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Missile Defense Watch: Reagan’s Vision
President Reagan Addresses the Nation from the oval office on National Security (Strategic Defense Initiative speech) March 23, 1983.
The American Thinker: Missile Defense: From Reagan’s Vision to Today’s Imperative
Read it all……
With the attacks of September 11, the United States was once again faced with a threat and increased defense spending in a variety of areas, including missile defense. With the spread of nuclear and missile technology, it is now possible for state sponsored terrorists groups or rogue nations to use these weapons to blackmail the rest of the world – if there is not a missile defense system. Just as President Reagan told Secretary Gorbachev during their discussions on SDI at their summit conferences. Recent events in Iran and North Korea support President Reagan’s vision for the importance of a robust missile defense system “which offers new hope for our children in the 21st century†as he envisioned in March 1983 when the missile defense program was first proposed.
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Missile Defense Watch: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Tours Alaska Missile Defense Center
Missile Defense Watch: United States and Israel Collaborating on Missile Defense
Missile Defense Watch: “Concept of Operations†To Be Done by Fall
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Terrorist Attack Watch: Terror Attack Against San Francisco Jews
Fremont police shut down traffic along Fremont Boulevard between Decoto Road and Ferry Lane to investigate the scene of a fatal hit and run on Tuesday.
Contra Cost Times: One dead, at least 14 hurt in hit-and-run rampage
One man has died and at least 14 people were injured when a Fremont man purposefully drove his sport-utility vehicle onto sidewalks and crosswalks in San Francisco and Fremont today, according to San Francisco police.
The victims appear to include a Fremont man, a 78-year-old man who was using a cane to cross the street when he was struck, and a woman in her 70s. Earlier reports that a child was injured was incorrect.
“It’s one of the craziest things I’ve seen in my years on the force,” said San Francisco police Sgt. Neville Gittens. “This individual was driving around the city mowing people down.”
The driver was in police custody. His name was not immediately released, but Department of Motor Vehicles records show the license plate on the SUV is registered to Omeed A. Popal of Fremont.
An aide to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter was under investigation said Popal was the suspect in custody. He was injured and in stable condition, the aide said.
Newsom described the suspect as a “relatively young man.”
Callers into Hugh Hewitt’s radio show have confirmed that the victims were from a heavily Jewish neighborhood.
UPDATE: A caller to the program who stated he had lived in the neighborhood where the attacks occured asserted that this is a heavily Jewish neighborhood. I have not found that confirmed in the media accounts yet.
UPDATE: Four callers have confirmed that without doubt this is a Jewish neighborhood, and that one of the victimns was run over in front of the Jewish Community Center in the area.
UPDATE: From an e-mail:
Look on the web! the JCC located at 3200 California St. Site of one of the attacks: 3250 California ST.Please keep an eye out for the first MSM mention you see that this may very well be another mass casualty attack on Jewish Americans, the second in two months.Stay tuned…….let’s see if the MSM characterizes this attack as one of terror or an anti-Semitic HATE CRIME.
Update: Michelle Malkin has San Fran car rampage ends at Jewish Community Center
Omeed Aziz Popal
Update:
Reader Chris writes: “The 3500 California St hit was a 1/2 mile from the main Jewish temple, Temple Emanu-El and 41 miles from his starting point in Fremont.”
Update: Bookworm points to latest wire stories repeating relatives’ claim that Popal had wedding jitters.
LA Times has some details.
More from CBS 5
A child suffered from massive head injuries after being struck along California street, police said. The other victims were all between the ages of 18 and 78 years old, according to San Francisco Public Health spokeswoman Eileen Shields.
An FBI agent on his lunch break was also struck by the suspect’s SUV in the vicinity of the Federal Building.
“He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time,” FBI spokesman Ryan Butler said. The agent suffered “very minor injuries” and was treated and released, Butler said.
One of the three hospitals treating victims was San Francisco General Hospital, where Newsom met with victims and their families.
“These are the things, these are so senseless. They’re utterly inexplicable. They’re impossible to rationalize,” Newsom said afterward. “The fact that this individual felt compelled for whatever reason to be determined to do what he did is beyond imagination.” (Small imagine there, Newsom.)
Popal’s attorney, Majeed Samara, said his client was “mentally ill” but did not elaborate.
“All I can tell you is he’s not all together,” Samara said Tuesday.
Update #2: VIDEO: Witness says driver declared himself a ‘terrorist’…
Members of the Fremont Police investigate the scene of a fatal hit and run on Fremont Boulevard.
