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Arash
November 27, 2004
Iran's Stealthy Nukes
Dr. James Gordon Prather
Nuclear weapons physicist
Apparently President Bush believes he has been given another four years to
subvert and/or replace the half-dozen or so regimes he deems to be either a
threat to the "freedom" of its citizens or to our "national security."
Iran is at the top of his list.
How else to explain the concerted effort this week by the neo-crazies and
their media sycophants to subvert the International Atomic Energy Agency's
director general's report to the IAEA Board of Governors on the status of
his two-year go-anywhere, see-anything inspection of Iran's nuclear
programs.
Not coincidentally, someone ordered the release of an unclassified version
of the report former CIA head George Tenet sent to Congress last year
entitled "Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 July
Through 31 December 2003."
The neo-crazies - in and out of government - are spinning last year's report
as if it were this year's report and, hence, justification for regime change
in Iran, if not a casus belli. Their media sycophants are being typically
sycophantic.
Here's what Tenet had to say about Iran in last year's report.
"The United States remains convinced that Tehran has been pursuing a
clandestine nuclear weapons program, in contradiction to its obligations as
a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)."
Notice that "Slam-Dunk" Tenet didn't tell Congress that he was convinced, or
even that the intelligence community he headed at the time was convinced.
No, "Slam-dunk" simply notes that "The United States" - presumably
personified by President Bush - remains convinced. Tenet goes on to say,
"During 2003, Iran continued to pursue an indigenous nuclear fuel cycle,
ostensibly for civilian purposes, but with clear weapons potential.
International scrutiny and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
inspections and safeguards will most likely prevent Tehran from using
facilities declared to the IAEA directly for its weapons program as long as
Tehran remains a party to the NPT."
So, a year ago, Tenet assessed that if Iran remained a NPT-signatory, Iran
could probably not successfully exploit the "clear weapons potential" of its
indigenous nuclear fuel cycle.
In October 2003, Iran had provided the IAEA what purported to be a complete
and final disclosure of its nuclear program, committing itself to correct
the failures and past breaches of its obligations under its existing IAEA
Safeguards Agreement.
In November 2003, Iran agreed to cooperate with the IAEA in accordance with
the provisions of the go-anywhere, see-anything Model Additional Protocol,
and Iran signed such an additional protocol to its comprehensive safeguards
agreement in December 2003.
Once the additional protocol is ratified, Iran will be required to declare
its plans for the succeeding 10-year period for developing its nuclear
fuel-cycle, as well as its current nuclear fuel cycle-related R&D
activities, even those that do not involve "nuclear material."
Meanwhile, Iran decided to voluntarily suspend nuclear materials enrichment
and reprocessing activities as a confidence-building measure - pursuant to a
request by the IAEA Board of Governors in September 2003 - and invited the
IAEA to verify this suspension.
The focus of the IAEA's work in Iran over the last two years included
verifying the origin of the enriched-uranium contamination found at a number
of locations; determining the extent of Iran's efforts to import,
manufacture, and use centrifuges of both the P-1 and P-2 designs; and
developing a comprehensive understanding of Iran's uranium enrichment
program and related R&D.
Director General ElBaradei was able to report to the IAEA Board this year
that he had reached the conclusion that all "nuclear material" in Iran had
been properly accounted for, that none of it had been "diverted to
prohibited activities," and that - subject to further investigations of the
origin of the uranium-enrichment equipment Iran imported - he was inclined
to decide all related issues in Iran's favor.
In a letter dated Nov. 14, 2004, Iran notified the IAEA secretariat that it
had decided to continue and extend the voluntary suspension, making all
nuclear materials enrichment-related and processing activities - including
the conversion of yellowcake to uranium metal, tetrafluoride, and
hexafluoride - subject to IAEA containment and surveillance measures.
ElBaradei - after conducting a two-year-long go-anywhere, see-anything
inspection - reported to the IAEA Board of Governors last week that he has
found no evidence as yet that Iran has a "clandestine nuclear weapons
program."
Of course, that's what ElBaradei told the UN Security Council last year
about Iraq. So the neo-crazies are spinning ElBaradei's report as
justification for regime change in Iran, if not a casus belli.
* 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 in
California and Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico.
http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=4061
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/archives.asp?AUTHOR_ID=35
Kavik Kang
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> AntiWar
> November 27, 2004
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> Iran's Stealthy Nukes
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> Dr. James Gordon Prather
> Nuclear weapons physicist
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> Apparently President Bush believes he has been given another four years to
> subvert and/or replace the half-dozen or so regimes he deems to be either
a
> threat to the "freedom" of its citizens or to our "national security."
> Iran is at the top of his list.
In other words, the war on terror will continue until we win or the enemy
has surrendered just like they have been saying since the very first words
came out of their mouths. You might actually be starting to get it. It's a
really bad idea to attack the United States.
--
"To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because
they are wronged;-and verily, Allah is most powerful For their aid;" 22:39,
Holy Qura'an.