends during a demonstration to mark the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Saturday Feb. 11, 2006. The Iranian president on Saturday rejected Western pressure to freeze the country’s nuclear program and issued a veiled threat to walk away from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

ASSociated Press: Iran Reaffirms Nuclear Treaty Commitment

Iran reaffirmed its commitment to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty on Sunday, a day after its hard-line president implied Tehran was considering withdrawing from the pact after being reported to the U.N. Security Council.

The declaration by the Iranian Foreign Ministry came as inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog arrived in the Islamic republic over the weekend to evaluate what controls remained on nuclear sites and equipment after Tehran reduced the agency’s monitoring power to a minimum, diplomats said.

Just another ambiguous stall.

Iran MUST stand down their nuclear program.

The declaration by the Iranian Foreign Ministry came as inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog arrived in the Islamic republic over the weekend to evaluate what controls remained on nuclear sites and equipment after Tehran reduced the agency’s monitoring power to a minimum, diplomats said.

A diplomat told The Associated Press Saturday that some seals and cameras had been removed within the last few days, suggesting that happened without IAEA supervision. But others familiar with the probe said Sunday they doubted the Iranians would make such a move before the arrival of the inspectors.

The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak on the issue.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi urged a peaceful solution to the dispute over his country’s nuclear program.

“We are still committed to the provisions of the NPT. But we can’t accept its use as a (political) instrument. We will cooperate in the treaty and the safeguards’ framework,” Asefi said at a weekly news conference.

But, this is NOT what President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated yesterday.

On Saturday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected U.S. and European pressure to freeze the country’s nuclear program and hinted that Iran might withdraw from the treaty.

“The nuclear policy of the Islamic Republic so far has been peaceful. Until now, we have worked inside the agency (IAEA) and the NPT regulations,” he said in a speech before tens of thousands of Iranians marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

“If we see you want to violate the right of the Iranian people by using those regulations (against us), you should know that the Iranian people will revise its policies,” he said.

The ball continues in the Mullah’s court…..

Stand down or face reprisals…..

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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.

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