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Oct 15, 2005, 4:05:18 AM10/15/05

AntiWar
October 15, 2005

Nobel's peaceful kick to the groin

Dr. James Gordon Prather
Nuclear weapons physicist
Nuclear bomb tester at Lawrence Livermore
Technical director of nuclear bomb testings at Sandia
Chief scientist of the U.S. Army
U.S. Navy veteran

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has just awarded the nemesis of Bush, Bolton, Sharon
and the neo-crazies – Mohamed ElBaradei and his staff at the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) – the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to prevent nuclear
energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way".

The IAEA was established in 1957 with the dual objectives of

A) facilitating "the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and
prosperity throughout the world", and
B) ensuring "so far as it is able" that atomic energy is not "used in such a way
as to further any military purpose".

To accomplish the latter, the IAEA concludes Safeguards Agreements with IAEA member
states.

Under Safeguards, IAEA inspectors "shall have access at all times to all places and
data and to any person who by reason of his occupation deals with [Safeguarded]
materials, equipment, or facilities" as necessary "to determine whether there is
compliance with the undertaking against use in furtherance of any military purpose".

In the event IAEA inspectors detect non-compliance with a Safeguards agreement –
including its health and safety provisions – they "shall" make a report to the
director general, who "shall" then report to the IAEA Board of Governors, who "shall"
then make a report to all IAEA members, the U.N. General Assembly and the U.N.
Security Council.

The Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which came into force in
1970, requires each NPT signatory not already having nuclear weapons to conclude and
adhere to an IAEA Safeguards Agreement covering certain specified nuclear materials,
facilities and activities "for the exclusive purpose of verification of the
fulfillment of its obligations assumed under this Treaty, with a view to preventing
diversion of nuclear energy from peaceful uses to nuclear weapons or other nuclear
explosive devices".

(See the text of NPT dated April 22, 1970:
http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Infcircs/Others/infcirc140.pdf)

Hence, the NPT takes advantage of the already existing IAEA Safeguards regime –
including the non-compliance reporting mechanism provided for by the IAEA Statute
(http://www.iaea.org/About/statute_text.html) – to prevent the diversion of
significant quantities of "special nuclear materials" to a military purpose. But, in
so doing, the NPT does not somehow transform the IAEA into a nuke
proliferation-prevention agency.

The IAEA is NOT responsible for "preventing" – or even "detecting" – nuke
proliferation. It is merely responsible for "verifying compliance" with all aspects
of its Safeguards agreements, including the health and safety provisions, thereof.

Bush and the neo-crazies came to power, determined to effect – by force, if
necessary – "regime change" on Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

But all the polls said you soccer moms would not countenace the pre-emptive use of
force against those regimes unless they had – or soon would have – nukes to give to
terrorists.

But, Iraq and Iran were then deemed by the IAEA to be in compliance with their IAEA
Safeguards Agreements and North Korea in compliance with its IAEA-verified Agreed
Framework with the United States.

Bummer!

So, upon coming to power, Bush launched a concerted effort to
A) replace ElBaradei,
B) discredit the IAEA Safeguards regime and
C) provoke Iraq, Iran and North Korea into withdrawing from the NPT.

In late 2002, Bush did provoke North Korea into withdrawing from the NPT.

In early 2003, Bush pre-emptively invaded Iraq, totally disregarding ElBaradei's
authoritative report to the Security Council that there had been no resumption of
nuclear activities in Iraq – peaceful or otherwise.

But, Bush's invasion of Iraq and provocation of North Korea did NOT provoke Iran into
withdrawing from the NPT. Rather, in early 2003 Iran signed an Additional Protocol to
its Safeguards Agreement and immediately began to adhere to it.

(See the text of Iran-IAEA agreement dated December 13, 1974
http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Infcircs/Others/infcirc214.pdf)

(See the text of Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreement
http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Factsheets/English/sg_overview.html)

Last November, ElBaradei reported to the IAEA Board that – although Iran had
previously not reported materials and activities it should have – Iran was now in
substantive compliance with its Safeguards Agreement, including its Additional
Protocol.