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Iran Nuclear Watch: President Ahmadinejad’s Letter to German Chancellor Merkel Released
In July Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent German Chancellor Angela Merkel a letter just as he did to President Bush.
Now the text of this letter has been released.
Full Text of Pres. Ahmadinejad’s Letter to German Chancellor
This was President Ahmadinejad’s second letter to the heads of western states, considering an earlier one he wrote to the US President, George W. Bush.
Unlike his first letter to Bush, President Ahmadinejad in his letter to Merkel, has touched on his country’s nuclear issue, where he has stressed that Iran’s decision for the acquisition of the nuclear technology is irrevocable.
What follows is the full text of President Ahmadinejad’s letter to the German Chancellor:
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Her Excellency Angela Merkel
The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Excellency,
Please accept my warmest greetings.
If it had not been for Germany being a great contributor to progress in science, philosophy, literature, arts and politics;
If it had not been for a more important and positive influence of Germany in international relations and promotion of peace;
Moreover, if it had not been for the persistence of a strong will by certain global powers and special groups to constantly portray Germany as defeated and indebted country of World War II in order to continue their extortions;
And if it had not been for the presence of Your Excellency at the top of the executive branch of your country as an experienced stateswoman with bitter and sweet experiences in two dissimilar societies with different political systems and traditions,
And at the same time, if it had not been for the advantages that are limited to women, such as stronger human sentiments and certain manifestations of the divine compassion and kindness, specially in the position of a mother and being at the service of the people, and the common responsibility of all people with faith in God to defend human dignity and worth and to prevent violations of their rights and their humiliation, and proceeding from this conviction that we are all created by the Almighty and He has bestowed upon us all dignity and no one has any special privileges over the other, and under no circumstances could a society be deprived of its rights, barred from pursuit of progress and perfection or be controlled or humiliated;
Finally, if it had not been for the oppression, however different, of our nations, our shared responsibility to promote justice as the most basic foundation for promotion of peace and human equality, I would not have found the motive to write this letter.
Honorable Chancellor
Rulers come and go, but people with culture and history and their attachments and desires will keep on staying. Opportunities in front of those in position of high power are transient, even if they may be vast and broad. These opportunities are very auspicious and can play a key role in the negative and positive transformations and developments of a nation.
Those in position of high power do not normally have many opportunities, but are accountable before the Almighty and people due to their high responsibility. We know this, and you know it as well.
Some of these developments can have regional, continental and global ramifications and can hardly be overlooked.
For sometime I have been thinking why some nations that their history shows they have indeed had an important and prominent share and role in material and spiritual progress of mankind in various arenas of science, arts, philosophy, literature and politics and were makers of civilization are not allowed to be proud as a nation of their historical accomplishments and play their deserved and constructive role on the global arena. They try to keep the black cloud of humiliation and shame hanging over their heads. And even more regrettably, some of the leaders of such a nation regard this situation befitting them and their nation and try to justify it. This is really an astonishing phenomenon in today’s world. The propaganda machinery after World War II has been so colossal that has caused some people to believe that they are the guilty party by historical accounts and must pay the penalty fort the wrongs committed by their forefathers for successive generations and for indefinite period of time.
Excellency
World War II came to an end with all its material and moral losses and its 60 million casualties. The death of human beings is tragic and sad. In all divine religions and before all awakened conscience and pure nature of mankind and the sense of right and wrong, the life, property and honor of people, regardless of their religious persuasion and ethnic background, must be respected at all times and all places.
Sixty years have passed since the end of the war. But, regrettably the entire world and some nations in particular are still facing its consequences. Even now the conduct of some bullying powers and power-seeking and aggressive groups is the conduct of victors with the vanquished.
The extortion and blackmail continue, and people are not allowed to think about or even question the source of this extortion, otherwise they face imprisonment. When will this situation end? Sixty years, one hundred years or one thousand years, when? I am sorry to remind you that today the perpetual claimants against the great people of Germany are the bullying powers and the Zionists that founded the Al-Qods Occupying Regime with the force of bayonets in the Middle East.
The Honorable Chancellor
I have no intention of arguing about the Holocaust. But, does it not stand to reason that some victorious countries of World War II intended to create an alibi on the basis of which they could continue keeping the defeated nations of World War II indebted to them. Their purpose has been to weaken their morale and their inspiration in order to obstruct their progress and power. In addition to the people of Germany, the peoples of the Middle East have also borne the brunt of the Holocaust. By raising the necessity of settling the survivors of the Holocaust in the land of Palestine, they have created a permanent threat in the Middle East in order to rob the people of the region of the opportunities to achieve progress. The collective conscience of the world is indignant over the daily atrocities by the Zionist occupiers, destruction of homes and farms, killing of children, assassinations and bombardments.
