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Saudi offers deal to end Iran nuclear stand-off
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| LatinLover |
Saudi Arabia today revealed details of an ambitious offer to Tehran, aimed at defusing the growing crisis over Iran’s controversial nuclear programme.
Speaking at the end of the state visit to London by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, his Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said that every effort must be made to avert what many fear could turn into a military confrontation between the United States and Iran.
Washington and Tehran again attacked each other over the issue today. Nicholas Burns, the US under-secretary of political affairs, said that America was pushing to impose new sanctions on Iran. In Tehran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened retaliation against Europe if it followed America’s lead.
At the heart of the problem is Iran’s uranium enrichment plant at Natanz. Iran insists that enriched uranium will be used purely as fuel for its nuclear reactor at Buhsher. America and other Western nations suspect that the Iranians want to produce highly enriched uranium for use as a warhead in an atomic bomb.
Prince Saud said that to defuse the row, Saudi Arabia and a consortium of Arab Gulf states had invited Iran to produce enriched uranium jointly, where the plant could be properly monitored by international observers.
“We have proposed a solution, which is to create a consortium for all users of enriched uranium to do it in a collective manner that would distribute (nuclear fuel) according to need,” he said. “We hope the Iranians will accept this proposal.”
He said that the proposed plant would be built in a neutral third country, like Switzerland.
While the offer provides an imaginative solution to the crisis in the Gulf, Iran has so far not replied and in its public statements Tehran seems determined to press ahead with the construction of its own nuclear programme.
Tomorrow senior diplomats from America, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will meet in London to discuss the next move by the international community.
Washington, London and Paris all want existing United Nations sanctions tightened against Tehran, but the moves have been blocked at the UN Security Council by Moscow and Beijing, who both have lucrative trade arrangements with Iran.
A decision is expected later this month when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog, is due to deliver its latest report on Iran.
America has already tightened unilateral sanctions against Iran and is pressing the European Union to follow suit if no action is taken at the UN. The EU is Iran’s largest trading partner, accounting for 40 per cent of the country’s imports.
Speaking during a visit to a petrochemical complex in southern Iran, Mr Ahmadinejad said that sanctions did not work and that Europe had more to lose than Iran.
“You, Europeans, know well what will happen in the economic sphere if Iran takes a serious move in this matter,” he said. “You Europeans need us more...”
In the region there are fears that if the crisis escalates without a solution President Bush may carry out his threat to use force against Iran before it acquires a nuclear bomb.
Prince Saud said that another conflict in the region, which produces most of the world’s energy, would be a disaster for everyone.
“The escalation going on that could lead to conflict will benefit no one,” he said. “War in the area would be terrible.”
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| LatinLover |
| Lets see is the Iranians accept the deal... ofcourse they are going to have a pretest to turn it down :rolleyes: |
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| Q5echo |
third party uranium sourcing is not a bad idea, but where's the incentive for Iran?
Iran is only as strong as the sanctions that are NOT imposed on it. so far the Europeans are satisfied with that. thats not good. |
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| George Smiley |
| Sod Iran! How about sanctions against Saudi Arabia for funding terrorism against the West and generally being one of the least democratic countries on Earth?! |
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| LazFX |
People stop the madness!!!!!
the only reason anyone is dealing with anyone is OIL!!
and Jorge, you are so correct.... but its the ol mighty oil dollar hard at work....... we have our soccor mom's SUV to keep filled or lil Bobby might loose a few pounds :rolleyes: |
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| George Smiley |
Yep and the oil dollar, the the absolute fear it strikes into the American elite have ensured that everyone in America has been convinced that Saudi Arabia is the most democratic and peace loving state in the world! They're America's best friend after Israel!
It makes me laugh (in a tragic kinda way) when I hear the American regime criticising Iran and claiming it is such a threat to global security when at the end of the day, Iran poses no conventional (military) or unconventional (terrorism) threat to America or the West (other than helping Shia elements in Iraq). But then in the same breath almost, they praise Saudi Arabia for the progress they're making towards democracy and their help in the fight against terrorism!
Well Saudi Arabia is the least democratic state in the Middle East and the majority of al-Qaida funds come from there too (altho lets face it, nobody cares about al-Qaida any more, even tho they are the real and only threat to America) |
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| hardcore trancer |
| sounds like bull to me.Looks like another U.S strategy towards war.If Iran says no then they gonna come out and say "we tried working with Iran and it didnt work so attacking them is the only option" . :rolleyes: |
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| MisterOpus1 |
Hi Arnoldj. I'd thought I'd give you another chance to help me out with the answer to this simple question I posted earlier. In case you forgot, here you go:
| quote: | | what is the best test to determine the differences between more than 1 independ. variable but with no repeated measures? IOW, to determine the impact of more than 1 independ. variable on a depend. variable? |
Also, can you name the school and a few staff members in your department where you teach?
Thanks. |
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| LatinLover |
| quote: | Originally posted by MisterOpus1
Hi Arnoldj. I'd thought I'd give you another chance to help me out with the answer to this simple question I posted earlier. In case you forgot, here you go:
Thanks. |
To help you out? What, do you think I give classes for free? Hell no!
Guys, please lets stay on topic and not hijack the thread and divert to other topics. I appreciate it :) |
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| MisterOpus1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by LatinLover
To help you out? What, do you think I give classes for free? Hell no! |
I already know the answer - I'm seeing whether you do or not, thereby proving that you are a flat-out liar or not. So could you please answer the question? This is the third time you've dodged what should be an instant answer for a statistics instructor.
And where was it you taught again?
| quote: | | Guys, please lets stay on topic and not hijack the thread and divert to other topics. I appreciate it :) |
I agree with George - there's a number of countries we should be taking a hard look at if we are to follow our rhetoric on the War on Terra. Saudi Arabia is one of them, yet we seemingly dismiss them away as if they're harmless. |
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| LatinLover |
Jesus Christ! Not only I have to teach about politics but now statistics also. I might as well tech them how to become a man!
This is obsurb! You have a neighbor of Iran in the region trying to ease out tensions and you have the far left criticizing SA :rolleyes: |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by LatinLover
This is obsurb! |
Yes, yes it is. :wtf: |
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