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Report: IAEA chief says efforts to curb Iran nuke program 'a failure'
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Iran, IAEA, Israel News 

Efforts by the international community to isolate Iran in hopes of curbing its nuclear weapons program have failed, the head of the United Nations watchdog told the Los Angeles Times on Saturday.

Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the newspaper that the sanctions regime imposed by members of the United Nations Security Council has not prevented the Islamic republic from accumulating technology and know-how that could be used to build atomic weapons.

"We haven't really moved one inch toward addressing the issues," ElBaradei, an Egyptian diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, told the LA Times. "I think so far the policy has been a failure."
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ElBaradei encouraged world leaders to broaden their focus on issues that are not strictly related to defense and security, like poverty and the prevention of diseases like HIV and AIDS. Nuclear proliferation "is the tip of the iceberg," the IAEA chief told the LA Times.

ElBaradei said the election of Barack Obama as president gave him "lots of hope" due to his stated goal of pursuing a policy that would eliminate nuclear stockpiles as well as his perceived reliance on diplomacy to solve critical global issues, the LA Times reported.

"He is ready to talk to his adversaries, enemies, if you like, including Iran, also [North] Korea," he told the newspaper. "To continue to pound the table and say, 'I am not going to talk to you,' and act in a sort of a very condescending way - that exaggerates problems."

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      1.   Iran will have a bomb a few months 11:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/12/08
      2.   ElBaradei, the misguided 11:21  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/12/08
      3.   baraday 12:19  |  rudzeev 06/12/08
      4.   Nobody can stop Iran`s nuclear drive 14:17  |  KHC 06/12/08
      5.   Stop Smoking .... 14:36  |  KHC 06/12/08
      6.   Yeah, ElBaradei is well and truly over this... 14:51  |  Johnboy 06/12/08
      7.   ElBaradei The Naive Believer Caught UpBy Iran`s LiesToTheInfidels 14:59  |  Lavi 06/12/08
      8.   What a bizarre comment! 15:16  |  Peter Williams 06/12/08
      9.   Focus on AIDS ????? 15:36  |  David Plane 06/12/08
      10.   But Johnboy, you said .... 15:37  |  Peter Williams 06/12/08
      11.   Missing in the edited story 16:39  |  Mark Lincoln 06/12/08
      12.   Okay to go. 16:47  |  Charles Smyth 06/12/08
      13.   Johnboy # 6 Because Talks Don`t Work Either 16:52  |  Jeff Northridge 06/12/08
      14.   Indeed, Obama will ask them to stop. No doubts they`ll refuse. 16:57  |  square ONE 06/12/08
      15.   Nuclear energy, yes. Nuclear weapons, no. This includes Israel. 17:13  |  Lou Medel 06/12/08
      16.   Pleasantly Surprised 17:35  |  Brendan 06/12/08
      17.   Mark Lincoln _ Re Missing In The edited Story 17:37  |  Eli 06/12/08
      18.   6Johnboy Europeans talked to Iran for years to no avail 18:19  |  Rob 06/12/08
      19.   11M Lincoln Is Baradey an expert on Nuclear proliferation or on 18:26  |  Rob 06/12/08
      20.   Eli - what the original story 18:38  |  Mark Lincoln 06/12/08
      21.   Did you bother to read the LA Times article Rob? 18:49  |  Mark Lincoln 06/12/08
      22.   A paradox or hypocrisy - IAEA, Iran and Israel? 19:54  |  Manny Goldstein 06/12/08
      23.   Green light for Israel to attack 20:01  |  MJ 06/12/08
      24.   #12 Lou Medel 20:06  |  H 06/12/08
      25.   #1 Say Cipora, going over the edge are we? 20:10  |  ballistic 06/12/08
      26.   Relax Jews! You have Mohamed`s word that Iran won`t attack Israel 20:23  |  Genuine Tosefta 06/12/08
      27.   No paradox, some hypocrisy - Manny Goldstein 20:30  |  Mark Lincoln 06/12/08
      28.   Iran and the bomb 20:47  |  GPS 06/12/08
      29.   So what are we waiting for? 21:01  |  CRodgers 06/12/08
      30.   27, Mark Lincoln 22:06  |  Harry 06/12/08
      31.   Jeff Northridge: one has to talk to the right party to get result 22:13  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 06/12/08
      32.   IAEA chief says efforts to curb Iran nuke program `a failure` 22:39  |  KB 06/12/08
      33.   Harrt - funny you should mention it 23:17  |  Mark Lincoln 06/12/08
      34.   Get over it Harry, no bombing for you... 23:27  |  BBSNews 06/12/08
      35.   33, Mark Lincoln 00:10  |  Harry 07/12/08
      36.   nuke weapons 00:40  |  harold 07/12/08
      37.   M Lincoln The LA Times and Baradey on Iran`s Messianism 01:26  |  Rob 07/12/08
      38.   M Lincoln, so what is your estimte for when Iran gets nukes? 01:36  |  Rob 07/12/08
      39.   BBS Can`t you count up to 2? 01:41  |  Rob 07/12/08
      40.   #2 Yes, Cipora, El Baredi certainly 02:03  |  ballistic 07/12/08
      41.   i`ll huff and puff till i go blue in the face 04:04  |  VIPER 07/12/08
      42.   #35, HARRYS LOGIC FAILS HIM 04:17  |  VIPER 07/12/08
      43.   #41...Viper 05:08  |  Nemesis 07/12/08
      44.   JOHNBOY Euros.have been talking,trading,grovelling,selling 07:50  |  PETER SM 07/12/08
      45.   LOU Meddel "No nuclear weapons"Have you told Iran & Pakistan yet? 07:56  |  PETER SM 07/12/08
      46.   #10 No, Peter Williams, I didn`t say.... 08:07  |  Johnboy 07/12/08
      47.   #13 I think you better read the IAEA reports, Jeff 08:11  |  Johnboy 07/12/08
      48.   #13, Jeff and #18, Ron, and #43 PSM 08:18  |  Johnboy 07/12/08
      49.   Johnboy IAEA`s purpose 15:43  |  Peter Williams 07/12/08
      50.   #43, NEMESIS, ahhh the good old days huh 00:32  |  VIPER 08/12/08
      51.   #49, PETER (SM) WILLIAMS blames the IAEA 00:39  |  VIPER 08/12/08
      52.   #49 Peter quickly proves that he doesn`t know. 10:03  |  Johnboy 08/12/08
      53.   Johnboy dangerously naive 01:12  |  Peter Williams 09/12/08
      54.   VIPER vapor again 01:20  |  Peter Williams 09/12/08
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