This Is Just Bizarre

[Annie]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050801/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear

It's all about seals:

Iran to Delay Reopening of Nuclear Plant

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

ISFAHAN, Iran -
Iran agreed Monday to a two-day delay in reopening its nuclear processing plant here after receiving a request from the head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei asked Tehran for a "maximum of two days" to send its inspectors to Iran's nuclear facility where they can oversee the dismantling of U.N. seals, said Ali Agha Mohammadi, spokesman for Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

Earlier, Mohammadi said Iranian technicians would break the seals and restart nuclear processing on Monday.

Mohammadi said the combination of restraint and resolve toward restarting uranium processing showed the government's intention not to squander Iran's fundamental right to nuclear power, while preserving close ties to Europe.

"Our people were worried that the government may have done a deal with the Europeans and given up the rights of the nation," Mohammadi said. "We will do the rest of the work in coordination with the Europeans."

Earlier in the day, ElBaradei warned Iran "not to take any action that might prejudice the process at this critical stage."

European Union negotiators have said they are mere days from delivering a package of incentives addressing security, political, economic and nuclear issues.

"I also call on Iran not to take any unilateral action that could undermine the agency inspection process at a time when the agency is making steady progress in resolving outstanding issues," ElBaradei said.

Iran's earlier announcement to allow uranium processing to resume was a setback to efforts by Britain, Germany and France, which have been negotiating with Tehran to try to persuade Iran to drop its enrichment program in return for the incentives.

In its letter to the IAEA, Tehran said its "sincere efforts and maximum flexibility" were being answered with an EU proposal that it rejected as "totally unacceptable."...

 

[GotZoom]

"dismantling of U.N. seals"

I have two problems with this.

1. Now the U.N. is running around claiming the seals belong to them? So, every seal in every part of the world...antartica, Alaska, etc...all belong to the U.N.?

2. Is this political correctness run amok? Why don't they just call it what it is? Bashing them with baseball bats is what they do. They can't make it sound better by saying..."we dismantled the seal."

Geez...

 

[nosarcasm]

The EU trio threatened to end the negotiations.
They should have done that on the 3rd of July. Its getting
a bit late.

 

[Gunny]

A bunkerbuster or two would take care of those seals admirably.