Thu Sep 20, 2012, 02:22 PM
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Author | Time | Post |
 Top Iranian Official Admits Tehran Misled Foreign Officials About Nuclear Program (Original post) |
bananas | Sep 2012 | OP |
| bananas | Sep 2012 | #1 | |
| bemildred | Sep 2012 | #2 | |
| KansDem | Sep 2012 | #3 | |
| MADem | Sep 2012 | #4 | |
| no_hypocrisy | Sep 2012 | #5 | |
| cstanleytech | Sep 2012 | #6 | |
| leftynyc | Sep 2012 | #7 | |
| L0oniX | Sep 2012 | #8 | |
| Alamuti Lotus | Sep 2012 | #9 | |
| Ash_F | Sep 2012 | #10 | |
| bananas | Sep 2012 | #11 | |
| MinM | Sep 2012 | #12 |
Response to bananas (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 02:22 PM
1. You just can't trust the nuclear industry. nt
Response to bananas (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 02:25 PM
KansDem (24,319 posts)
3. So what? I know of a top American official who did the same thing...
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Response to bananas (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 02:31 PM
4. What? Iran? Misleading? Why I never! Who would have ever suspected?
Response to bananas (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 02:37 PM
5. So did Iraq and the lying gave cover for this country to attack and conquer it.
Response to no_hypocrisy (Reply #5)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 03:22 PM
6. The government of Iraq didnt lie so much as it just made it difficult for the inspectors to carry
Response to bananas (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 04:32 PM
L0oniX (17,327 posts)
8. "According to The Times of Israel" ...that's all I need to know.
Response to L0oniX (Reply #8)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:27 PM
9. Yeah, I basically tuned out after that line too..
Response to bananas (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:47 PM
10. CBS quoting and Israeli paper quoting an Arabic paper
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Last edited Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:48 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2) Journalism today
For those who are interested Here is the Times of Israel article: http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-admits-it-deceived-the-west-over-nuclear-program/ But the Arabic paper Al-Hayat(who supposedly conducted the interview) doesn't have it up yet. I guess it would pop up on this list, if ever: http://english.daralhayat.com/ |
Response to Ash_F (Reply #10)
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 12:28 PM
11. It's behind a paywall and it's in Arabic
Response to bananas (Original post)
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 09:11 AM
12. Fareydoun Abbasi-Davani sounds like he's afraid of getting 'blowed-up'
 ... again. 
Fareydoun Abbasi-Davani's damaged car Photo: AP Inside a secret bomb-proof building in a Tel Aviv suburb, which Google Earth does not include on its website, some of the occupants last week exchanged high-fives at their work stations. According to insiders, several sent each other the same message: The Chief’s Last Hit... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8182126/Mossad-was-this-the-chiefs-last-hit.html Iran: “We Lied!” — not really
By Cyrus Safdari | Iran Affairs | September 21, 2012 Naturally, the New York Times seized on this — the story that an official in charge of Iran’s nuclear program, Fereydoon Abbasi, has “admitted” that Iran occasionally tried to mislead on its nuclear program: Iran’s top atomic energy official said in an article published Thursday that because of foreign espionage, his government had sometimes provided false information to protect its nuclear program. Note the crucial bit of missing information here, left out by the NY Times in order to spin this sentence as some sort of “confession” by Iran of having hidden nukes: WHO WHOM? TO WHOM has he said Iran provided false information – to the IAEA or to Western spies? Because that’s a real crucial bit of difference! Needless to explain: There’s generally no obligation on a country to allow foreign spying, especially when its scientists are being assassinated. However the NY Time’s simply runs with the assumption that this official is saying “We lied to the IAEA because we’re making nukes” rather than “We tried to mislead foreign intelligence agencies so they would not assassinate us”. Go back and read it again, better yet read the original Arabian news report. Or translate it. You won’t see him saying “We lied TO THE IAEA because we’re hiding nukes” Instead, he’s referring to foreign intelligence agencies. But that’s not how the NY Times spins it... |
