How ElBaradei misled the world about Iran's nuclear program

well mark old bean... El baradei actually did all those things that are claimed. One need only have read articles by hiom to verify the truth. He deceived the world in order to assist iran. He obfuscated, deceived, and generally misledd everyone. Had ne not done so, Iran would not now be on the bring of making an Islamic bomb. Once they get it Mark old Bean uit will be far too late to do anything about it, as ISrael will be the first target and the US or great satan the next.

Since Israel doesn't allow inspections, the fact is that you made that sum out of pure hot air On the other hand, Iran has already stated she has the missiles capable of reaching Europe

They found, as a reader said, NADA in Iran. Has the UN made Israel inspections for nuclear weapons? What might those results be? I understand that Israel is officially a non-nuclear power. C'set vrais?

Unlike Iran, Israel hasn't threatened South Eastern Europe (and all points in between) claiming she has rockets capable of hitting Europe

with all the discussion about the "double standard" involving Israel's non-participation in the treaty, I would like to concertize the situation. Let us suppose that a neo nazi white supremacist, or better yet, osama bin laden, were to start a uranium enrichment plant in their backyard. On the one hand, as non-signatories, they are clearly within their rights to pursue nuclear weapons. However, everyone understands that there is the serious potential for catastrophe were bin laden to get his hands on such a weapon. The "legality" of the situation is clearly secondary to preserving human life. All the while, Iran has stated it intends to destroy Israel. It operates and funds Hezbollah, which is responsible for acts of terrorism worldwide, including bombings in Argentina. Israel has had these weapons for forty years, has been involved in two full scale wars (67 and 73) in which its survival was at stake, and has never remotely contemplated using its nukes.

thats called propoganda. Ask yourself why "U.S., Britain, Russia, Germany, China and France criticized Iran for defying a U.N. Security Council ban on uranium enrichment and its continuing expansion of operations at the Natanz plant. It also censured Iran for secretly building a second facility and demanded that it immediately suspend further construction."

thats called propoganda. Ask yourself why "U.S., Britain, Russia, Germany, China and France criticized Iran for defying a U.N. Security Council ban on uranium enrichment and its continuing expansion of operations at the Natanz plant. It also censured Iran for secretly building a second facility and demanded that it immediately suspend further construction."

As a fellow muslim i can only say you are envious of his success and his Noble prize. I hope to wil a Noble in one of those days too so he is an inspiration to me and others.

"On dodgy intelligence provided by Israel to support their point of view." Of coursae you know first hAND Chris that it was dodgy...

" What you expect from a el baradei to betrail a brother. " JUDGE GOLDSTONE a proclaimed Zionist betrayed a country so yes I expect El Baradi to do his job

I dont know what you guys call a person who attack another when he no longer can defend himself. I call him a COWARD.

...the world about nuclear programs. Such grotesque hypocrisy!

He is no better than his investigators and experts.

Forget about Pakistan's leading nuclear scientist selling nuclear secrets to any country that paid all on Baradei's watch? It seems to me that our usual Israel bashers truly resent Israel's self-defence capabilites and would prefer a truncated, dis-armed,weak, easily invaded Israel. Perhaps its why no one listens to the tranparent Israel haters.

What you expect from a el baradei to betrail a brother.

did ElBaradei mislead the world or not?

ElBaradei used Taqiyya to fool the world. As an Islamist-Jihadist he covered up the nuke ambition of the fanatics in Iran.

In 1905, during the Zionist Congress convention at Bessel (Switzerland), Yitzhak Epstein delivered a lecture about the "Arab question" : "Among the difficult questions connected to the idea of the renaissance of our people on its soil there is one which is equal to all others: the question of our relations with the Arabs. . . . We have FORGOTTEN one small matter: There is in our beloved land an entire nation, which has occupied it for hundreds of years and has never thought to leave it. . . . We are making a GREAT psychological error with regard to a great, assertive, and jealous people. While we feel a deep love for the land of our forefathers, we forgot that the nation who lives in it today has a sensitive heart and loving soul. The Arab, like every man, is tied to his native land with strong bonds." (Righteous Victims, p. 57) Yitzak was a confirmed ZIONIST!

