WP- U.S. Presses China and Russia for U.N. Council Action on Iran

[maddezmom]

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Britain and France, the chief drafters of the proposed statement, are hoping to present a text to the 15-nation Security Council as early as Monday, after a morning meeting of the council's permanent five members, according to a council diplomat who requested anonymity because the five permanent members have agreed to secrecy before they reach agreement.

But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposed that a high-level international meeting be convened to forge a common approach to Iran, telling a Russian television interviewer that there was no agreement on the council's role in handling the nuclear crisis. He proposed a conference outside of the United Nations among the five veto-wielding nations and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. U.S. officials worry such an approach is intended to slow momentum that could lead to U.N. sanctions.

Friday's meeting marked a new and politically delicate phase in a 2 1/2 -year diplomatic confrontation between the major Western powers and Iran, which says it is pursuing a peaceful nuclear energy program. The United States says Iran's energy program is a cover for an atomic weapons effort.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has repeatedly concealed its nuclear activities, contributing to international suspicions it is pursuing a weapons program. But the agency's director general, Mohammed ElBaradei, maintains he does not have sufficient evidence to prove Iran is developing nuclear weapons.

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more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/10/AR2006031000282.html

[bemildred]

1. Pigs will fly first.

But having nothing else, the Bushites will continue to blather away like this.

[george_hurley]

2. ***PETITION TO SIGN: NO WAR WITH IRAN ***

Hello,

For the past year, the growing tensions mounting between the US, Israel, and Iran are reaching a point where military action against Iran is w/in months of becoming reality. The repercussions are terrifying as such military action could involve countries such as China and Russia as they share massive energy/economic interests w/ Iran. The most likely scenario we would face would be the collapse of the US economy as the combination of a massive rise in oil prices and a run on the US dollar would surely be the weapon many countries would use to fight back against a preemptive US or Israeli strike.

For a collection of articles and resources on this subject you can visit this link: http://reseaudesign.com/research/iran/iran_summery.html

I'm starting up a petition which I will be sending out to as many members of Congress as possible. I'm asking for help to get this signed by as many people, possible in the next month. Send it to as many people you can.

http://www.petitiononline.com/n0war1rn/



Also, here is another petition you can sign from another group:
http://stopwaroniran.org/statement.shtml




Thanks for your time

[Rainscents]

4. Signed!

[Jazzgirl]

3. The US just has to have a new war.

This will distract the sheeple and maybe even allow *shrub to cancel an election or two due to "national insecurity". Have I said lately how much I hate these people??!!?? :mad:

[David__77]

5. I hope they will veto any action on this bogus matter.

China always acts aloof from world affairs, wishing to "conceal abilities and bide time," so I suppose it won't veto and earn enmity from the Western right. Russia will only veto if it is prepared for its first major confrontation with the West since the occupation of Afghanistan.