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bananas

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 07:45 PM Mar 2013

EU says Iran nuclear "procrastination" unacceptable

Source: Reuters

The European Union said on Wednesday that Iranian stonewalling of a U.N. nuclear agency inquiry into suspected atom bomb research was "unacceptable", and voiced deep concern about Tehran's expanding atomic work.

In a joint statement delivered at a board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the 27-nation bloc again said Iran must suspend its uranium enrichment work, something Tehran has repeatedly ruled out doing.

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The EU said there was a worrying lack of progress in a long-stalled IAEA investigation aimed at clarifying possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear program.

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"The EU considers ... Iran's procrastination to be unacceptable," the statement said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/us-iran-nuclear-eu-idUSBRE9250E020130306

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EU says Iran nuclear "procrastination" unacceptable (Original Post) bananas Mar 2013 OP
Hey France and England, get back to use when you de-nuclearize. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #1
PNAC is in charge of the EU! FrodosPet Mar 2013 #2
And so is this procrastination. WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2013 #3

FrodosPet

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2. PNAC is in charge of the EU!
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:22 PM
Mar 2013

*BOOM BOOM BOOM*

Listen to the sounds of the war drums beating, even in the (supposedly) most civilized, sane and progressive part of the world.

It looks like VP Biden, Sec. Kerry, now even the EU have drank the PNAC/AIPAC Kool Aid about Iran.

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