Google up Yitzak Epstein for one Before Palis were arab they were Jewish Yitzak was a Pali fromRussia. He tried to stand up for Israel as well and well look what happened read up on him Yitzhak Epstein was one of the few Zionist Jewish leaders who was a Palestinian, which gave him a especial understanding of the Arab's way of life and thinking. Between 1929 and 1930, he worked in construction in Transjordan, and in 1930 he was awarded a fellowship at the American University at Beirut, Lebanon. Epstein lived for eight months with Bedouin Arab tribes in the desert, as a result he published two books in Hebrew about the Bedouins: "Their Life and Customs" in 1933 and "The Population of Transjordan" in 1934. During the same period, he also worked in intelligence gathering for the Jewish Agency Political Department, and became one of its leading Arab specialists. Notice it was Never the west bank or Palestine it was trans JORDAN

No one is permitted to make nuclear weapons. Not being an NPT member does not mean certain attack. Look at Israel, North Korea, India, and Pakistan; no one attacks their nuke sites.

Do as you would have others do unto you. Israel is in exactly the same position as Iran on non-declaration of nuclear sites, so what is good for the goose.

Iran has not signed the Addional Protocol, so it is in its right not to abide with that. By a similar logic, Israel has not signed the NPT, so they are allowed to have nuclear weapons. You can't have it both ways. If Israel is not bound by treaties it did not sign, neither is Iran.

Thats normal actions for politicans!Fret not!

lie, half truth, more lies, more threats....you got to wonder what zio-states nuclear admin believes about its own nukes

...can have the bomb.

They just can't be trusted

I figured you would come out of the woodwork for this one Natalie and again one question so far Israel has proved peaceful use, without ever saying it has nukes for warfare. Your Iranian Buddy has suggested he plans to destroy Israel yet you spout off about Israel , Want to blame someone Blame Iran's glorious leader.

hmm please tell me that one.

I work with those things. All write as if Israel is the problem. But no inseption = Chernobil ten more un inspected plants increase the danger of an accident. Do all of you know if Iran has the technical capability to handle those things? One demand of any inspection by the NNPT is technical ability of the operators. Things done in secret increase the danger of a mistake. It will not end with Iran. If things keep going like that and if Japan loose fate in the USA and is afraid of a Nuclear black mail by N. Korea, what then? What about S. Korea, Brasil? Argentina? in few years Egypt? Why not Turkey? The idea was mutual security not mutual assured destruction. Iran by its actions in the gulf by establishing a missile base in Lebanon that cover Israel but also cover most of the oil and gas ports of Turkey as well as Cypruss is increasing significantly world instability. Nuclear Iran will control more than half of the world oil, including the pipe lines in south Russia and Turkey.

What this man has done is simply put us on the brink of world war 3 which will involve nukes. Thanks mate, job well done then???

So now the world is beginning to realise that ElBaradei was less than forthcoming re Irans efforts to achieve nuclear power. Well,well, surprise ,surprise! How come I knew it, ages ago and I am a complete layman on the subject? I suppose it's a case of "not seeing what you don't want to see" In the meantime Irans road to a nuclear bomb comes ever nearer and the world does nothing to stop these maniacs.

most if not all countries agree iran must NOT be allowed nuclear weapons. Some on here seem to think otherwise. Are the opinions of a few amateur jew haters more relevant than the world's top diplomats, foreign policy and nuclear weapons experts? The question is, do you think iran should have nukes because Israel has nukes? Israel aquired nukes via france towards the end of the 60's. Since then, despite radical islamist neighbours trying to wipe them out, israel has been MORE than responsible towards it's neighbours and the rest of the world in terms of NOT using it's nukes. Does anyone think if the situation were reversed the radical islamist arabs would be as responsible? don't you jew haters get it? If they get these nukes, you may not be targeted yourselves, but if israel is attacked with nukes, you can all kiss your economies goodbye. Not to mention other far more direct repercussions. Of course, at that point, you'll blame israel rather than who actually started it.Typical

