We must attack Iran before it gets the bomb
David Blair: How would Iran react to a strike?
Toby Harnden: Hand grenades from a hawk
Audio: John Bolton on Blair the poodle
Con Coughlin: Teheran moves closer to a nuclear arsenal
Iran 'is seeking N Korea's nuclear expertise'
North Korea tests long-range missile in Iran
Toby Harnden: Hand grenades from a hawk
Audio: John Bolton on Blair the poodle
Con Coughlin: Teheran moves closer to a nuclear arsenal
Iran 'is seeking N Korea's nuclear expertise'
North Korea tests long-range missile in Iran
**
Iran has "clearly mastered the enrichment technology now...they're not stopping, they're making progress and our time is limited"
By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 4:29pm BST 16/05/2007
Iran should be attacked before it develops nuclear weapons, America's former ambassador to the United Nations said yesterday.
John Bolton, who still has close links to the Bush administration, told The Daily Telegraph that the European Union had to "get more serious" about Iran and recognise that its diplomatic attempts to halt Iran's enrichment programme had failed.
Iran has "clearly mastered the enrichment technology now...they're not stopping, they're making progress and our time is limited", he said. Economic sanctions "with pain" had to be the next step, followed by attempting to overthrow the theocratic regime and, ultimately, military action to destroy nuclear sites.
Mr Bolton's stark warning appeared to be borne out yesterday by leaks about an inspection by the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of Iran's main nuclear installation at Natanz on Sunday.
The experts found that Iran's scientists were operating 1,312 centrifuges, the machines used to enrich uranium. If Iran can install 3,000, it will need about one year to produce enough weapons grade uranium for one nuclear bomb...
Last Updated: 4:29pm BST 16/05/2007
Iran should be attacked before it develops nuclear weapons, America's former ambassador to the United Nations said yesterday.
John Bolton, who still has close links to the Bush administration, told The Daily Telegraph that the European Union had to "get more serious" about Iran and recognise that its diplomatic attempts to halt Iran's enrichment programme had failed.
Iran has "clearly mastered the enrichment technology now...they're not stopping, they're making progress and our time is limited", he said. Economic sanctions "with pain" had to be the next step, followed by attempting to overthrow the theocratic regime and, ultimately, military action to destroy nuclear sites.
Mr Bolton's stark warning appeared to be borne out yesterday by leaks about an inspection by the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of Iran's main nuclear installation at Natanz on Sunday.
The experts found that Iran's scientists were operating 1,312 centrifuges, the machines used to enrich uranium. If Iran can install 3,000, it will need about one year to produce enough weapons grade uranium for one nuclear bomb...
posted by jillosophy at 5/16/2007 12:22:00 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home