UN nuclear boss warns warmongers over Iran

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: Guardian Unlimited

The head of the UN's nuclear agency today warned against increasing "hype" towards war with Iran, saying countries should heed the lessons of the build-up to the Iraq conflict.

While talks over Iran's controversial nuclear programme should continue "right to the end", Mr Kouchner said, an Iranian nuclear weapon would pose "a real danger for the whole world". Under President Nicolas Sarkozy, France has taken a much harsher line towards Iran than under Jacques Chirac.

In a perceived riposte to the comments, Mr ElBaradei urged caution. "We need to be cool," he told reporters at the IAEA's annual conference in Vienna. "We need not to hype the issue".

"I would not talk about any use of force," he said. "There are rules on how to use force, and I would hope that everybody would have gotten the lesson after the Iraq situation, where 70,000 innocent civilians have lost their lives on the suspicion that a country has nuclear weapons."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2171099,00.html

[BridgeTheGap]

1. But will they listen?

Some how, I doubt it.

[htuttle]

2. "gotten the lesson after the Iraq situation"....

I think the obvious lesson of the Iraq situation for the neocons is that they can launch a blatant war of aggression and get a way with it. Nothing has taught them otherwise at this point.

[bdamomma]

3. someone has to reign in these thugs in DC, especially Cheney

[Zodiak]

4. Al Baradei needs to update his numbers

The Iraq war was at 70,000 dead years and years ago.

The new number is 1.2 MILLION!!!!!

[Gregorian]

5. There are laws for drunk driving, but we have war drunks driving a whole country.

One million dead. And how many injured? And they want more!

[superkia]

6. Maybe the UN should put a plan together to bomb us if we continue to kill innocent people.

[leQ]

7. bush, 70,000 saddam 3,000 - guess george gets the boobie prize. (n/t)