The State Department has responded to yesterday's convuluted Iranian response on the incentive package offered back in June. We look forward to the Security Council going forward with the "next steps":
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1696 made clear the conditions Iran must meet regarding its nuclear program.
Yesterday the Iranian government conveyed its response to the package of incentives provided on June 6 by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, and China. We acknowledge that Iran considers its response as a serious offer, and we will review it. The response, however, falls short of the conditions set by the Security Council, which require the full and verifiable suspension of all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities.
We are consulting closely, including with other members of the Security Council, on next steps.
Also of interest today on Iran, the Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy released a must read report called "Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States." The report examines everything from intelligence gaps, the strategic threat a nuclear Iran would pose to the U.S., chemical and biological weapons, the Iranian ballistic missile program, the Iranian destabilization effort in Iraq and support of global terrorism. The report ends not only with the obvious conclusion that we need better HUMINT on Iran, but with firm recommendations such as more intelligence-gathering by spies on the ground and a greater number of Farsi-speaking analysts so our HUMINT matches our SIGINT capabilities. In addition, CQ reports that "an unreleased classified annex offers specific advice on areas where the intelligence community needs to address holes in its knowledge of Iran."
Iran Will Not Stop Enriching Uranium, CBN video, 8/22/6
http://www.terrorfreeoil.org/videos/ES082206.php
Ahmadinutjob: Hitler of the 21st Century, FNC video, 8/22/6
http://www.terrorfreeoil.org/videos/TM082306.php
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Posted by: Terror-Free Oil | Aug 23, 2006 at 22:06