Iranian journalist Amir Taheri pleaded with Al Baradei not to repeat the mistake he and Blix made before the Iraq War:

 

His report should debunk Ahmadinejad’s claims by stating unequivocally that the Islamic Republic has already violated the terms of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on 32 issues over more than 18 years.Al Baradei should also expose Ahmadinejad’s bogus claim that Iran is enriching uranium as fuel for power stations. Iran has no nuclear power plants and thus has no need of enriched uranium.

The only nuclear power plant under construction in Iran is to be completed by Russians at an unspecified date. But the uranium enriched by Iran at Natanz is not suitable for the plant being built by the Russians because it needs a different-type of fuel designated by an exclusive scientific code - a code that Moscow has refused to communicate to Tehran.

Because nuclear fuel has a lifespan of three to four years, the Natanz uranium cannot be intended for any of the 22 nuclear power plants that Ahmadinejad says he wants to build in Iran over the next 25 years. (None of those is even in the drawing stage.)

If the centrifuges are working to train Iranian scientists, Al Baradei should know that, at the level of scientific research, Iran was already able to enrich uranium in 1978.

The centrifuges working at Natanz can only be producing ingredients for nuclear warheads. Al Baradei should tell that truth to the Iranian people and the world at large.

But the Egyptian refused to listen or tell the truth. Hence, Iran’s official news agency boasts: ElBaradei report vindicates Iran

Those who had hoped against hope that Ayatolla Khamenei would clip Ahmadinejad’s wings must come to terms with the fact that Al Baradei’s report only served to convince the Ayatollah that the Iranian President was right and that he should be permitted to further consolidate his power.

Here are some of the consequences - Crack Down on Iranian internet hosts , Tough measures for Iranians students abroad. There are bound to be plenty more. Of course, the ambitious now know who is the stronger horse.

I am sure Al Baradei gets it but does not care. All he cares about is avoiding the opprobrium of his transnationalist brethren who consider any enemy of the US, a friend.

Disgusting but true.

If Iran is bombed, he will be justly blamed.

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