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| Group claims Iran speeding up nuke plans
By RAF CASERT, Associated Press Writer 41 minutes ago
An exiled Iranian opposition group claimed Wednesday that Tehran was speeding up a program to develop nuclear weapons. "The Iran regime entered a new phase in its nuclear project," said Mohammad Mohaddessin of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran.
The NCRI is the political wing of the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, which advocates the overthrow of government in Tehran. The Mujahedeen has been designated a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union as well as Iran.
Mohaddessin claimed that Tehran has established a command and research center near a Tehran university. And, he said, Iran is developing a nuclear warhead for use on medium-range missiles at a site on the southeast edge of Tehran. Mohaddessin also claimed that the regime obtained aid from North Korea.
It was not possible to independently verify the NCRI claims. Mohaddessin said his group got the information from "hundreds" of reports and sources from within the Iranian regime, whom he did not name. He said some of the sources are within the nuclear project itself.
An official of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said the agency was aware of the allegations. Mohaddessin said he had provided information to the IAEA on Tuesday.
Iran has steadfastly denied it is working to obtain a nuclear bomb, arguing that its nuclear program is civilian.
A recent U.S. National Intelligence Estimate said Iran halted a nuclear weapons development program in 2003 because of international pressure. But the White House said Iran continues to hide information, remains in violation of two U.N. Security Council resolutions, tests ballistic missiles and is enriching uranium, which can be used to build an atomic bomb.
Four years ago, the group disclosed information about two hidden nuclear sites in Iran. But much of the information it has presented since to support claims of a secret weapons program has not been publicly verified. | |  | | Alpha | | Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:54 am Post subject: |
| Israel: "Iran is TOO a threat! It is, it is, it is, it is, it is is is is is is IS!!! --FK
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Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. (Archives)
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MKs to fan out globally to warn of Iran threat
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies
Some 15 Knesset members from a broad spectrum of parties will soon embark on a tour of Europe and the Far East to explain the dangers of Iran's nuclear program and urge that sanctions against the Islamic Republic be intensified.
Sometime in March, the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency will meet for another discussion of Iran's nuclear program, and a few weeks later, the Security Council will meet to discuss a third round of sanctions against Tehran, in light of its continued defiance of the council's demand that it cease enriching uranium. Therefore, the next few weeks are critical in drumming up support for harsher sanctions.
Israel's stepped-up lobbying effort is in part a response to the release by the United States late last year of a new National Intelligence Estimate, which claimed that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program. The decision to recruit MKs to help out was made by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik and Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chair Tzachi Hanegbi. The first group of legislators will hold a round of meetings in Europe this week.
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"For the initial stage, we recruited MKs who have knowledge and experience in the diplomatic-security realm, as well as good ties with senior European officials," explained a senior Foreign Ministry official. "MKs also have greater credibility in the Europeans' eyes, since they are seen as independent, not people who follow the government's line."
The politicians were deliberately chosen to represent both coalition and opposition parties.
"It's important for Europeans to see that on this issue, there is a consensus in Israel," the official said.
Meretz Chair MK Yossi Beilin, who arrived in Berlin on Wednesday to meet with German parliament members and government officials, including Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier agreed. "Not all the MKs have the same opinions on diplomatic-security issues, but we all share a concern over Iran's nuclearization," he said.
MK Ephraim Sneh (Labor) and former foreign minister MK Silvan Shalom (Likud) will hold similar meetings in London this week, while MKs Yuval Steinitz (Likud) and Danny Yatom (Labor) are heading for Budapest. In the following weeks, Hanegbi (Kadima), MK Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) and MK Isaac Ben-Israel (Kadima), a former air force major general, will be dispatched on similar missions.
In addition to their official meetings, the MKs will also give briefings to the local media.
To prepare them for the mission, they were given a series of in-depth briefings last week on the latest Israeli intelligence on Iran, as well as on Israel's diplomatic efforts to halt Tehran's nuclear program.
Iran says bringing world powers 'to their knees'
The Iranian president said on Wednesday Iran's determination to continue its disputed nuclear work had brought major powers "to their knees".
In a typically defiant speech as the International Atomic Energy Agency prepared to issue a report on Iran this week, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would ignore calls by major powers to halt sensitive nuclear work that has led to two rounds of UN sanctions.
"The Iranian nation will not allow any power to trample even on its smallest [national] right," he said in a televised speech to a rally in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
"The Iranian nation's will to continue nuclear work has won over the will of big powers ... [and] brought them to their knees," the president said, to chants by those in the crowd of "Death to America" and "Nuclear energy is our obvious right".
