UN Atomic agency calls on US to give up its own WMD
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Thursday February 12, 2004 13:03
by Sean Quinn
It's your turn George!
Iraq Weapons Inspector demands Bush give up his Weapons of Mass Destruction.
The director-general of the UN Atomic Energy Agency has called on the United States to decommission its nuclear weapons along with all other nuclear-armed states.
Yesterday, US President George W Bush called on the international community to introduce stricter controls on the spread of nuclear technology to prevent any further countries from developing atomic weapons.
He claimed nuclear, chemical and biological weapons were the greatest threat facing humanity. Mohammed El Baradei, the head of the IAEA, said today that he shared Mr Bush's concerns, but added that the US should also abandon its weapons of mass destruction.
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Jump To Comment: 1a copy of La Vanguardia dated February 3 2003, in which Aznar claimed to be satisfied at the threat caused by WMD and also claimed to have proof.
I found it very interesting, because page 3 featured the response of the "CIA/FBI" who said that Bush was exagerating the threat, and most of all, what really fascinated me was the last page, which called "retrogaurdia" interviews people with a behind the scenes role in contemporary international affairs. The Feb 3. guest last year was a defence analyst called Mr Prosper, who confidently outlined the USA's plans for a peaceful "post Iraq", which would include a trial for crimes against humanity of Mr Saddam. Well a year ago that seemed like sabre rattling. Now is it to be another "lie"?
One year on, and Mr blix may want his pound of flesh, and Bush may be flagging in the polls, and over 600 Iraqi police have been killed, and the war is still not yet "prosecuted" and I do get the feeling that we could all find ourselves in an " Iraqi War Syndrome" where today's debate is centred on the slow manipulation by the powers that be of what last year we knew to be lies. Each day a new assertion which was made last year is grought back up mostly for electioneering purposes in the USA. They ignored us last year, well mostly, I was intrigued to find that it was Febraury 3 2003 when Zapatero decided to belatedly back "Auturem la Guerra!"'s street mobilisations. But for the most part they ignored us, for there was no advantage to be had in heeding us. And thus they had their war, they started the Iraqi situation, and
created many problems, and if they are "delighting" us now with their "frank admissions" we ought think again.
The CIA and the FBI knew, as well as anyone, yet none of _"them"_ upheld international law.
Now everyone is being invited to go back onto the street and remind everyone we "haven't forgotten", yet to be honest, I think this time there will be "less" people and "less" energy somehow.
Feb 15. 2004 global mobilisation Auturem La Guerra.
March 19 2004 global preventative anti war boycott day of action.
March 20 2004 first year anniversary anti-War memorial day of mobilisations.
"no olbidem" = "we are not forgetting" BCN call to action.
http://www.fundacioperlapau.org/iraq/
BCN poster pdf:-
http://www.pangea.org/perlapau/iraq/documents/2004/15-F%20plcat.pdf
& so we are not forgetting, just like Mr Blix, for many of us had a most terrible time of it last year, jobs were lost, relationships were strained, and for what? the vindication of knowing that "we were right"? the satisfaction of knowing that "next time we will be right as well and they will still ignore us?" the sweet security of knowing "democracy is safe"?
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