Excellency, you have seen that the Zionist government does not even tolerate a government elected by the Palestinian people, and over and over again has demonstrated that it recognizes no limit in attacking the neighboring countries.
The question is why did the victors of the war, especially England that had apparently such a strong sense of responsibility toward the survivors of the Holocaust not allow them to settle in their territory. Why did they force them to migrate to other people’s land by launching a wave of anti-Semitism? Using the excuse for the settlement of the survivors of the Holocaust, they encouraged the Jews worldwide to migrate and today a large part of the inhabitants of the occupied territories are non-European Jews. If tyranny and killing is condemned in one part of the world, can we acquiesce and go along with tyranny, killing, occupation and assassinations in another part of the world simply in order to redress the past wrongs?
Excellency
We need to ask ourselves that for what purposes the millions of dollars that the Zionists receive from the treasury of some Western countries are spent for. Are they used for the promotion of peace and the well-being of the people? Or are they used for waging war against Palestinians and the neighboring countries. Are the nuclear arsenals of Israel intended to be used in defense of the survivors of the Holocaust or as a permanent thereat against nations of the region and as an instrument of coercion, and possibly to defend the interests of certain circles of power in the Western countries.
Regrettably, the influence of the Zionists in the economy, media and some centers of political power has endangered interests of the European nations and has robbed them of many opportunities. The main alibi for this approach is the extortion they exact from the Holocaust.
One can imagine what standing some European countries could have had and what global role they could have played, if it had not been for this sixty-year old imposition.
I believe we both share the view that the flourishing of nations and their role are directly related to freedom and sense of pride.
Fortunately, with all the pressures and limitations, the great nation of Germany has been able to take great strides toward advancement and has become a major economic powerhouse in Europe that also seeks to play a more effective role in international interactions. But just imagine where Germany would be today in terms of its eminence among the freedom-loving nations, Muslims of the world and peoples of Europe, if such a situation did not exist and the governments in power in Germany had said no to the extortions by the Zionists and had not supported the greatest enemy of mankind.
It is sad to admit that Europe has lost a lot of its clout in global interactions and has not been able to face and overcome major challenges by relying on itself. This is, of course, understandable. The big powers outside of the continent intend to prove that Europe cannot rely on itself and do anything without their help and intervention.
Our people have also suffered from the interventions by some of the victors of the war after World War II. For many years they interfered in our internal affairs and did not want to see our nation conquer the pinnacles of progress and perfection. They had their eyes on our natural wealth, above all on our energy resources. To secure their own interests, they overthrew the legally constituted government of the time, installed a dictatorial regime and supported it to the end. Later, they supported Saddam in the war imposed on our people and observed no humanitarian boundary in their support for the Iraqi dictator. Our nation has experienced the pain and anguish from the interferences of those who are now crying out for human rights. There are still many suffering from the wounds and injuries of this war.
Many of these aggressions have taken place by those who regard themselves the victors of the World War II. They allow themselves to do whatever they wish, and unfortunately, after the end of the Cold War, the arrogance and expansionist ambitions of these powers have escalated.
We believe that still a major part of the peoples of the world and even international organizations are under the influence of the behavior and the conduct of the victors of the World War II.
I explained the position of the people and government of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the United Nations General Assembly. Is the present state of affairs such as the rules governing the work of the Security Council, especially the right to veto, fair?
Do you not think that the time has come to change these rules in cooperation with independent governments? These rules are by no means acceptable to the collective conscience of nations and are contrary to the sense of reason and human nature. At least, if we want to be fairer, some other countries of the world should be allowed to benefit from the right to veto.
Madam Chancellor
You are familiar with the pains and sufferings currently afflicting our world. Today, the pain and suffering of the people of Iraq that come from occupation, absence of security and daily acts of terrorism are tormenting the entire humanity. Relentless interferences of some bullying powers in the internal affairs of other nations, antagonism toward the inalienable rights of nations to have access to more advanced technologies, subjecting nations to permanent threats by relying on arsenals of chemical and nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction, opposition to popular governments in Latin America, supporting coup d’état and dictatorial regimes, absence of due attention to Africa and taking advantage of the power vacuum there to plunder their wealth are among the problems facing our world today. In my letter to President Bush, I spelled out a long list of contemporary global problems.
