[Shadow_Group] Ignoring the Israeli Nuclear Arsenal, Bush Warns Iran After Uranium Processing Reports - fr Al-Jazeerah

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Ignoring the Israeli Nuclear Arsenal, Bush Warns Iran
After Uranium Processing Reports 
Al-Jazeerah, November 20, 2004

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Ignoring the Israeli Nuclear Arsenal, President Bush
warned Iran after uranium processing reports (see the
Reuters report below). 

In an amazing consistent policy of serving the
interests of Israel, President Bush has kept the
pressure on Iran to prevent the Islamic Republic from
developing nuclear weapons. 

Like his British, German, and French counterparts, he
has been consistent on making sure that Iran is being
pressured enough not to pursue development of nuclear
weapons.

This policy leaves Israel as the only nuclear power in
the Middle East. This enables  the Zionist state to
continue its intimidation of the entire region in
order to stop any assistance to the Palestinian people
in their struggle to rid themselves of the brutal
Israeli occupation. 

The Reuters Report

Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:21 AM ET 

By David Morgan SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - 

President Bush on Saturday warned Iran of growing
international concern over reports that Tehran is
preparing large amounts of uranium for an enrichment
process that can be used to make nuclear weapons. 

"This is a very serious matter. The world knows it's a
serious matter and we're working together to solve
this matter," Bush told reporters during a meeting
with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in
Santiago. 

The two leaders were in Chile for a summit hosted by
the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. 

Bush was referring to reports from diplomats that Iran
was aggressively producing uranium hexafluoride, or
UF6, days before a Nov. 22 deadline by which Tehran
promised the European Union that it would freeze
enrichment and all related activities. 

UF6 is the form of uranium that is fed into gas
centrifuges, which purify uranium for use as fuel in
nuclear power plants or weapons. 

Iran had promised France, Britain and Germany to
freeze its enrichment program in a bid to ease
concerns that its nuclear plans are aimed at producing
atomic weapons and to escape a referral to the U.N.
Security Council when the International Atomic Energy
Agency, or IAEA, meets on Nov. 25. 

"It's very important for the Iranian government to
hear that we are concerned about their desires," Bush
said. 

"We're concerned about reports that show that prior to
a certain international meeting, they're willing to
speed up processing of materials that could lead to a
nuclear weapon." 

Iran, which maintains that it has no ambition to
attain nuclear weapons, also denied diplomats' claims
that it had ramped up UF6 production. 

IAEA chief Mohamed El-Baradei said Monday in a report
on his two-year investigation of Iran's nuclear
program that Tehran had not diverted any of its
declared nuclear materials to a weapons program.


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