"It is not clear whether his backing for Iran stemmed from his origin" Yossi "Time and again they repeated the phrase that "no proof was found" that Iran's nuclear program had military aspects, even though they were blatantly obvious." Yossi Yet the NIE 2007 assessment came to the same conclusions without relying on IAEA evidence. Why did NIE miss the *blatantly obvious* Yossi? "he repeatedly called for a nuclear-free Middle East" Yossi Many world leaders [Gordon Brown recently] have called for a nuclear free world [which by definition includes the Mid East]. "His animosity toward Israel found special expression after the attack in September 2007 on Syria's nuclear facility. He ensured that Israel's name be mentioned in the IAEA reports about the Syrian nuclear plan, even though this was not necessary. And he added a paragraph stating that Israel had carried out the attack, even though it had never officially admitted doing so." Ironically, numerous articles discussing the said Israeli operation appeared in Haaretz. Quite a number of them penned by Yossi Melman. "Ten weeks have passed since the Israel Air Force attacked in Syria" Yossi Haaretz "I would like to believe that what happened in Syria was that serious, that immediate, that it was worth the risk of all-out war with Syria" Yossi on ABC News. Shhh keep it quiet. In any case, contrary to Yossi's assertion. Israel had indeed admitted that it carried out the attack: "Israel has confirmed that it carried out a strike on a Syrian military installation last month". BBC 2 October 2007. So, when El Baradei actually does state the *blatantly obvious* he is condemned. Something is *blatantly obvious* about this article. Guess what it is?

Not surprisingly, he is under political attack by interested groups in Iran and Israel. No big news here. Is there any evidence that this organization has prevented the spread of nuclear technology - ever (Pakistan, India, Israel, North Korea,...)? They can best facilitate an ongoing political process by technical and mediation assistance. They are ill-equipped to enforce rules.

Anyone who doesn't please israel is called this and that. Mr.ElBaradei is an honest man. He did all of his effort to solve the Iranian nuclear question.

Respect:) for the 2 people I voted in office!the other person i do not know so i do not comment just to comment like you did!!

Israel misled and lie to the american goverment is well when they pursue their own nuclear agenda SIR!

Not only Mr. El Baradei, but the whole intelligent world learned from the Iraq war, that there are some very bad people in the West, who twist and invent "intelligence" until they have something that frightens enough people into accepting another war of aggression. But of cause the millions of people, who lost their lives as a result of this madness do not prevent the forces of darkness, to repeat exactly the same script, in order to produce another war. Iran doesn't have a program for nuclear weapons and they do not want to have a program for nuclear weapons. There are fatwas against these weapons. The West is like a bizarre gang of people, who own machine guns, accusing an innocent, peaceful man, who owns a simple spoon, that he will certainly transform this spoon into a knife and attack the whole world with this knife. The spoon is presented as a proof for this bizarre claim.

who are facing elections in the next year. Are not going to start another war in the Middle East because of dossiers about weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of Al Qaeda. Get over it already and watch Dr Strangeglove. It explains how it is going to be for Israel in the future. Welcome to the wonderful world of Mutually Assured Destruction.

as it becomes increasingly apparent that the 5+1 are not exactly rushing to stop Iran's nuclear programme and Russia is even giving a start date for the reactor they are building. Hence these increasingly desperate entreaties about Iran's nuclear programme. A case of crying wolf once to often. And an electorate in the Western democracies who will hang their political leaders from lamp posts if they started another war we cannot afford in the middle east on behalf of Israel. On dodgy intelligence provided by Israel to support their point of view.

Well you've done your part little Yossi.

clearly, no one deceived (and ignored) the world more than israel vis-a-vis its well known nuclear program going back to 1950. Most people believe that israel is in no position to talk about the nuclear program of other sovereign states. I agree with that assessment.

And in Iraq they found NADA!!

