Thwarted U.S. May Seek Lone Push on Iran Sanctions

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran escaped U.N. censure over its nuclear program but Washington, which accuses it of seeking an atomic bomb, said on Monday it reserved the right to take the case to the Security Council on its own.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a U.N. watchdog, passed a resolution approving Iran's week-old suspension of sensitive nuclear activities as part of a deal between Tehran and the European Union.

Crucially, and in line with Iranian demands, the resolution described the freeze as a voluntary, confidence-building measure and not a legally binding commitment.

Its passage meant Tehran, which denies it wants the bomb, had achieved its immediate goal: to prevent the IAEA from referring it to the U.N. Security Council for possible economic sanctions.

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6946539

why does washington need to "go it alone?" I mean is it sooooo hard to work with other people?

The United States believes Iran is playing games with the international community and wants to see it referred to the Council. U.S. envoy Jackie Sanders told the IAEA's board of governors that Washington reserved the right to go it alone.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6946539


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush told reporters on Tuesday that "there's only one thing" Saddam Hussein can do to avoid U.S.-led military action against Iraq: "full disarmament."
When asked to expand on his comments, made after a White House meeting with his economic team, Bush said he expected to see Saddam "playing games" with the international community.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/25/sprj.irq.wrap/


Powell Accuses Iraq of Playing Games with U.N. and U.S.
http://www.dod.mil/news/Mar2003/n03172003_200303171.html

To all you red state morons who voted for the chimperor:
You are the only ones being played. Your boy is ginning up another war.
You believed them when they claimed Iraq was "playing games with the international community". We all know how that shit turned out, eh?
Are you all stupid enough to fall for the exact same lies again or will some of you finally find your voices (and your balls)?
It ain't no game, but your children will be poker chips.

I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says fool me once, shame on you. And fool me twice -- we can't get fooled again.