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with good reason , see there is nothing but then what you do not see does not exist. more from the link as to why I say cat and mouse game
Mar 6, 2012 11:43am
White House Greets Iran News With Skepticism
Does Iran have a nuke?
Iran’s state-run news agency reported earlier today that Iran’s leaders have announced they will allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency into its Parchin military site.
IAEA officials were not allowed to visit the site last month. The IAEA report released in November reported indications that at Parchin Iran “constructed a large explosives containment vessel in which to conduct hydrodynamic experiments.
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
Those people who want war will never be satisfied no matter how many inspectors go in there. Iran already has lost valuable scientists every time inspectors go in. I do not think those people are really inspectors but perhaps intelligence agents collecting pictures about the people who work their and looking at vulnerabilities of the facilities. I would prevent them from entering for security reasons.
What are they hiding ? What peaceful purposes needs to be developed 90m in a underground fortress ?
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
reply to post by sonnny1
Even that would be a security risk, people can photograph the infrastructure, the equipment etc. It would give easy points to bomb. Too much of a risk.
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
If you have nothing to hide why dont you let me into your house? It is called security. Israel and USA has been threating them for years. Not to mention that Israel has a history of attacking nuclear facilities (Osirak) comes to mind. It would make sense to make some protection to the Iranian people from bloodthirsty people like Israel.
Originally posted by Talltexxxan
reply to post by bekod
I dont know why, but for some reason I think this IRAN nuke stuff is just a distraction from other countries. I have a bad feeling its N.Korea.
Sorry I dont really have much to say on the inspections, gotta do some more digging I guess.
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
Those people who want war will never be satisfied no matter how many inspectors go in there. Iran already has lost valuable scientists every time inspectors go in. I do not think those people are really inspectors but perhaps intelligence agents collecting pictures about the people who work their and looking at vulnerabilities of the facilities. I would prevent them from entering for security reasons.
Originally posted by Talltexxxan
reply to post by bekod
I dont know why, but for some reason I think this IRAN nuke stuff is just a distraction from other countries. I have a bad feeling its N.Korea.
Sorry I dont really have much to say on the inspections, gotta do some more digging I guess.
Originally posted by sonnny1
Second,I would let you into my house,if there was a need,or if I had signed a international agreement,that states I have to.
Originally posted by sonnny1
reply to post by khimbar
Actually,ANY Nuclear facility is to be inspected. They signed it.
The Irans decided to build a "hidden" one. Thats the problem. There was NO need.
Originally posted by khimbar
Originally posted by sonnny1
reply to post by khimbar
Actually,ANY Nuclear facility is to be inspected. They signed it.
The Irans decided to build a "hidden" one. Thats the problem. There was NO need.
Absolutely right, your argument only being flawed by the tiny detail that Parchin isn't a nuclear site, but a military base, and therefore not covered by the agreement in any way shape or form.
Oh and it isn't hidden, they already inspected it in 2005 and found no trace of anything nuclear.
Other than that, your analysis is perfect.
AEA inspectors had asked to visit the facility during a February trip to Iran but were rebuffed, according to the agency. Inspectors believe Iran may have used Parchin to test high explosives that could be used to detonate a nuclear weapon. Inspectors visited the site twice in 2005, but did not go into the building that housed the test chamber, according to the IAEA.
Iran has said its nuclear program is entirely peaceful, but Amano said Iran's failure to cooperate with international inspectors makes it impossible to be sure.
Because Iran is not following an agreement to provide expanded information and broader inspection access to international inspectors, the agency is "unable to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities," he said in a statement preceding his news conference.