Where are the roots of these problems? How long can they continue? Do you not think that the main root lies in the fact that some of the rulers and powers of today have distanced themselves from the teachings of the divine prophets, the teachings of Abraham, Moses and Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) and the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him).
These teachings are in all divine religions that you and I believe:
· God is the creator of all things and beings. We have all been created free and He has not allowed us to be the servant of anyone other than Him.
· He has commanded us to worship Him and to avoid all oppressors and tyrants.
· He has commanded us to be virtuous, to be good to and serve the people, and has directed us to be kind to and defend the oppressed and fight the oppressors.
· God has given humans dignity and scorns their humiliation.
· He has sent his messengers with clear reasons, the Book and a balance and has called on his servants to promote justice.
Based on these shared principles and foundations of our faith, we believe:
· Peace and tranquility can only be established and endure on the basis of faith in God and justice.
· Peace and dignity are the rights of all nations.
· Pursuit of progress and better livelihood combined with spirituality, compassion and well-being is the right of people.
· You and we can found a new movement to achieve these noble human ideals by relying on these principles and the articles of faith that are common to all divine religions.
Our nations believe and are committed to these pillars of faith. The history has shown that the people of Iran are not familiar with aggressing and brutalizing other nations. Nevertheless, we do not allow being the subject and victim of aggression and brutality. The experience of the eight-year war clearly demonstrated this fact to the whole world.
I believe we and you have both been the subject of tyranny. They do not respect your rights and want us also to forego our rights. Fortunately, I have heard that you also speak your mind openly and are against engendering tension and wars.
Honorable Chancellor,
The inner instincts and nature of the peoples of the world have wakened up.
Tendency toward faith in the oneness of God is on the rise.
People will no longer tolerate to be tyrannized, humiliated and their rights violated.
The prevailing circumstances today differ from those of yesterday. Multiple standards and approaches in relations will not endure.
Iran and Germany can play a more important role together in the international arena by relying on the noble and high values.
This cooperative relationship can also enhance the role of Europe on the global scene and serve as a model of cooperation between two governments and nations.
Without doubt, cooperation of two peace-loving, powerful and cultured nations of Germany and Iran will serve the interests of Europe as well. Together we must end the present abnormalities in international relations, the type of order and relations that are based on the impositions of the victors of the World War II on the defeated nations. Nations and many governments will be on our side on this path.
We must make the shadow of World War II disappear and help the international community to promote security, freedom and sense of tranquility.
The people of Iran and Germany are two great nations that have contributed to the making of our civilization. They have rich culture and have been in the forefront of science, literature, arts and philosophy. Both of our people have a strong faith in God and follow the teachings of divine prophets. They have also had long-lasting scientific, cultural and commercial relations and share many valuable mutual interests.
I have no doubt that with the cooperation of the two governments and the support of the two great nations we can take great strides forward in alleviating the problems and abnormalities of our world today.
Daring and courageous decisions are the key to our success in overcoming the existing problems, countering the violations of rights and defending the rights of nations.
To the extent that I know of the people of Germany, they will come along and join us and want restore their dignity and influence for the sake of global peace and calm. Our people have the similar spirit.
Together we will be able to prove to some powers that respecting other nations and their rights is good for them as well. Our two nations and governments, next to each other, will be able to play a fundamental role in promoting peace, security, progress, and human dignity at the scale of two countries and internationally.
In closing, I pray to the Almighty for the success of Your Excellency and the government and people of Germany. Emphasis Flap’s
The NUTTER Ahmadinejad’s attempt to elicit anti-Semitic/Israel feelings in Germany.
The United States and Israel cannot allow Iran’s Mullahs and Ahmadinejad who said Israel must be “wiped off the map” to possess a nuclear weapon.
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran President Ahmadinejad Rejects Halt to Uranium Enrichment
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Rejects United States Warning on Sanctions
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Tests Submarine to Surface Missile
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Launches a New Phase in the Arak Heavy-Water Reactor Project
Iran Nuclear Watch: Russia Rejects United Nations Sanctions Against Iran
Iran Nuclear Watch: Israel Sending a “CLEAR†Message to Iran
The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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Michael Ramirez on Nuclear Iran
Washington Times: Gathering nuclear storm
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran President Ahmadinejad Rejects Halt to Uranium Enrichment
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United States Senate 2006 Election Watch: Election Projections
Election Projection 2006 has GOP retaining control of the Senate.
