Israel Says UN Nuclear Chief Should Go For Failure Over Iran

[Purveyor]

Source: Agence France-Presse

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz called Thursday for Mohamed ElBaradei to be removed as head of the UN nuclear watchdog, saying he had turned a blind eye to archfoe Iran's nuclear ambitions.

The call for ElBaradei's dismissal comes just days before the International Atomic Energy Agency is due to publish a new report on Iran's nuclear programme, to serve as a key part of further discussions at the United Nations on whether to impose a third set of sanctions on Tehran.

"The policies followed by ElBaradei endanger world peace. His irresponsible attitude of sticking his head in the sand over Iran's nuclear programme should lead to his impeachment," Mofaz told public radio from Washington.

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ElBaradei raised the ire of many Israeli officials after telling France's Le Monde newspaper that Iran would need "between three and eight years" to develop a nuclear bomb and that there were was no immediate threat.

"I want to get people away from the idea that Iran represents a clear and present danger and that we're now facing the decision whether to bombard Iran or let them have the bomb. We're not in that situation at all," the Egyptian UN nuclear chief said.



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[Beerboy]

1. IBI/P! n/t.

[Tyler Durden]

2. These fools could blow up the whole damned world.

And I am NOT talking about Iran. It is beginning to look like the "STATE OF" Israel wouldn't know peace if it flew up to them in the form of a dove with an 80 meter wingspan and took a shit on their heads.

If we live through the next year or two, it will not be due to the efforts of the Pig Bush and his minions.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

3. Mohamed ElBaradei is a real hero.

Could Mofaz's real problem with him be that the man is actually trying to stop a new, unnecessary war? Lord knows, the current group in charge there are about as trigger happy as our crew. :crazy:

[EFerrari]

10. Yes, he is. But you know, we've been conducting operations

inside Iran for some time, as well as arming various groups and sending them in. Iran isn't trigger happy because they have not responded to this provocation.

[HuffleClaw]

4. for not parroting US/Israel warmongering propaganda?

hilarious.

[Megahurtz]

5. "Israel Says" blah, blah, blah, blah,

:boring: OMG seriously Israel just Shut the fuck up!

[Hardrada]

7. Yes, and keep shut up until our troops are home.

And after that too unless we hear some more responsible voices from Tel Aviv.

[Spazito]

6. My irony meter just exploded on reading this....

"The policies followed by ElBaradei endanger world peace."

Projection much, lol.

[Jazzgirl]

8. How the hell can Mofaz call for ElBaradei's removal

when Israel isn't even part of the NNPT? This is a dayum joke! :crazy: :crazy: :freak: :freak: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Nihil]

9. Shhhh!

You're not allowed to point out the sheer hypocrisy of *that nation* ...
:mad:

[Behind the Aegis]

11. Easy. Israel is a member of the IAEA.

[daleo]

14. They haven't signed the NPT, though

Three states—India, Israel, and Pakistan—have declined to sign the treaty. India and Pakistan are confirmed nuclear powers, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has made a statement that some interpret as tacitly admitting that Israel possesses nuclear weapons<11>, breaking a long-standing policy of official denial, though it is not known to have conducted tests (see List of countries with nuclear weapons). These countries argue that the NPT creates a club of "nuclear haves" and a larger group of "nuclear have-nots" by restricting the legal possession of nuclear weapons to those states that tested them before 1967, but the treaty never explains on what ethical grounds such a distinction is valid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty#India.2C_Israel_and_Pakistan

[redqueen]

15. But that's okay! They're *special*.

[Behind the Aegis]

17. Much like the two other states who haven't signed.

:eyes:

[redqueen]

18. Yup... they're all *ostensibly* our allies.

Wheeeeee!

[Behind the Aegis]

16. Didn't say they did sign the NPT.

The "question" was how could Israel complain and I explained how. It is a member of the IAEA and can complain, even more so because Iran is also a member as well as a signatory to the NPT.

[daleo]

19. I understand they could complain, as a member of the organization

I imagine that gives them legal standing, as far as this goes. However, if they haven't signed the NPT, they don't have much room to criticize anyone else on the matter of proliferation.

For the record, I don't think Iran is led by loony world destroyers anymore than I think Israel is. I have my doubts about the current U.S. administration, though.

[Behind the Aegis]

20. The NPT

"However, if they haven't signed the NPT, they don't have much room to criticize anyone else on the matter of proliferation."

Actually, Israel has as much room as any body to criticize on the matter of proliferation, especially when the object of the criticism is a signatory of the NPT. Where it would be hypocritical would be if they were complaining about India or Pakistan, who, as you know, are also not signatories of the NPT.

"For the record, I don't think Iran is led by loony world destroyers anymore than I think Israel is. I have my doubts about the current U.S. administration, though."

That statement gets no argument from me, because, sadly, I agree.

[Zhade]

23. And its government is full of hypocrites.

Double-standards do not a democracy make.

[Behind the Aegis]

25. Which can be easily said of many countries...

...though generally, not be many here.

[Roland99]

12. And replace him with John Bolton!! That moustache can sniff a nuke *anywhere*!!

Even in places they don't exist!

[ohio2007]

13. The UN didn't even know Iran had a nuclear program at all just a few short years ago

until Mahmoud spilled the state secret with a breaking news press release




hmmmm

[jordi_fanclub]

21. Exactly as Israel...

until Mordechai Vanunu spilled to The Sunday Times his knowledge of the Israeli nuclear programme.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Vanunu

[Zhade]

24. Vanunu - a true Israeli hero!

NT!

[Zhade]

22. WHAT failure? THEY DON'T HAVE NUKES.

Meanwhile, Israel hypocritically won't allow anyone to inspect THEIR nukes.