Furthermore, ElBaradei reported that he had found NO indication that Iran had EVER
diverted any quantity of "special nuclear materials" to a military purpose. In other
words, Iran has never been in "non-compliance" with the NPT.

So, Bush demanded the Board ignore ElBaradei's recent reports of substantial
compliance and make the pre-2003 failures to comply the basis for a "referral" of
Iran's Safeguarded programs to the UN Security Council as a "threat to peace and
security".

Now comes the Peace Prize for ElBaradei and his staff, which a Committee spokesman
claims was not intended to be "a kick to the legs" of Bush.

How about the groin?

* Physicist James Gordon Prather has served as a policy implementing official for
national security-related technical matters in the Federal Energy Agency, the Energy
Research and Development Administration, the Department of Energy, the Office of the
Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Army. Dr. Prather also served as
legislative assistant for national security affairs to U.S. Sen. Henry Bellmon,
R-Okla. --ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and member of the Senate
Energy Committee and Appropriations Committee. Dr. Prather had earlier worked as a
nuclear weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(http://www.llnl.gov) in California and Sandia National Laboratory
(http://www.sandia.gov) in New Mexico. http://www.antiwar.com/prather

IAEA and Iran
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/IaeaIran/index.shtml

IAEA is doing Israel's bidding
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/953912efce75cbd9?hl=en

After 2 years of intrusive go-anywhere see-anything ask-anybody inspections!
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/a545047699722ca7?hl=en

Saving Face
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/7da8706c13c8a059?hl=en

West does not seek the elimination of nukes, but rather the establishment of nuclear
monopoly
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/502efbdfaa7622f7?hl=en

Unratified additional protocol
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/1b2b77819b38d9e3?hl=en

The high price of hounding Iran
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/7c854d944d6e061d?hl=en

Such a Blot
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/43ee2e2149e17310?hl=en

Weapons of Mass Murder
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/0f3f87b645a72fde?hl=en

Neocrazies Foiled
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/86df9c0e9c38d475?hl=en

Iran knocks Europe out
By Pepe Escobar
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/497a81cb3c315c65?hl=en

UN opens a Pandora's Box of "Iran exceptionalism"
Dr. Kaveh Afrasiabi
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/24bfe5a318d9a222?hl=en

There is Nothing to refer to UN Security Council
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/76824d9387903d4a?hl=en

WMD Postmortem
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/0d02537756cafca8?hl=en

No wonder the West is so mad at Iran
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/83e63797f1a1af3b?hl=en

Bolton in a China Shop
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/9927bb4f65924e34?hl=en

JEW media sycophants & 36% HEU - IRAN told the truth, yet JEW keeps lying
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f90a6eef507f10a0?hl=en

Past Arguments Don't Square With Current Iran Policy
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f53d3a05bc5403c1?hl=en

The fuel behind Iran's nuclear drive
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/2fcf81313deb4ae0?hl=en

The U.S. and Iran: Democracy, Terrorism, and Nuclear Weapons
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/0d0dcf76abbaafb1?hl=en

NO Nuclear double standards
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/8e41f4a8a1a3e04c?hl=en

Backlash Builds Against Cheney's 'Guns of August'
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/8286b2b389247d0a?hl=en

An offer Iran MUST refuse
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/743b96400831f8a1?hl=en

Zero Tolerance
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/1641ae424fde5b89?hl=en

Sino-Russian Guarantees?
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/bd8f5389ab0e8956?hl=en

More neo-crazy media sycophant LIES about Iran
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/d3fe84a9b64d20bc?hl=en

What The Neo-Crazies Knew
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/6b45fabf57726a03?hl=en

EU vs. Iran - Who's Right?
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/cbce70a3093360fb?hl=en

Iran should refer U.S. to Security Council for violating UNSCR-984
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/0d54ef8e41b971bf?hl=en

Castration of NPT - U.S. instantly tore up NPT for India, so why should Iran obey a
torn up agreement!
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/2c234f4a148cd298?hl=en