As well as worrying the West, Ahmadinejad's uncompromising speeches have stoked concerns among moderate politicians in Iran, an issue that has come to the fore before the March election for parliament. Critics say the president is pushing Iran into international isolation.
Former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, who is running for a parliament seat, said in remarks published on Wednesday he had quit the post of negotiator over "differences on management mechanism" with Ahmadinejad. He did not elaborate.
The IAEA report is expected to be released this week. IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei has said the agency has made "good progress" in resolving outstanding issues.
UN Security Council members are expected to scrutinize the details in his report before finalising any new sanctions text, which is now being considered.
The final word in nuclear policy lies with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, under Iran's system of clerical rule, but the leader has also said Iran will not stop atomic work.
"Today the agency, which is legally in charge of this case, has prepared a report and announced that Iran's activities are legal and there is no diversion," Ahmadinejad said.
"Big powers should respect the agency and its findings."
The IAEA has been seeking answers to long-standing questions about Iran's program, closing some of its files, under a deal with Iran reached last year, when Larijani was leading the Iranian nuclear negotiating team.
The United States is spearheading efforts to impose more sanctions in Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment, the part of Iran's programme that most worries the West because it has civilian and, potentially, military uses.
Russia and China, commercial partners with Iran, have been resisting U.S. moves to toughen penalties.
Iran insists its work is entirely peaceful and only aimed at mastering technology to be used to generate electricity.
Larijani told the Financial Times that Iran had responded to the IAEA to show the country's plans were peaceful. "We have finished answering all their ... questions," | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: |
| US, Israel see eye to eye on Iran threat
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Israel and the US see nearly eye-to-eye on the threat of a nuclear Iran, differing only on when Teheran will be able to build an atomic bomb, a key American senator told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
"There is now and always has been a slight difference of opinion about the precise timing of the threat of [a nuclear] Iran, but in response to the fundamental nature of Iran's desire to acquire nuclear weapons, and its ongoing development of fuels for that purpose, there is no difference of opinion in that regard," said Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona).
Recent intelligence assessments provided to the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee suggested that Iran could have a nuclear weapon by the end of 2009. US intelligence estimates, however, say it will take the Islamic Republic at least one year longer.
Kyl is the Senate minority whip and a close ally of Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.
Kyl, who led a group of four US legislators in the Bicameral Delegation on US-Israeli security issues in a visit to the country this week, said they had access to the "full picture" of the recent US National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, and fully understood the threat posed by Teheran acquiring nuclear weapons.
MKs on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, which meets twice a year with the Bicameral Delegation, had expressed concern that the US report downplaying the threat of Teheran's nuclear weapons program could lead the American government to underestimate Iran.
Several legislators joined Kyl in dismissing that concern on Monday, stressing that the Iranian issue was at the top of their agenda as they met with key security officials across Israel this week.
"This has been raised in all of our meetings. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert raised the issue of tightening sanctions. I think we need to be more aggressive on divestiture of companies who are doing business in Iran and doing business in the United States," said Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas).
Brownback, who dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsed McCain, added that he would continue to press for tightening divestment from Iran.
"The Democrats are a majority in both houses of Congress. On this point there is absolutely no disagreement. Both parties strongly support coercive sanctions. Divestment, both parties support as well," said Rep. Jane Hartman (D-California).
During their last visit to Israel eight months ago, Hartman and Kyl were persuaded to advance legislation to force companies to divest from Iran. "It was during meetings with Israeli officials that the senators and representatives became convinced of the importance of divestment," said MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud), who heads the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense subcommittee that meets with the Bicameral Delegation. "These meetings between us are a five-year tradition that have proven their importance and usefulness."
Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who met with the delegation on Monday afternoon, stressed the importance of the "special relationship" between Israel and the United States.
"No matter who wins in the upcoming presidential election, the special relationship between America and Israel must continue," said Olmert.
During a closed meeting with the congressmen, Olmert discussed negotiations with the Palestinians.
The delegation was unwilling to reveal what the prime minister said during that meeting, but stressed that they were supportive of the peace process. "We will support what is done... Personally I don't think that Jerusalem should be on the table. I don't think it is a negotiable item," said Brownback.
Kyl added that other than discussions on Iran and the peace process, "no subject has occupied our time more than discussions over Egypt."
"Both the US and Israel have reasons to work with Egypt. But leaders in both countries have made the point that Egypt should be doing more to stop the [transfer of] weapons to the Gaza Strip," said Kyl. "We need to work with Egypt to find ways to accomplish that."