Current: 55 GOP, 44 DEM, 1 IND
Projected: 51 GOP, 47 DEM, 2 IND
DEM +3, GOP -4, IND +1State Major Candidates Projected Result Arizona Jon Kyl (R)-inc vs Jim Pederson (D) Mod GOP Hold California Dianne Feinstein (D)-inc vs Richard Mountjoy (R) Strong DEM Hold Connecticut Lieberman(I) / Lamont(D) / Schlesinger(R) Mod IND Gain Delaware Tom Carper (D)-inc vs Jan Ting? (R) Strong DEM Hold* Florida Bill Nelson (D)-inc vs Katherine Harris? (R) Strong DEM Hold* Hawaii Daniel Akaka? (D)-inc vs ??? (R) Strong DEM Hold* Indiana Richard Lugar (R)-inc (unopposed) Strong GOP Hold Maine Olympia Snowe (R)-inc vs Jean Hay Bright (D) Strong GOP Hold Maryland OPEN: ??? (D) vs Michael Steele? (R) Weak DEM Hold* Massachusetts Ted Kennedy (D)-inc vs ??? (R) Strong DEM Hold* Michigan Debbie Stabenow (D)-inc vs Mike Bouchard (R) Mod DEM Hold Minnesota OPEN: Amy Klobuchar (D) vs Mark Kennedy (R) Mod DEM Hold Mississippi Trent Lott (R)-inc vs Erik Fleming (D) Strong GOP Hold Missouri Jim Talent (R)-inc vs Claire McCaskill (D) Weak GOP Hold Montana Conrad Burns (R)-inc vs Jon Tester (D) Weak DEM Gain Nebraska Ben Nelson (D)-inc vs Peter Ricketts (R) Strong DEM Hold Nevada John Ensign (R)-inc vs Jack Carter (D) Mod GOP Hold New Jersey Robert Menendez (D)-inc vs Tom Kean, Jr. (R) Weak DEM Hold New Mexico Jeff Bingaman (D)-inc vs Allen McCulloch (R) Strong DEM Hold New York Hillary Clinton (D)-inc vs ??? (R) Strong DEM Hold* North Dakota Kent Conrad (DNL)-inc vs Dwight Grotberg (R) Strong DEM Hold Ohio Mike DeWine (R)-inc vs Sherrod Brown (D) Weak DEM Gain Pennsylvania Rick Santorum (R)-inc vs Bob Casey, Jr. (D) Mod DEM Gain Rhode Island L. Chafee? (R)-inc vs S. Whitehouse? (D) Weak DEM Gain* Tennessee OPEN: Bob Corker (R) vs Harold Ford, Jr. (D) Mod GOP Hold Texas Kay Hutchison (R)-inc vs Barbara Radnofsky (D) Strong GOP Hold Utah Orrin Hatch (R)-inc vs Pete Ashdown (D) Strong GOP Hold Vermont OPEN: Bernie Sanders (I) vs ??? (R) Strong IND Hold* Virginia George Allen (R)-inc vs James Webb, Jr. (D) Mod GOP Hold Washington Maria Cantwell (D)-inc vs Mike McGavick? (R) Weak DEM Hold* West Virginia Robert Byrd (D)-inc vs John Raese (R) Strong DEM Hold Wisconsin Herb Kohl (D)-inc vs ??? (R) Strong DEM Hold* Wyoming Craig Thomas (R)-inc vs Dale Groutage (D) Strong GOP Hold * – preliminary projection The Virginia race with the George Macaca Allen FLAP could result in a tie Senate.
The remainder of the projections appear to be within political consensus as Flap reads the polls.
 2006 Senate RealClearPolitics Poll Averages are here.
As it stands today, the GOP will retain control of the Senate but there will be no threat of a “NUCLEAR OPTION” with regards to SCOTUS nominations.
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Senator George Allen Watch: Webb NOW leads Allen in Latest Poll
WAVY TV/Daily Press: Webb leads Sen. Allen slightly in latest poll
Democratic Senate candidate James Webb, down by more than 10 percentage points in the polls in late July, has moved ahead of Sen. George Allen in the latest Wall Street Journal/Zogby Poll.
Webb, from Falls Church, leads Allen 47.9 percent to 46.6 percent, according to the poll, which was conducted Aug. 15-21 and has a 3.2 percentage point margin of error.
