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FourScore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 07:26 PM
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IAEA chief says attack on Iran would be catastrophe
"An attack on Iran would be catastrophic and encourage it to develop a nuclear bomb, Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said on Thursday.

"It would be absolutely counterproductive, and it would be catastrophic," ElBaradei said at a discussion on nuclear proliferation at the World Economic Forum.

The Bush administration in recent weeks has toughened its stance against Iran, which the West has accused of seeking to secretly build an atomic bomb, raising fears among political and business leaders that the U.S. plans an attack..."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070125/wl_nm/davos_iran_dc
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oblivious Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 07:29 PM
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1. No brainer. Exactly what happened when Osirak was bombed.
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