Brownback took a stronger line, saying that US support of Egypt should be done with some "conditionality."
"I would like to see them be much more aggressive to stop military equipment getting to Gaza. It is a big problem for Israel, and Egypt could be doing a lot more to solve it," said Brownback.
Also Monday, the Foreign Ministry instructed Israel's mission to the United Nations to submit a letter of protest to the president of the Security Council and request that he issue a statement condemning Iran over the reported remarks of Revolutionary Guards Commander Gen. Muhammad Ali Jafari.
Jafari was quoted as saying: "I am convinced that Hizbullah's might is increasing with every passing day and that in the near future, we will witness the disappearance of this cancerous growth called Israel."
The Israeli letter will note that Jafari's remarks convey an expectation of the destruction of the State of Israel and that it is an anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic and racist statement of the worst kind, the Foreign Ministry said. | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:12 am Post subject: |
| New US info on Iran nuclear program
By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer 41 minutes ago
For the second time in recent weeks, Washington has given the U.N. nuclear watchdog information on what it says were Tehran's attempts to make atomic weapons, but much of it is of doubtful value, diplomats said Thursday.
The diplomats also told The Associated Press that, after handing over a large file last week to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.S. agreed to let the Iranians look at some of the material so they could respond, but Tehran has shown no interest.
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei is due to issue a report Friday outlining the state of his investigation into Iran's nuclear past, including experiments, materials and documents that could be linked to a weapons program.
The investigation has dragged on for months past its original closing date, and the diplomats — who spoke on condition of anonymity because their information was confidential — said Tehran was hoping it would clear the Islamic Republic of any suggestion that it harbored plans to make nuclear arms.
But ElBaradei will not declare Iran free of such suspicions, said the diplomats, who are connected to the Vienna-based agency.
Instead, the confidential report, to be released only to the 35-nation IAEA board and the U.N. Security Council, will at least indirectly conclude that doubt remains over Iran's ultimate nuclear goals, they said.
Among other things, the report will touch on Iran's continued refusal to clear up suspicions that its military was involved in nuclear research despite its claims that all atomic work was under civilian control, one of the diplomats said.
The diplomat said Iran had refused agency requests to interview an official connected with Iran's military nuclear program he identified only by his last name, Faridzadeh.
The report also would confirm that Tehran has expanded uranium enrichment by experimenting with a new generation of equipment, instead of heeding U.N. Security Council demands that it freeze the program, which can be used both for making reactor fuel and the fissile payload of nuclear warheads, the diplomats said.
A senior U.S. official, who also demanded anonymity, said the report might document some progress on clearing up Iran's nuclear past — giving additional leverage to Russia and China, who are opposed to harsh action against Tehran. Still, he said any finding that Iran continued enrichment would doom it to a "third (U.N.) sanctions resolution shortly," he told the AP.
The U.S. is leading the push for new U.N. sanctions, but a recent U.S. intelligence assessment that Iran had stopped working on a clandestine weapons program four years ago has hurt Washington's attempts to have the U.N. Security Council impose additional penalties.
The newest U.S. nuclear information, including some intelligence declassified for sharing with the agency, was handed over to IAEA Deputy Director Oli Heinonen last Friday, just a few weeks after a first batch of material was forwarded by the Americans, the diplomats said.
But much of the information shed little new light on what the Americans say were Iranian attempts to develop nuclear weapons. "It's not the amount but the quality that counts," said one of the diplomats who was dismissive of the new U.S. file.
Another diplomat said senior agency officials also dismissed the information as relatively insignificant and coming too late.
For its part, Iran did not respond to an invitation from Heinonen to look at information the Americans had approved for sharing with Tehran, despite earlier pledges to do so.
An IAEA board meeting on March 3 will evaluate ElBaradei's efforts to investigate Tehran's nuclear past — including alleged attempts to make weapons.
Iran has steadfastly refused to suspend uranium enrichment, which it started developing during nearly two decades of covert nuclear activity built on illicit purchases and revealed only five years ago.
IAEA experts have since uncovered activities, experiments, blueprints and materials that point to possible efforts to create nuclear weapons. Tehran insists its nuclear project is for the peaceful purpose of generating electricity. | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:53 am Post subject: |
| UN introduces Iran nuclear sanctions
By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer 45 minutes ago
Britain and France formally introduced a Security Council resolution Thursday calling for a third round of sanctions against Iran over its failure to suspend uranium enrichment.
