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November 19, 2005

Without Discrimination

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

In March, shortly before retiring as Deputy Director-General of the International
Atomic Energy Agency, Pierre Goldschmidt
(http://www.iaea.org/About/DGC/goldschmidt_bio.html) provided the IAEA Board an
update on Iran's compliance with:

a) its Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Safeguards agreement
(http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Infcircs/Others/infcirc214.pdf),

b) its voluntary adherence to an Additional Protocol
(http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Infcircs/1998/infcirc540corrected.pdf),
and

c) its voluntary suspension – as a confidence-building measure – of
enrichment-related and reprocessing-related activities.

Pierre Goldschmidt began by noting that "Iran has facilitated in a timely manner
Agency access to nuclear material and facilities under its Safeguards Agreement and
Additional Protocol".

He also reported that the IAEA "has continued its activities to verify all elements
of Iran´s voluntary suspension of all enrichment related and reprocessing
activities".

So far, so good.

But, in an effort to be "completely transparent" about its current and past nuclear
programs, Iran had also "voluntarily" provided the IAEA all sorts of information
about its past activities.

In particular, Iran showed the Agency a handwritten one-page document reflecting an
offer they said had been made to them back in 1987 by a "foreign intermediary"
relating to "centrifuge technology acquisition".

According to Pierre Goldschmidt, the offer included the delivery of: a disassembled
gas-centrifuge and engineering drawings, therefore; engineering drawing for a
"complete" uranium-enrichment plant; auxiliary vacuum and electric drive equipment
for the centrifuges, as well as the materials for constructing 2000 centrifuge
machines.

The offer also included equipment for the production and casting of uranium metal.

The Iranians said only some of these items had been ordered, and not all of those
ordered had been delivered. But all that had been delivered had now been declared to
the IAEA.

The Agency requested that any other documentation relevant to the offer be made
available for the Agency's review.

Now, some of you may recall that, in the aftermath of the Second Persian Gulf War in
1991, the IAEA had discovered a one-page memo, dated October 6, 1990, summarizing a
meeting between members of the Mukhabarat – the Iraqi intelligence service – and an
intermediary who said he represented the Abdul Qadeer Khan network
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadeer_Khan).

Metallurgist A. Q. Khan had worked for a subsidiary of URENCO
(http://www.urenco.com/homepage.php), the European uranium-enrichment consortium.
Khan had stolen URENCO designs for a first-generation gas-centrifuge and URENCO
supplier lists, returned to Pakistan and got to work. By the early 1980s,
indigenously produced second-generation gas-centrifuge uranium-enrichment facilities
were up and running.

What to do with the first-generation stuff?

Offer – for a price – to help "establish a project to enrich uranium and manufacture
a nuclear weapon".

The Iraqis didn’t buy any of it.

But, the Bush-Cheney administration charged that the offer made to Iran back in 1987
to provide Iran uranium metal "casting capabilities" also amounted to an offer by the
Khan network to help Iran manufacture a nuclear weapon.

Associated Press ‘reporter’ George Jahn claims to have gotten access to a
‘confidential’ IAEA report that will be presented to the Board next week.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5424337,00.html

Apparently, the Iranians have found and turned over to the IAEA a "document" they
were given showing how to cast "enriched, natural and depleted uranium metal into
hemispherical forms".

The chief U.S. delegate to the IAEA, Gregory L. Schulte
(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/51106.htm), said Washington was "very concerned"
about the "find", along with the "large cache of documents uncovered by the agency"
showing detailed instructions on how to set up uranium enrichment facilities.

"This opens new concerns about weaponization that Iran has failed to address",
Schulte told reporters.

Well, first of all, the IAEA didn’t ‘uncover’ anything. The Iranians – although not
obligated to do so – ransacked their files and voluntarily turned over to the IAEA
everything relevant they found.

As to ‘new concerns about weaponization’, after more than two years of intrusive
Additional Protocol inspections, ElBaradei has yet to find any indication that Iran
has used or is planning to use ‘source or special nuclear materials’ in support of a
military purpose.

Hence, Iran is in compliance with its Safeguards Agreement.

Nevertheless, because of intense pressure by the United States, the IAEA passed a
resolution on September 24th, urging Iran to:

* implement transparency measures, extending beyond the formal requirements of the
Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol,

* re-establish full and sustained suspension of all enrichment-related activity, and
reprocessing activity;

* reconsider the construction of a research reactor moderated by heavy water; and

* promptly ratify the Additional Protocol.

In rebuttal
(http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Infcircs/2005/infcirc661.pdf), Iran has
noted that "In carrying out its functions, the Agency shall not make assistance to
members subject to any political, economic, military, or other conditions
incompatible with the provisions of this Statute".

But that’s exactly what the Board did in September. What do you reckon it will do
next week?

* 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

Authoritative mis-information on Iran
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/66bbad26c0f03d49

"Stolen Iranian Laptop", GLADIO's new campaign of misinformation
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f552c361c6d02dfc

New York Times, Nuclear Weapons and Iran: Stupidity, Laziness or Déjà vu All Over
Again?
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f2718b3d938eaed2

Whoops! There she goes again
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/6f573bd90d5e1ee1

Fixing and forging intelligence
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/4c6663c968fd5f6c?hl=en

Clumsy forgeries, Italian style
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/75bf490e791b0806

Stifling neo-crazy media sycophants
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/8790e709a9a122b4?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

Nobel's peaceful kick to the groin
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/22f9662d106ce9c4?hl=en

Bolton the Peacemaker
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/de17232f52db3933?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
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/497a81cb3c315c65?hl=en

UN opens a Pandora's Box of "Iran exceptionalism"
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
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f317bb918ca244da?hl=en

CNN's Wolf Blitzer & David Albright: Jews global campaign against Iran
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
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/bb437d1ee00ad1e9?hl=en

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

Targeting Non-existent Nukes?
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/e25e86754767e3ef?hl=en

Blindly Backing Israel Against Iran
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/ca49370dcc1f41a4?hl=en

Condi Desperate to Stop EU-China-Iran Chain Reaction
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/26e6a24b43339654?hl=en

The Impossible Dream in the State of the Union Address
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/74938ea7958d0764?hl=en

Targeting Iran
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/dbb46af7ff3f0b66?hl=en

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
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/66c79d721fd588d4?hl=en

Trashing the IAEA Again
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f8c610f6cc9e1fda?hl=en

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