Two U.S. officials tell Dafna Linzer at the Washington Post the Bush Administration will drop efforts to deny Mohamed ElBaradei a third term as IAEA Director-General: “We’re willing to lift our objections under certain conditions,” one of the officials said. “Namely, get tougher on Iran.” Similary, a European official told Louis Charbonneau of Reuters: “The …
Osirak Revisited
by | 2005-06-07 | 5 Comments
Twenty four years ago today, Israel attacked Iraq’s Tammuz-1 (Osirak) nuclear reactor. Although popular myth holds the raid a success, the Duelfer Report hints at a more complicated reality: The Israeli destruction of the Tammuz 1 (Osirak) research reactor on 7 June 1981 and Iraq’s subsequent failure to replace or rebuild it compelled the Iraqis …
Second US/NK New York Channel Meeting
by | 2005-06-06 | No Comments
North Koreans In New York (I think). Joseph DeTrani (Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks and U.S. Representative to KEDO) and Jim Foster (Director, EAP/K) met with for a second time with their North Korean counterparts though the New York channel. (The New York Times and Washington Post have more). As usual, Chris Nelson has the …
PSI: The Record To Date
by | 2005-06-06 | 3 Comments
Writing about “relentless American intelligence agent” Jack Bauer—Keifer Sutherland’s character in 24”—New York Times television critic Frank Rich claimed “a fictional TV action hero is more engaged with the war on terror than those in Washington who actually have his job.” A couple months later, Condi Rice is talking up the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) …