The United States pushed hardest for the sanctions, but China and Russia, as the remaining permanent members of the 15-nation council — along with Germany have been in general agreement on them.
The six nations circulated a draft earlier calling for bans on travel and equipment that can be used in civilian and nuclear programs, more monitoring of Iran's financial institutions and inspection of air and sea cargo heading to or from Iran.
Iran says it will only deal with the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, which found last November that Tehran was generally truthful about aspects of its nuclear history. But the new resolution, elaborating on the earlier draft, encourages European Union to continue working with Iran on finding "a negotiated solution ... with a view to create necessary conditions for resuming talks" on its nuclear program.
The latest revision also makes some minor changes. "The text that we've circulated today reflects some of the comments we've had back from delegations," said John Sawers, Britain's U.N. ambassador. "This is as part of our twin-track approach of requiring Iran to suspend their most sensitive nuclear activities, and to abide by the requests of the IAEA for full transparency."
South Africa, Libya and Indonesia have each expressed reservations with the initial text, saying they preferred to wait for a report from the U.N. nuclear agency, IAEA, on the situation in Iran that is expected to be issued this week.
The six global powers offered Iran a package of economic incentives and political rewards in June 2006 if it agreed to freeze uranium enrichment before talks on its nuclear program. But Iran has refused, despite two previous sets of U.N. sanctions.
Iran insists its enrichment activities are intended only to produce fuel for nuclear reactors, but the U.S., the European Union and others suspect its real aim is to produce atomic weapons.
Under the proposed new sanctions, all countries would have to ban the entry or transit of individuals involved in Iran's nuclear program — a step up from a previous call for vigilance over their travel.
For the first time, trade in equipment and technology that can be used in both civilian and nuclear programs would also be banned.
The proposed resolution also calls on countries to inspect cargo heading to or from Iran on aircraft or vessels owned or operated by Iran Air Cargo and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line "provided there are reasonable grounds to believe" that prohibited goods are being transported.
The draft resolution calls for a report from IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei in 90 days on Iran's compliance with the council's demands and says the council will suspend sanctions for as long as Tehran suspends enrichment and reprocessing activities. But the draft also says it will consider added measures if Tehran fails to comply. | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject: |
| Iran asks Security Council to stop Israel threatening military
action against its nuclear program
Iranians spar with Israel at UN
Iran is urging the UN Security Council to stop Israel threatening
military action against its nuclear programme.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/7256915.stm
The highly unusual request was sent by Iran's UN envoy Mohammad
Khazaee,
to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Mr Khazaee said Israeli threats were unacceptable and unjustifiable,
and
flagrantly violated international law.
Israel's UN envoy called the letter "disgusting dangerous... hypocrisy"
in the light of what Iranian leaders have said about Israel.
Ambassador Dan Gillerman said the secretary general should not even
reply to Mr Khazaee's letter.
Mr Khazaee stressed that Iran's nuclear programme was for peaceful
purposes only, and said the UN should respond to Israeli threats of
force by unambiguously condemning them.
'Savage animal'
The diplomatic spat in New York between the old Middle East foes came
late on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly
launched a new strongly worded attack against Israel, describing it as
a
"dirty microbe", and a "savage animal".
"For a country whose leader describes a member state of the United
Nations [in such terms], to complain about others' statements is the
height of hypocrisy," Mr Gillerman said.
"It is a letter which the recipients, be it the Security Council or the
secretary-general, should not even honour by acknowledging," he added.
There have been press reports that Israel, which bombed an Iraqi
reactor
in 1981, has begun planning for a possible raid against Iran.
The Israeli government says it has not ruled out the possibility of
using military force if Iran does not scrap its controversial
uranium-enrichment programme. | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Ellsberg: Speak out while you can
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:01:09
Daniel Ellsberg
US whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg raps those aware of Bush's violations of the Constitution, saying they should speak out and save lives.
"When they keep silent about their knowledge of that situation, they are themselves violating their oath to support and defend the Constitution," Ellsberg said in an interview with City Pages.
Advising such people to reveal truths that might save an untold number of lives, the former military analyst explained that there is a high possibility of new military adventurism in the Middle East.
"Don't wait till bombs are falling in Iran or a new war is started wrongly or thousands more people have died when you know that your bosses are lying the public into a wrongful war or committing other crimes or violating the constitution," said the former Pentagon official.
According to Ellsberg, there is a good chance that Bush will wage war on Iran in the next year.
"I think that the risk remains significant, and indeed the fact that the President isn't running again for office may free him in his mind," he explained.
