A summary of recent developments in Iran-European 3 (Britain, France, Germany) negotiations—covering the EU3 proposal, Iranian counterproposal, developments in Iranian politics and US policy.
Qian on Bush
by | 2004-11-01 | No Comments
Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen has issued a scathing critique of the Bush Administration in the China Daily. Almost amusing was State Department flack Adam Ereli fumbling questions about the article: QUESTION: Adam, a former senior Chinese official, former Foreign Minister Qian Qichen has written a rather blistering attack on the Bush Administration’s foreign …
Safire is a total hack
by | 2004-11-01 | 1 Comment
William Safire is a hack: Bin Laden was the second outsider to try to influence our election in an ‘October surprise.’ I suspect the first was Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief U.N. arms inspector, said to be miffed at the Bush administration’s refusal to support his bid for an unprecedented third term. Apart from slandering Dr. …
Paris Negotiations Update 4:Terms of the Iranian Enrichment Bill Still Unclear
by | 2004-11-01 | No Comments
Confusion continues to reign over whether or not a bill recently passed by the Iranian parliament actually requires the resumption of uranium enrichment. The New York Times has a dreadful story, based on an Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) story, describing the bill as “supporting the resumption of uranium enrichment.” Supporting? (E-N-R-I-C-H-M-E-N-T, What’s that spell? …
