US's Rice says time for 'strong steps' over Iran

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12322327.htm

US's Rice says time for 'strong steps' over Iran


WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday Iran's assertion it has enriched uranium will require "strong steps" from the United Nations Security Council.

Rice said the announcement on Tuesday from Tehran that it has begun nuclear enrichment was further proof it was not adhering to requirements already set out by the international community.

"I do think the Security Council will need to take into consideration this move by Iran," Rice said at the State Department. She urged that when the council reconvened at the end of this month it should take "strong steps to make certain that we maintain the credibility of the international community."

Rice did not indicate what the steps might be but her spokesman Sean McCormack said it would be stronger than the presidential statement by the Security Council last month after weeks of wrangling at the United Nations.

[Post]

1. Iran Wants an Apology

Don't both sides sound eerily alike?....http://postanapology.blogspot.com/2006/04/iran-wants-apology.html#links

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. deja vu all over again.

Where's my shovel? I want to dig a bunker for the next two years.

[saigon68]

15. ""The Princess of DEATH" is about to bomb them back to the

STONE AGE




THE PRINCESS OF DEATH

[DemonGoddess]

16. ugh

[VegasWolf]

2. Guess we'll see whether Bush or Iran has the strongest God! nt

[shadowknows69]

9. I'm betting

The almighty atom will end up being the strongest God. to the ruin of us all.

[darkmaestro019]

3. "strong steps to make certain that we maintain the credibility".....!!!?

Someone get this fascist a dictionary. Please. And someone should wash her mouth out with soap for daring to USE THE WORD CREDIBILITY.

[CountAllVotes]

8. I wish Condi would shut the f up!

She's an idiot and a just another shill for the BFEE as we already know. Does she want a nuclear war?

SHUT THE HELL UP Condosleeza!

NO U.S. invasion of Iran! U.S. out of the Middle East!!!

:dem: :kick:

[HuffleClaw]

5. "... maintain the credibility of the international community."

translation: "the 'international community' is ONLY 'credible' IF it bows to bushco. wishes."

what a complete and utter crock. they sure do love to speak for others. i rather doubt the security council is gonna play anymore of bushco.'s games though.

[Javaman]

6. here we go...again. nt

[ixion]

7. I think she meant 'wrong steps' rather than 'strong steps'

as everything the * cabal does is wrong. :grr:

[jukes]

10. maybe

she shd be the 1st 1 to hit the beach?

[progressivebydesign]

11. "strong steps" in those FABULOUSLY EXPENSIVE SHOES of hers! n/t

[MGKrebs]

12. OK draft dodgers, all together now...

Sing with me!!

Sarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen
And I always carry a purse
I got eyes like a bat, my feet are flat,
and my asthma's getting worse
O think of my career, my sweetheart dear,
and my poor old invalid aunt
Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a goin' to school,
and I'm working in a defense plant.

I've got a dislocated disc and a racked up back
I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
And when the bombshell hits, I get epileptic fits
And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs
I got the weakness woes, and I can't touch my toes
I can hardly reach my knees
And if the enemy came close to me
I'd probably start to sneeze

I hate (Rafsanjani), and I hope he dies,
but one thing you gotta see
That someone's gotta go over there
and that someone isn't me
So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em Hell
Yeah, Kill me a thousand or so
And if you ever get a war without blood and gore
Well I'll be the first to go


We miss you Phil!

[meganmonkey]

13. LOL - My dad just sang me this song

when I was visiting him last month in Florida. In his retirement, he picked back up on playing the guitar :)

[donkeyotay]

14. I thought they had already decided the UN was irrelevant

"strong steps to make certain that we maintain the credibility of the international community.":rofl: Good one, Condi.

With us or against us. Coalition of the willingly bribed, etc.

She was head of national security on Sept. 11th, and we all know how well that worked out. Why would anyone think she can keep us safe now?

[daleo]

17. So, the SC has passed a presidential statement, whatever that is

"Rice did not indicate what the steps might be but her spokesman Sean McCormack said it would be stronger than the presidential statement by the Security Council last month after weeks of wrangling at the United Nations.

Asked about the possibility of sanctions on Iran, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said: "That's a possibility as well, that's one option that's available." Russia and China, key players on the Iran issue with veto rights, strongly oppose sanctions. (Additional reporting by Matt Spetalnick)"

Has Iran actually broken any treaties or threatened anybody? I just can't see what the legal basis for "further steps" would be (not that Rice cares about a legal basis - this part is all for show).

[ECH1969]

18. Security Council will consider 'strong steps' against Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announcing yesterday that his country had crossed the line into enrichment, said Iran's objectives were peaceful.

Iran is said by many analysts to lack the equipment, including a nuclear reactor, to make nuclear weapons.

But Rice brushed aside suggestions Iran was far from the goal the United States and its allies suspect - nuclear weaponry.

She said the world believes Iran has the capacity and the technology that lead to nuclear weapons.

http://www.unison.ie/breakingnews/index.php3?ca=33&si=90019&breakingnews=1

[TechBear_Seattle]

19. On what basis of international law can the Security Council take action?

Assuming (entirely without basis, I know) that the US controlled Security Council still gives a snake's fart about international law.

[bdamomma]

20. geez, that sounds

familiar condisleeza rice, sounds like Iraq all over again. damn these people.

[HuffleClaw]

21. THAT is the headline?

parroting condi's WISHES? geeze, what a complete fabrication.

[brentspeak]

22. Who's 'al Qaeda'? What's 'bin Laden'?

Never heard of them. Really, Mr.Clarke, the way you talk about them, you'd think these phantom Islamic terrorists of yours were about to blow up New York City and Washington, D.C.