Tayeb
08-11-2007, 18:16
Israel urges removal of El-Baradei
s3 and greetings:
Bush ought to listen, his boss Moffaz has said that El-Baradei should be removed. When your boss says something you have to listen or risk being kicked out... Rice already knows what the boss thinks.
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Israel urges removal of ElBaradei
Source: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0B4D1D04-CF95-4ED1-81F2-8B5E24360711.htm
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Shaul Mofaz said Iran's nuclear programme posed an immediate danger [AFP]
The Israeli deputy prime minister has called for Mohamed ElBaradei to be dismissed as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, accusing him of ignoring the danger of Iran's nuclear programme.
Shaul Mofaz told Israel Radio that ElBaradei's policies "endanger world peace" and described his attitude to Iran's activities as "irresponsible".
ElBaradei is expected to issue another report on November 22 on the progress of Iran's nuclear programme.
The findings will be a key part of further discussions at the United Nations on whether to impose a third set if sanctions on Tehran.
Mofaz said: "The policies followed by ElBaradei endanger world peace.
"His irresponsible attitude of sticking his head in the sand over Iran's nuclear programme should lead to his impeachment."
Threat row
ElBaradei angered Israeli officials by telling France's Le Monde newspaper earlier this week that Iran would need "between three and eight years" to develop a nuclear bomb and that there was no immediate threat.
The Egyptian UN nuclear chief said: "I want to get people away from the idea that Iran represents a clear and present danger and that we're now facing the decision whether to bombard Iran or let them have the bomb.
"We're not in that situation at all."
Mofaz said there was no excuse for that view in the face of intelligence estimates.
"ElBaradei says he has no proof regarding Iran's nuclear programme when he has intelligence reports gathered by several countries and he heads an organisation responsible precisely for that," he said.
Iran deadlock
The comments coincided with an Israeli newspaper report that quoted Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, as telling confidants in private conversations that ElBaradei, an Egyptian, was "no lover of Zion".
Mofaz, who heads "the strategic dialogue" between Israel and its main ally, the United States, held talks on Wednesday in Washington with Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state.
Tehran rejects accusations it is seeking to develop a nuclear bomb, saying it wants nuclear technology for peaceful purposes such as power generation.
Iran has refused to heed UN Security Council demands to halt enrichment.
s3 and greetings:
Bush ought to listen, his boss Moffaz has said that El-Baradei should be removed. When your boss says something you have to listen or risk being kicked out... Rice already knows what the boss thinks.
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Israel urges removal of ElBaradei
Source: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0B4D1D04-CF95-4ED1-81F2-8B5E24360711.htm
http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/images/2007/11/8/1_232783_1_5.jpg
Shaul Mofaz said Iran's nuclear programme posed an immediate danger [AFP]
The Israeli deputy prime minister has called for Mohamed ElBaradei to be dismissed as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, accusing him of ignoring the danger of Iran's nuclear programme.
Shaul Mofaz told Israel Radio that ElBaradei's policies "endanger world peace" and described his attitude to Iran's activities as "irresponsible".
ElBaradei is expected to issue another report on November 22 on the progress of Iran's nuclear programme.
The findings will be a key part of further discussions at the United Nations on whether to impose a third set if sanctions on Tehran.
Mofaz said: "The policies followed by ElBaradei endanger world peace.
"His irresponsible attitude of sticking his head in the sand over Iran's nuclear programme should lead to his impeachment."
Threat row
ElBaradei angered Israeli officials by telling France's Le Monde newspaper earlier this week that Iran would need "between three and eight years" to develop a nuclear bomb and that there was no immediate threat.
The Egyptian UN nuclear chief said: "I want to get people away from the idea that Iran represents a clear and present danger and that we're now facing the decision whether to bombard Iran or let them have the bomb.
"We're not in that situation at all."
Mofaz said there was no excuse for that view in the face of intelligence estimates.
"ElBaradei says he has no proof regarding Iran's nuclear programme when he has intelligence reports gathered by several countries and he heads an organisation responsible precisely for that," he said.
Iran deadlock
The comments coincided with an Israeli newspaper report that quoted Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, as telling confidants in private conversations that ElBaradei, an Egyptian, was "no lover of Zion".
Mofaz, who heads "the strategic dialogue" between Israel and its main ally, the United States, held talks on Wednesday in Washington with Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state.
Tehran rejects accusations it is seeking to develop a nuclear bomb, saying it wants nuclear technology for peaceful purposes such as power generation.
Iran has refused to heed UN Security Council demands to halt enrichment.