ElBaradei is one of those people that FOX pundits
and other Bush shills don't like to admit exist:
A denier of Saddam's reconstituted WMD proliferation programs.
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IAEA to take samples from Iranian site
from: The International News / Pakistan Monday January 10, 2005
http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/10-01-2005/main/main6.htm
TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday it has given the UN’s atomic watchdog
permission to take so-called environmental samples from a suspect
military site in order to disprove US allegations of secret
weapons-related activities.
"The question is not of a visit to the military installations of
Parchin. The agency had asked to take samples from the green areas
of Parchin because the Americans and others have made accusations,"
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters.
He said Iran will allow UN nuclear experts to take environmental
samples at the military site but won’t allow them to inspect military
equipment. "To demonstrate that we have nothing to hide and that the
Iranian nuclear programme is peaceful, we have authorised the agency
to take these samples," he added.
Environmental sampling involves taking swabs or soil samples to
detect the presence of nuclear activity. The IAEA inspection visit
to Parchin is expected to take place within the next few days or
weeks, officials have said. The IAEA has been seeking access to
Parchin since July.
Tehran has strongly denied carrying out any nuclear-related work at
the site, and insists its nuclear drive is merely aimed at generating
electricity. Parchin is an example of a so-called "transparency visit,"
where the IAEA is going beyond its mandate under the nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to check if nuclear materials have
been diverted away from peaceful use.
Asefi also responded to a call from ElBaradei that all countries lead
by example by committing not to build facilities for uranium
enrichment and nuclear reprocessing for five years. "To make a
unilateral demand that we suspend for a long period without taking
into account the legitimate right of everyone is not logical," Asefi
said and added "There must be a balance between such a demand and the
right of countries to master peaceful nuclear technology. We have
mastered this technology and are not ready to renounce it."
http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/10-01-2005/main/main6.htm
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