Voters do not like intemperate and mean candidates.
Senator Allen stepped in the Macaca and only time will tell if he can extricate himself.
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Senator George Allen Watch: Allen Apologizes for Offensive Remarks – FLAP Part II
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California Election 2006 Watch: Schwarzenegger’s Sacramento Reform – TERMINATED
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaces a pen after signing a document during the closing ceremony of the border governors conference Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, in Austin, Texas. After a morning of closed-door sessions on immigration, border security and economic issues, the ten U.S. and Mexican border governors ended their two-day conference by signing joint declarations.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is following the wrong script. After taking over as governor in 2003, he was expected to vanquish business-as-usual politicians in Sacramento–and pull California from the brink of fiscal ruin. Instead, he has decided to put his own political future ahead of the economic survival of his beloved Golden State. How else to interpret his recent move to join ranks with his opponents in Sacramento to put a pork-heavy $37 billion bond infrastructure proposal on the November ballot?
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s strategy is to win re-election. Arnold does not need the infrastructure bonds to beat the “GEEK” Phil Angelides.
Come November – Arnold wins and the bonds lose.
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California Election 2006 Watch: Schwarzenegger Hears Rumbles From the RIGHT?
California Election 2006 Watch: Latest PPIC Poll has Schwarzenegger Leading Angelides by 13 Points
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran President Ahmadinejad Rejects Halt to Uranium Enrichment
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves during the opening ceremony of a heavy water plant in Arak, 26 August. Iran insisted it remained determined to produce its own nuclear fuel, just four days before a UN Security Council deadline to freeze the sensitive work or face the risk of sanctions.
AP: Iran President Rejects Nuke Suspension
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged the authority of the U.N. Security Council as Iran faces a deadline to halt its uranium enrichment and he called for a televised debate with President Bush on world issues.
The Security Council has given Iran until Thursday to suspend enrichment, a process that can produce either fuel for a reactor or material for weapons.
No surprise and who does Ahmadinejad think he is John Kerry? Iran is simply trying to play the western media again.
In the meantime, France is trying to exert their authority in the matter.
AFP: France ready to talk to Iran to end nuclear crisis
Two days before a UN deadline for Iran to halt uranium enrichment, France offered to renew talks with Tehran to end the stand-off while still insisting it freeze sensitive nuclear work.
“The Iranian authorities say they are open to dialogue and ready to resume discussions,” Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy told a meeting of French ambassadors in Paris.
“Without abandoning the demand to suspend sensitive activities, France is also ready to renew dialogue. But it must be a clear, concrete and responsible dialogue,” he said Tuesday.
Douste-Blazy said he wanted the talks to take place “quickly” but would not be pinned down on a timeframe, while a French diplomat said the offer was for dialogue, not the resumption of full-blown negotiations Tehran is seeking.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) attends the opening ceremony for a heavy water plant in Arak, 320kms south of Tehran, 26 August. France is ready to renew dialogue with Iran on ending the standoff over its nuclear program but will continue to insist that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment, Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said.
WHO CARES?
The APPEASERS in Paris are irrelevant with regard to Iran’s nuclear program. And who would TRUST the French in any diplomatic effort?
“The U.S. and Britain are the source of many tensions,” Ahmadinejad said at a news conference. “At the Security Council, where they have to protect security, they enjoy the veto right. If anybody confronts them, there is no place to take complaints to.
“This (veto right) is the source of problems of the world. … It is an insult to the dignity, independence, freedom and sovereignty of nations,” he said.
Ahmadinejad rejected any suspension of enrichment, even if U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked for it during an upcoming visit to Iran.
“The use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is the right of the Iranian nation. The Iranian nation has chosen this path. … No one can prevent it,” he said.
BLAH BLAH BLAH
United Nations and P-5-Plus-1 negotiations and diplomatic engagement have been a failure and are WORTHLESS.
The United States has entered a new “IRAN COLD WAR†and will have to go it alone.
Israel is already prepared to go it alone against Iran.
When the “POINT OF NO RETURN†arrives Israel and the United States will have a choice.
No more talks – PREPARE THE MILITARY DETERRENCE AND MISSILE DEFENSE.
Stay tuned……
Iran near the Arak nuclear research reactor. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted that Iran is no threat to Israel as he inaugurated a heavy water production plant just five days before a UN Security Council deadline to suspend sensitive nuclear fuel cycle work.Previous:
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Israel Sending a “CLEAR†Message to Iran
The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir August 29, 2006