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Iran: Attack on Plant Would Be an 'Int'l Crime'
Tuesday, 17 Aug 2010
An attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would be an "international crime," Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying Tuesday.
In an interview with IRNA, Salehi said that the impact of such a strike would be global. "This is stipulated in the resolutions passed by the IAEA and the UN Security Council as well as in the resolution adopted at the close of the NPT Review Conference," he stressed.
Salehi's comments came after former US envoy to the UN John Bolton told the Fox Business Network that if Israel wants to prevent Iran from acquiring a working nuclear plant, a military strike must be launched against the Bushehr nuclear power facility within the next eight days.
Russia, who is supplying the uranium fuel for the plant, announced last week that they will begin loading the Bushehr reactor on August 21.
Bolton warned that once the Bushehr facility is operational it will be too late for a military air strike against Iran because such an attack would spread radiation and harm Iranian civilians.
"Once that uranium, once those fuel rods are very close to the reactor, certainly once they're in the reactor, attacking it means a release of radiation, no question about it," Bolton said.
"So if Israel is going to do anything against Bushehr it has to move in the next eight days."
Although he didn't think an Israeli attack on Iran was very likely, Bolton expressed the belief that without such a strike both Israel and the US would be in trouble.
"Iran will achieve something that no other opponent of Israel, no other enemy of the United States in the Middle East really has and that is a functioning nuclear reactor."
Bolton was critical of Russia for aiding Iran in the fueling of the nuclear reactor.
"The Russians are, as they often do, playing both sides against the middle. The idea of being able to stick a thumb in America's eye always figures prominently in Moscow," Bolton concluded.
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Green Energy
Newsmax:
Iran: Attack on Plant Would Be an 'Int'l Crime'
Tuesday, 17 Aug 2010
An attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would be an "international crime," Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying Tuesday.
In an interview with IRNA, Salehi said that the impact of such a strike would be global. "This is stipulated in the resolutions passed by the IAEA and the UN Security Council as well as in the resolution adopted at the close of the NPT Review Conference," he stressed.
Salehi's comments came after former US envoy to the UN John Bolton told the Fox Business Network that if Israel wants to prevent Iran from acquiring a working nuclear plant, a military strike must be launched against the Bushehr nuclear power facility within the next eight days.
Russia, who is supplying the uranium fuel for the plant, announced last week that they will begin loading the Bushehr reactor on August 21.
Bolton warned that once the Bushehr facility is operational it will be too late for a military air strike against Iran because such an attack would spread radiation and harm Iranian civilians.
"Once that uranium, once those fuel rods are very close to the reactor, certainly once they're in the reactor, attacking it means a release of radiation, no question about it," Bolton said.
"So if Israel is going to do anything against Bushehr it has to move in the next eight days."
Although he didn't think an Israeli attack on Iran was very likely, Bolton expressed the belief that without such a strike both Israel and the US would be in trouble.
"Iran will achieve something that no other opponent of Israel, no other enemy of the United States in the Middle East really has and that is a functioning nuclear reactor."
Bolton was critical of Russia for aiding Iran in the fueling of the nuclear reactor.
"The Russians are, as they often do, playing both sides against the middle. The idea of being able to stick a thumb in America's eye always figures prominently in Moscow," Bolton concluded.
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Jerusalem Post: Ahmadinejad: Our response to attack would be worldwide By ASSOCIATED PRESS AND JPOST.COM STAFF 08/21/2010 17:30 As fueling of Bushehr nuclear power plant begins, Iranian president warns that a strike on Iran would be answered with "harsh...
- How Long, Oh Lord, How Long?
Thanks to Michael for sending this over to me. Pentagon: Israel may attack Iran before 2009 Top Pentagon official warns of 'increased likelihood' of Israeli raid against Iranian nuclear facilities, ABC News reports. US Department of Defense...
- Life Is What Happens When You Are Busy Making Plans.... Azerbaijan Blocks Russian Nuke Shipment To Iran
NICOSIA -- Iran has reported that a shipment of Russian nuclear equipment was being held in neighboring Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan, an ally of the United States, has acknowledged the delay. The Azeri government said it has sought to determine whether...
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John Bolton spoke to the British Tories and had the following to say: Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told Tory delegates in Britain Sunday that efforts by the UK and the EU to negotiate with Iran had failed and that he saw no alternative...
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