It does not come up to the standard of America and France secretly giving Israel a nuclear program to make atom bombs. This is the gold standard for misleading the world.

After reading this, what I suppose the writer would charactarize as an article, I can't help to feel ashame and it reminds me of the old saying "'Fair' is where hogs compete for ribbons".

After reading this, what I suppose the writer would charactarize as an article, I can't help to feel ashame and it reminds me of the old saying "'Fair' is where hogs compete for ribbons".

instead of trashing those that enforce them, them maybe we would understand what the hell this article is about.

elbaredie was a pen pusher before he was hauled onto the top job.he returned the world's trust in him by conniving with the iranians. his ethos was animosity for the jewish state and any nation that worked against israel was for el baradei a friend. well into the job he developed supercilious manner.it did not become him.a mere pen pusher.

Yossi Melman is an idiot because he takes Ahmadinejad at his word regarding Iran's intention to build 10 more enrichment plants? It's not for you to second guess what Iran is capable of Mr Lincoln. I note you are rarely right in most of your predictions. Iran has stated their intentions and they must be taken seriously. Yossi Melman is absolutely correct about El Baradei. He spent years minimising what was happening in Iran, then made a tiny bit of noise 5 minutes before leaving.

That Iran has the potential on hand to produce nuclear weapons and is refusing to allow inspection of tose facilities.I will highlight the bits of the report you seem to have overlooked. "A week before Iran?s presidential election, atomic INSPECTORS REPORTED Friday that the country has SPED UP ITS PORODUCTION of nuclear fuel and increased its number of installed centrifuges to 7,200 ? more than enough, weapon experts said, to make fuel for up to two nuclear weapons a year, if the country decided to use its facilities for that purpose. ---the country had BLOCKED ITS INSPECRTORS for more than a year now from visiting a heavy-water reactor capable of being modified to produce plutonium that could be used in weapons" PS the Inquisition used Auto de Fe to extract its "information" and nobody could block them.See the difference? PPS Tommy Torquemada of the Inquisition also saw the light in his generation

BROAD and SANGER:"increased its number of installed centrifuges to 7,200 more than enough, weapon experts said, to make fuel for up to two nuclear weapons a year, if the country decided to use its facilities for that purpose." The trick is, of course, to make use of that magic word: "if". PETER, "if" you have 7,200 centrifuges then there are two ways you can install them: 1) To make MORE low-level enriched uranium 2) To more highly-enrich the low-level uranium you already have. Doing (1) is in no way sinister. Doing (2) is very, very sinister. Q: What did B&S just do? A: Paper over that Iran is, in fact, doing (1), and make it appear as "if" it were doing (2). That's how you gull the gullible (hello, PETER!) i.e. by using the magic word: "if".

ElBaradei could be compared to Abdul Qadeer Khan. The last is the father of the Pakistan nuclear program, the first is the father of the Iran nuclear program.

Why has Iran been refusing inspection of weapon facilities? I have highlighted for you the bits you seem to have misread. "ATOMIC INSPECTORS REPORTED! Friday that the country has SPED UP ITS PRODUCTION!of nuclear fuel and increased its number of installed centrifuges to 7,200 ? more than enough, weapon experts said, to make fuel for up to two nuclear weapons a year,-""the country had blocked its inspectors for more than a year now from visiting a heavy-water reactor capable of being modified to produce plutonium that could be used in weapons. It also said that Tehran had continued to refuse to answer the agency" PS The Spanish Inquisition got information in ways like auto de fe,no body could block anything.See the difference.? PPS Tommy Torquemada was also a nice Jewish boy who saw the light.

He waited until the actual END of term: now there's no possible mistake.