Daniel Ellsberg, who shocked the world in 1971 by disclosing 7,000 classified pages of a Defense Department report, revealed the existence a much deeper battle in Vietnam than the public was aware of.
MT/AA | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: |
| IAEA: Iran disputes atomic arms evidence
By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Friday that Iran is defying a U.N. Security Council ban on uranium enrichment and accusing the U.S. and its allies of fabricating information to back up claims that Tehran is making nuclear weapons.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said there was a "very strong case" for moving forward with a third round of sanctions against Tehran, while Iran said the report's findings confirmed that its nuclear program is a peaceful one.
"There is very good reason after this report to proceed to the third Security Council resolution," Rice said, adding that the report "demonstrates that whatever the Iranians may be doing to try to clean up some elements of the past, it is inadequate."
The 11-page report obtained by The Associated Press said Iran "has not suspended its enrichment-related activities," despite two sets of U.N. Security Council sanctions over fears the program might be used to make weapons-grade uranium instead of the nuclear fuel Iran says it is interested in.
Instead, said the report, Iran "started the development of new-generation centrifuges" — an expansion of enrichment — and continued working on heavy water nuclear facilities. When finished, Iran could cull them for plutonium, a possible fissile payload in nuclear warheads.
At the same time, the International Atomic Energy Agency report said that Tehran has cooperated in other areas of an IAEA probe, leading the agency to put to rest for now suspicions that several past experiments and activities were linked to a weapons program.
Specifically, the report suggested the agency was satisfied with answers provided by Iran on the origin of traces of enriched uranium in a military facility; on experiments with polonium, which can also be used in a weapons program; and on purchases on the nuclear black market.
It said that in those areas information given by Tehran is either "consistent with its findings (or) ... not inconsistent with its findings," suggesting it was content for now with explanations that these activities were not weapons-related.
Iran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazee said the report "clearly attests to the exclusively peaceful nature of the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic of Iran, both in the past and at present."
The report "also serves to strongly and unambiguously support my country's long-standing position that the allegations raised by few powers against the peaceful nuclear program of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been entirely groundless," Khazee said in written response to the AP.
But the American U.N. ambassador said Friday that report should pave the way for passage next week of a new U.N. Security Council resolution tightening sanctions on Tehran.
"They're increasing their capabilities," U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said. "Not only have the number of centrifuges increased, but they're working on a second-generation, if you like, a more capable centrifuge.
"Things are getting worse in terms of the enrichment part."
Britain and France introduced a council resolution on Thursday — with support from the United States, Russia, China and Germany — to expand and toughen travel bans and the freezing of assets for more Iranian officials linked to the nuclear effort.
A declassified U.S. intelligence report last December judged that the Iranians had put a nuclear weapons program on hold in 2003. But the U.S., Israel and others contend Iran's continued advances in the crucial centrifuge work will eventually give it a capability to quickly build a bomb.
Much of the information purportedly linking Iran to attempts to make nuclear arms came from the United States, with allies providing lesser amounts and the IAEA passing on selected material to Tehran, after approval by the nations that gave the agency the information.
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who drew up the report, said his team had "made quite good progress in clarifying the outstanding issues that had to do with Iran's past nuclear activities, with the exception of one issue, and that is the alleged weaponization studies that supposedly Iran has conducted in the past."
Ahead of the confidential report's release to the 35-nation IAEA board and the U.N. Security Council, U.S. officials had repeatedly insisted that the IAEA probe would be incomplete unless Iran acknowledged trying to make nuclear arms in the past. That stance is shared by Canada, Japan, Australia and U.S. allies in Europe.
A senior IAEA official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report was confidential, said that if the material provided by the U.S. and other agency members on the alleged activities was genuine, most of Iran's work was "most likely for nuclear weapons."
But he said the agency was not reaching any conclusion until the Iranians went beyond rejection of the purported evidence and concretely addressed the issues it raised.
When confronted with some of the documentation from the U.S. and other on its alleged weapons experiments, Tehran "stated that the allegations were baseless and that the information ... was fabricated," the report said.
Iran explained some of its activities linked by the Americans to a weapons program as work on "air bags and for the design of safety belts," according to the report.
The report will be the focus of discussions at an IAEA board report starting March 3. At that meeting, the U.S. and its allies are weighing whether to ask the board to approve a resolution declaring that the agency was unable to shed light on Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, according to diplomats.
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Associated Press writers Edith M. Lederer and Charles J. Hanley at the United Nations and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report. | | | | Alpha | | | | | ©2002-2009 WarWithoutEnd.co.uk |
