ElBaradei: Don't bomb Iran's nuclear facilities

[ECH1969]

On the same day UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei received the Nobel Peace Prize, he appeared to warn Israel not to bomb Iranian atomic reactors.

"You cannot use force to prevent a country from obtaining nuclear weapons. By bombing them half to death, you can only delay the plans," he was quoted as saying by the Oslo newspaper Aftenposten. "But they will come back, and they will demand revenge."

ElBaradei was in the Norwegian capital to accept the Nobel Peace Prize awarded jointly to him and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

He added that statements suggesting Israel will bomb Iran weren't helpful, in part because they "exonerate the Europeans" from taking action, "which is something we don't want to happen." He described the Europeans as "the ones who hold most of the cards to influence Iran."

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[Wordie]

1. This situation has been building up for some time. I hope it can be de-

escalated soon. The saber-rattling does not help, imho.

[Brundle_Fly]

2. Too Late...

this is what they have been waiting for, Israel will take out the reactor sites and the 130,000 US troops will play defense.

The world will make a big stink and do nothing of consequence, and the US will have their destabilized Middle East