There is no 'evidence' in it. Oh there is IF you think IF is evidence. The world has known for years that the Natanz facility was built to accommodate 50,000 centrifuges. 7,200 is still kids stuff... We've been hearing that Iran will have enough fuel for a weapon in a year for about three years now... Only dumb rrrrs'd warmongers believe the stupid 'if' stories The war head allegation? The accusers won't tell the accused what the evidence is.... The Spanish inquisitors would be proud

already condemned sight unseen. Its called denial of natural justice and at least 50 lawyers signed a letter to that effect. Ever wondered why Mary Robinson refused the brief?

were there for all to see.The article takes issue with what El Beredrei did with the information. He had no trouble accusing Israel without documentary evidence did he.?

trying to smear a well respected international jurist, it might have an easier time running down El Baradei. But seeing as it has, and the fact that Israel, as a non-signatory to the NNPT really has no business even commenting on the IAEA, it should keep quiet, and hope that the US decides to do the job. But there is an important test for the incoming head. If he, like El Baradei, lets the US ride roughshod over the clauses of the NNPT that are supposed to protect the non-weapons countries from harassment by the weapons countries, he might cause the IAEA to face the same pressure for reforms that remove the clout of the 5 throne countries.

By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER Published: June 5, 2009 A week before Iran?s presidential election, atomic inspectors reported Friday that the country has sped up its production of nuclear fuel and increased its number of installed centrifuges to 7,200 ? more than enough, weapon experts said, to make fuel for up to two nuclear weapons a year, if the country decided to use its facilities for that purpose. ---the country had blocked its inspectors for more than a year now from visiting a heavy-water reactor capable of being modified to produce plutonium that could be used in weapons. It also said that Tehran had continued to refuse to answer the agency?s questions about reports of Iranian studies obtained by Western intelligence agencies that suggest that its scientists had performed research on the design of a nuclear warhead. Iran is required under three United Nations Security Council resolutions to cease the enrichment of uranium and to provide answers to those questions. The Iranian authorities have vigorously denied the authenticity of the studies on warhead design.

knowledge.

He is a journalist telling a story. You just try to attack Israel. Tells about you.

Read again.

You ignore that the Iranian Government is illegal,that it's threatens all opposition by shooting people dead in the streets of Teheran,and that the madness of its leaders in calling for the destruction of Israel ,and the hatred it shows for all Western countries will leave Iran ,isolated and viable . Only a fool like you can believe that the world is afraid of Iran,with its outdated airforce and couple of hundred of missiles .

What do they all have in common?

The above diatribe coming from a nation that has not even signed on the NPT is quiet galling. Everyone knows the open secret of Israeli nuclear weapons. So trying the discredit a man who has been leading IAEA for the last 12 years is just about as long as you can get. But alas, for Israel the sewerage pits is where it has been dwelling ever since Rabin's death. Accept the fact that Iran has every right to its nuclear program. Accept the fact no one is fooled by your preoccupation with Iran as a way for the world to take its eyes of what you are doing in the occupied territories. We all know that the biggest danger to peace in the middle east is Israel. So stop the crocodile tears and end the occupation.

El Baradei owes the world an apology for his mishandling of Iran. He needs to be outspoken about the deception Iran has led during his tenure at Iaea. Without doing so he will look like he was paid by Iran. For those who had be calling Iran what it is, well, being right rarely wins you anything in life but fustration.

Yossi Melman has proven to be a pathetic replacement for Ze'ev Schiff who was a most able man. Melman, in the most cowardly fashion, has reserved his opprobrium towards El Baradei until Dr. El Baradei was in no position to reply. Melman, spouts the propaganda line of the Israeli right - and the rabid right of Iran - that Iran will build 10 more enrichment plants. Were Yossi Melman competent - or honest - enough to comment he would be well aware that Iran has not been able to finish ONE enrichment plant much less build 10 more. As it is obvious to any honest, decent, or sane individual that Iran is far from completing the Natanz facility and has barely started the Qum facility, then how can ANY SANE INDIVIDUAL credit Ahmadinejad's boast as anything but a hollow and feeble boast? Haaretz has chosen to disgrace itself by publishing the pathetic propaganda pimped by Yossi Melman. And self-respecting journal would fire him.

Amazing!

One has to only review his record and it is clear as day that ElBaradei was a lying conniving deceitful Arab like most! hE MANIPULATED ALL THE REPORTS