As the Centrifuges Turn

The Iranians continue full steam ahead enriching uranium today while the world's most useless organization, the IAEA, issues another sham report filled with doubletalk and diplospeak.

The report is accompanied by a unique succession of headlines.

Nuclear Agency Says Iran Is Cooperating

IAEA: Iran Not Open About Nuke Program

Uh, which is it?

From the former:

In a report sure to further complicate the U.S.-led drive for additional sanctions against Iran, the atomic watchdog agency of the United Nations has given Iran relatively good marks for its recent cooperation in clearing up suspicions over past nuclear work.

"Iran has provided sufficient access to individuals and has responded in a timely manner to questions and provided clarifications and amplifications on issues raised," the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

From the latter:

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — The U.S. called for new sanctions against Iran after a U.N. report Friday that said the Tehran regime has been generally truthful about key aspects of its past nuclear activities, but is continuing to enrich uranium.

The International Atomic Energy Agency also said restrictions the Iranians put on U.N. inspectors two years ago mean it still cannot rule out that Iran has a secret weapons program, as suspected by Washington and its allies.

So, they cannot rule out the possible existence of a secret program, yet they assure us the Iranians are generally truthful.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Oh, and by the way, these IAEA hacks admit they're totally clueless, incompetent, or quite probably, on the Iranian payroll.

The official acknowledged, however, that the agency remained blind on Iran's present work with new and more modern enrichment technologies that would allow it to enrich uranium at far greater speed and volume than with the outmoded machines the agency is monitoring.

Touching on that, the report said the agency's "knowledge about Iran's current nuclear program is shrinking" because of access restrictions imposed in 2006.

Repeating previous warnings, it said the IAEA "is not in a position to provide credible assurances about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities" unless Iran restores more robust inspection rights to agency experts.

Very reassuring.

The BBC at least knows how to translate, to their credit.

Mixed UN nuclear report for Iran

The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has supplied transparent data on its past nuclear activities but adds it has limited knowledge of its current work.

The IAEA also found in a report that Tehran was still enriching uranium in defiance of the UN Security Council.

Iran said the report was a clean bill of health but the US said it showed Tehran was not co-operating.

The BBC's Jon Leyne says Iran probably has done enough to fend off any new UN sanctions and has deferred the crisis.

FARS, naturally, suspects pressure on ElBaradei, while IRNA offered their own unique twist on the news.

A move by the US, Britain and France on release of 10 pages of additional questions over Iran's peaceful nuclear program was aimed to counter the constructive cooperation between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog, a diplomat said here Thursday.

Speaking to IRNA on condition of anonymity, the diplomat added that the hasty move indicated that the report by Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei, scheduled to be released Thursday, surprised the three countries.

The unprecedented measure was adopted by London, Washington and Paris because this time ElBaradei strived to present a realistic, rational, legal and non-political report to the IAEA Board of Governors about Iran, he said.

To no one's surprise, the Israelis see right through the farce.

Israel dismissed a report issued by the UN nuclear watchdog agency on Thursday as "unacceptable," claiming it was further proof that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei was pro-Iranian.
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"This report is unacceptable," Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman told The Jerusalem Post. "This is further proof of ElBaradei's one-sided and pro-Iranian position."

Outside of the heavy lifting being done by the United States, Great Britain, France and Israel, the rest of the world sits idly by, seemingly unconcerned a rogue state that promises to annihilate Israel is on the cusp of procuring nuclear arms.

To see the IAEA issue one mealy-mouthed report after the next while this occurs is an abomination.

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