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The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today called on Iran to immediately suspend the construction of a recently-disclosed uranium enrichment facility, and cooperate more fully to resolve all outstanding issues related to its nuclear programme.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... the attention of London, was that the contingency military timetable had been decided before the UN inspectors went in under Hans Blix." In other words, the inspections were a charade. The Americans were never much interested in the results. They had made up their minds. Worse is what Meyer's evidence tells you about Tony Blair. It is a cliche nowadays to describe Blair as a liar. But...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Jeremy Greenstock told a British inquiry into the Iraq war that he did not think that U.N. inspectors had been given enough time to search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD), cited as the reason for war, before the March 2003 invasion.
World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Reuters , Keith Weir The United States followed its own military timetable for the 2003 invasion of Iraq rather than allowing diplomacy to run its full course, the former British ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday. Jeremy Greenstock told the Iraq war inquiry he did not think U.N. inspectors had been given enough time before the March 2003 invasion to search for weapons of...
World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Reuters , Keith Weir The United States followed its own military timetable for the 2003 invasion of Iraq rather than allowing diplomacy to run its full course, the former British ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday. Jeremy Greenstock told the Iraq war inquiry he did not think U.N. inspectors had been given enough time before the March 2003 invasion to search for weapons of...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Jeremy Greenstock told a British inquiry into the Iraq War that he did not think that UN inspectors had been given enough time to search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD), cited as the reason for war, before the March 2003 invasion. No such weapons were found after the US-led invasion and overthrow of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, but Greenstock said he remained convinced Iraq was hiding...
Middle East Watch (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
DEBKAfile : "DEBKAfile's military sources report that the UN inspectors' October visit to Iran turned up dual-track progress in support of its nuclear weapons program: Feverish activity was registered in the production of plutonium at Isfahan as an alternative to the Fordo enriched uranium plant near Qom which starts up in 2011."
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
British and American officials were desperately looking for a "smoking gun" that would justify their imminent invasion of Iraq, an official inquiry has heard.Sky News quoted Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British ambassador to the US, as saying the Bush administration's stringent timetable for military action was too tight and did not allow enough time for UN inspectors to properly carry...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
1 of 4LONDON (Reuters) - The United States followed its own military timetable for the 2003 invasion of Iraq rather than allowing diplomacy to run its full course, the former British ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday.Jeremy Greenstock told the Iraq war inquiry he did not think U.N. inspectors had been given enough time before the March 2003 invasion to search for weapons...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... not made any difference to the case for war, as it simply proved Saddam was not co-operating with UN weapons inspectors.Tim Dowse, who was head of counter-proliferation at the Foreign Office, said that when he took up the post in 2001, Iraq was not seen as the main country of concern as far as WMD were concerned. "It wasn't top of the list," he said. "I would say we put Libya and Iran ahead...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... not made any difference to the case for war, as it simply proved Saddam was not co-operating with UN weapons inspectors.Tim Dowse, who was head of counter-proliferation at the Foreign Office, said that when he took up the post in 2001, Iraq was not seen as the main country of concern as far as WMD were concerned. "It wasn't top of the list," he said. "I would say we put Libya and Iran ahead...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... ahead of Iraq,' he said. He said Iraq's nuclear programme was believed to have been dismantled by UN inspectors in the 1990s. Share this article Metro Headlines MORE METRO | Advert Your viewsNo comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts? Add your comment Name:Your email address will not be publishedEmail: Town and country:Your comment: You have characters...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Iraq's nuclear program was believed to have been stopped by UN inspectors in the 1990. The chemical and biological weapons Iraq was thought to possess were not regarded primarily as battlefield weapons, he said. But new intelligence suggesting that chemical and biological weapons were being produced by Iraq began to arrive in August and September 2002.
