Iranian Official: If threatened, we will use nuclear weapons

[democratic]

Iran's chief nuclear envoy Ali Larijani said on Friday that Iran is committed to the peaceful use of nuclear technology but warned the situation could change if his country is threatened.

"We oppose obtaining nuclear weapons and we will peacefully use nuclear technology under the framework of the Nonproliferation Treaty, but if we are threatened, the situation may change," He told a news conference after two days of talks in Beijing.

Iran's nuclear chief said his country has produced and stored 250 tons of the gas used as the feedstock for uranium enrichment, state-run television reported Friday

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3348748,00.html

[Gloria]

1. For the longest time I've wondered if Iran has already developed a nuke.,...

MMM

[FogerRox]

6. Nope, Saudi Arabia probably bought theirs from Pakistan

My best guess is that its a Sunni Bomb in the mid East.


Saudi Arabia & its modernized ICBM program

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/4/13653/75021

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. The claim in the title doesn't match the story.

Hmm.

[daleo]

5. You are correct

But that's often the case in stories about Iran.

[Doctor_J]

3. remember right after Smirk pranced on the USS Lincoln,

all the talking heads were saying, "they knew Baghdad would be a cakewalk - the REAL men want to take Tehran"

Unless Chimp wants to run his war record to 0-3, he'll slink back to his pig farm after the impeachment and drink till Pickles is hot.

[Ian David]

4. I was thinking he'd restore Democracy to Fiji

Fiji's military commander tightened his grip on power when he was sworn in as interim prime minister on Friday, exactly a month after his bloodless coup overthrew the South Pacific nation's elected government.

Commander Frank Bainimarama said he would remain head of the military as well as lead the interim government, but the man he ousted, former prime minister Laisenia Qarase, warned that Fiji was heading towards military dictatorship.

Bainimarama staged Fiji's fourth coup in 20 years on Dec. 5. He was sworn in as interim premier on Friday by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo, whom he reinstated a day earlier after assuming Iloilo's largely ceremonial powers during the coup.

"In all things, I will be a true and faithful prime minister," Bainimarama said as he took the oath of office.

"Let us put the interest of the nation at heart," he said.

Bainimarama said he would lead Fiji to new elections but gave no indication when they might be held.

The military said the state of emergency it declared during the coup would remain in place and that Qarase should stay on his home island in Fiji's remote east, where he was sent after being ousted from office.

Qarase, re-elected for a second five-year term last May, said he would return to the capital Suva next week and warned that Fiji was slipping towards dictatorship.

"What has happened yesterday and today, I think we are getting very close to that and nobody wants that for Fiji," Qarase told Fiji radio.

"We can look at some very unsettled times ahead. We are going to lose a lot before we even start to move upward again," he said.

Bainimarama toppled Qarase in Fiji's fourth coup since 1987, accusing it of corruption, racism and of being too soft on those responsible for the previous coup in 2000.

The overthrow brought international condemnation, with Australia, New Zealand, Britain and the United States imposing economic and defense sanctions.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters described Bainimarama's appointment as premier as a charade.

Iloilo, an aging and ailing figurehead who is rarely seen in public, said in a national address on Thursday that he endorsed the military's action and would grant immunity from civil and criminal prosecution for those involved.

Bainimarama had installed Jona Baravilala Senilagakali, a former army doctor and Methodist lay preacher, as caretaker prime minister during the coup but Senilagakali resigned on Thursday.

Bainimarama has purged the police, judiciary and public service of senior officials and cracked down against those who have spoken out against his coup.


Posted in its entirety because it's from a Chinese site, and China doesn't give a damn about enforcing OUR copyrights.

Fuck it, I'm not even going to attribute it!

And if I add this link, the Chinese servers will filter this post out, anyway:
http://www.freetibet.org/

[oblivious]

7. That headline is pure, unadulterated PROPAGANDA.

Nothing in the article or what he said even remotely resembles the headline.

Unbelievable.

[Andrushka]

10. Damn right there

He's talking about withdrawing from the NPT To pursue the nuclear energy program, as has been stated by Iranian officials before. This media laziness and utter contempt for the facts is going to get us all killed.

[oblivious]

8. I want to bump this one up so more people can see blatant warmongering propaganda on DU.

[HuffleClaw]

9. holy bullshit headline batman!

and i thought FOX was bad.