Diplomats: Iran violating spirit of freeze

VIENNA, Austria - Iran is testing some parts of machines that can be used to make the fissile core of nuclear warheads, despite a pledge to freeze such activities, diplomats said Thursday citing U.S. intelligence. The revelations dealt a blow to hopes that Iran would scrap uranium enrichment.
The diplomats, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, emphasized that Iran had not started any of the centrifuges used to enrich uranium.

“It appears no more than checking nuts and bolts” of centrifuge rotors, said a Western diplomat familiar with Iran’s actions and International Atomic Energy Agency controls.

But a second diplomat said other parts were also involved, adding that the IAEA was tipped about the Iranian action by U.S. intelligence. He also said the high number of parts the Iranians subjected to quality controls possibly indicated that they had more centrifuges built than commonly thought.

A third diplomat accredited to the IAEA said the “quality checks” meant that the Iranians “were not living up to the full spirit of cooperation” they were expected to show as part of the suspension.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6906491/

They're THINKING bad things!

heh.

:eyes:

This kind of reporting stirs it up.

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One of the diplomats who spoke to the AP said Thursday that a third round of talks would be held Monday in Geneva as planned but added that Iran’s decision to conduct quality tests of centrifuge components was “not helpful” in building European trust.
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See? It would make a real difference to know if that was a German talking or an Israeli.

One is id'd as a "western" diplomat, but if there's anything on the other two or three I missed it.

This *must* just be in support of an agenda.

giving the WMD line again!!!

Iraq: Mobile chemical labs... fertalizer for farms

Iran has centrifuges for WMD ... they are using them Dang it!!!