U.S. ripped NPT into pieces; Iran must withdraw from this annulled treaty
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/fbf55e939908b2c2?hl=en

U.S. proliferation rhetoric and reality
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/7d8c268ee51c07be?hl=en

Ambassador Bolton's Agenda
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/1ca916601b7a7bc8?hl=en

Iran's INALIENABLE RIGHT to uranium enrichment
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/245f6081b4e3d019?hl=en

A Palliative for Neo-Crazy Lies
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/1b7968f98173938d?hl=en

Inalienable right without discrimination
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/5012a673328fa044?hl=en

U.S. doesn't want to disarm even though it promised to do so
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/c0b86cad11cb9413?hl=en

UN Referral – Not
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/bddc928154c8c96a?hl=en

What Iranian obligations? What breaches? America's lies, lies, lies...
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/9535c4a90df98471?hl=en

Memo to slimy senators
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/7065ffd57b51a959?hl=en

U.S. promised in 2000, to get rid of it's nukes!
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/1e23bafecdac9e82?hl=en

U.S. has violated Iran's NPT rights!
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/02f1f48fafcac2b6?hl=en

Iran's diplomatic masterpiece
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f532352654efee1d?hl=en

Bush to sabotage NPT
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/6386adef83860d3e?hl=en

West's repeated violations of "Article IV & I" against Iran
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/0123ceb12dd47321?hl=en

Israel guns for Iran - Why?
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/2c0274540f3957b7?hl=en

U.S. wants definition of NPT 'noncompliance' changed!!!
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/2abab5a7b8bce4c5?hl=en

NTP for dummies
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http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/44fcd2a53218eb52?hl=en

The Real Threat From John Bolton
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/16fb61c3cca32703?hl=en

81-mm smoking rockets
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/fb2c580ba00d79a6?hl=en

U.S. plans to destroy NPT
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/760abaff1d8ac7c2?hl=en

Nuts to Bush
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/de936f823b4dfb11?hl=en

Iran's logic proven correct to the entire World
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/a5798de678dad2a9?hl=en

Sandbagging the NSG (Nuclear Suppliers Group)
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/238000abe8fe032e?hl=en

What Noncompliance?
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/32f537772749ecc2?hl=en

Sandbagging the EU
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Bye-Bye, NPT
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/eb8e9f617d0e0867?hl=en

Jew tells Bush to lie about Iran
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/c96849f55f92353e?hl=en

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http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/e25e86754767e3ef?hl=en

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Condi Desperate to Stop EU-China-Iran Chain Reaction
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The Impossible Dream in the State of the Union Address
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Targeting Iran
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Bay of Pigs part 2, CIA-Israeli-MEK
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/b58f2a1d8b2290ff?hl=en

Threatening Iran - despite the evidence
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/ce6e09919da68cbb?hl=en

Virtual Nukes
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/c245e595ad17ae57?hl=en

Iran's having the capability to enrich uranium is not even tantamount to having the
capability to produce the essentially pure uranium-235 required to make a nuke
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/303c3ca53b67c0a7?hl=en

Dangerous Delusions About Iran
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/42c57f2ae0cdb3b0?hl=en

Thwarting the Neo-Crazies
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Trashing the IAEA Again
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U.S. keeps lying about Iran again & again
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/e9f480b192bd425e?hl=en

Iran's Stealthy Nukes
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/e47cc87d2b268368?hl=en

Uranium-Enrichment Myths Busted
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f7ebc6f4bed9d13a?hl=en

Iran Plays by the Rules - No Fair!
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/25be300601cc8984?hl=en

Nuclear Bait and Switch
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/0a0dc80ca3b8e98f?hl=en

The myth of Iranian nukes
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/bf78503a661673e9?hl=en

North Korea has what Iraq didn't
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/56f613221080276e?hl=en

Iran has absolute right to enrich uranium
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/0a8ac2dc599976ba?hl=en

Iran is in full compliance with NPT & IAEA
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/737b74e86ba897cb?hl=en