Don’t Forget About Iran
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Seemingly lost in the midst of Gonzales-gate is the recent abduction of 15 British sailors by Iran. Iran claims the British were in Iranian territory, while the British and Iraq claim they were in Iraqi waters. (Not to scare anyone, but the incident sounds vaguely reminiscent of the impressment of American sailors by the British which eventually led to the War of 1812. At least Iran isn’t making the British sailors serve in their navy.)
Also lost is the news that Iran is thumbing its nose at the United Nations again by refusing to cooperate with UN sanctions against its nuclear program. Incredibly, Iran is saying their nuclear program should be monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), not the Security Council. They seem to be counting on world-wide short-term memory loss, because it was not long ago that Iran kicked out IAEA inspectors, too. To my knowledge, they have never cooperated with the IAEA, which is one reason literally every civilized nation on the planet thinks they’re trying to make nuclear bombs.
Speaking of Iran and the IAEA, I just found that the IAEA has a page devoted exclusively to news related to their dealings with Iran. I don’t see an RSS feed, though, which makes it largely useless to me.
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