China and Iran warm to Russian nuclear proposal

StClone

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Thu Jan-26-06 08:22 PM
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China and Iran warm to Russian nuclear proposal

By Lindsay Beck and Ben Blanchard Thu Jan 26, 1:41 PM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and

Iran expressed support on Thursday for a Russian proposal to resolve Tehran's standoff with Western governments which suspect it of secretly planning to build a nuclear bomb.

Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, on a one-day trip to Beijing to seek China's support, said the Russian proposal -- that Iran's uranium fuel be enriched on Russian soil rather than in Iran -- needed further discussion.

Tehran has previously shown little interest in the idea, intended to ensure it does not covertly divert enriched fuel toward a weapons program. It has repeatedly insisted it has no plans to build bombs but has the right to enrich uranium fuel on its territory for nuclear power generation.

"The Russian suggestion is a useful one, but needs to be discussed further," Larijani told a Beijing news conference...

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060126/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc

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Warren Stupidity

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Thu Jan-26-06 08:26 PM
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1. Lean a little this way, lean a little that way.

The Iranians have studied the North Korean's approach to playing this game and are amusing themselves with their tactics.

They will not yield their sovereign right to process their own uranium. They will tilt a little this way for a while, and then as things settle down, they will go right back to developing their own facilities under their own control.

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necso

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Thu Jan-26-06 08:31 PM
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2. China needs to step up on this

(make some offer).

The neocons have been pretty successful in whipping up disproportionate, out-of-perspective, mindless fear -- here and (apparently) in Europe.

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HysteryDiagnosis

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Thu Jan-26-06 08:50 PM
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3. Like the Russians coudn't fly a few missiles this way if we ticked

them off sufficiently. The mere fact that they are willing to sell missiles to Syria, Iran and Venezuela should tell us exactly how they feel about 21st century imperialism.

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