Iraq defends Iranian nuclear program.

[jaybird13]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.iran/index.html

discuss.

[Bert]

Seeing as the new Iraq is set to become the first Iranian proxy state, this doesn't surprise me at all. Zebari is a Kurd, but first and foremost he wants to keep that minister seat.

[signatory]

Yep.. they had 3 ways to comment on this. The hide behind the UN option, the support Iran option, and the everyone will say Iraq is a US puppet option...

[ocean]

Yep.. they had 3 ways to comment on this. The hide behind the UN option, the support Iran option, and the everyone will say Iraq is a US puppet option...

that's .. very true.

[Borisimmo]

perhaps they are willing to make friends in the region instead of enemies. Either that or they're looking to build their own nuclear program in the near future (after coalition forces pull out)

[CoRe]

New Iraqi governement is retarded. I think they dont get it at all...

[David Tate]

New Iraqi governement is retarded. I think they dont get it at all...

So what... neither does the US government.

[50pushman]

New Iraqi governement is retarded. I think they dont get it at all...


How can they not stay a US-puppet. I think this is a very good sign of the Iraqi government going it own course in the Middle-East.

[Bert]

How can they not stay a US-puppet. I think this is a very good sign of the Iraqi government going it own course in the Middle-East.
It's not going on its own course, it's set to be controlled by Iran. They already have their fingers in large areas of Iraq.

[50pushman]

It's not going on its own course, it's set to be controlled by Iran. They already have their fingers in large areas of Iraq.

They are not controlled by Iran. They favour Iran as both countries have a Shia majority. And looking at the fact the Shia's are not a very liked minority in muslim countries it's pure logic they stick together. Good on them.

[Avary]

"Iraq defends Iran's nuclear program"That's not what the iraqi minister said.

[Nightsky]

May I conclude, that some o you guys only read the heading before commenting on the issue.

After all, the Iraqi government called for UN supervision and said it should be allowed for peaceful purposes.

The only difference to the "western stance" is, that he sees the burden of proof on the western side, while the west sees it as Iran's duty to proof the peaceful intentions.

I really don't get what all the fuzz is about. But here we go, media manipulating people.

N.

[Frogg]

Does CNN need new reporters or new translators?????



Saturday, May 27, 2006

CNN Lies About Iraq Minister's Iran Support

Yesterday CNN ran a story titled: Iraqi minister defends Iranian nuclear program.



Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology and the international community should drop its demands that Tehran prove it’s not trying to build a nuclear weapon, Iraq’s foreign minister said Friday. ...

“Iran doesn’t claim that they want to obtain a nuclear weapon or a nuclear bomb, so there is no need that we ask them for any guarantee now,” Hoshyar Zebari said after meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki.

But according to Iraq the Model (http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/05/lost-in-translation.html), CNN is perpetrating an outrageous distortion:



I wasn’t there at the press conference but I was able to find an audio clip of the same part of minister Zibari’s statement through Radio Sawa, and what he said here is so much different from what the CNN claimed he did (my translation):

"We respect Iran’s and every other nation’s right to pursue nuclear technology for research purposes and peaceful use given they accept [giving] the internationally required guarantees that this will not lead to an armament race in the region...

Audio clip available here (Arabic)

Listening to the 2nd version of the story (in Zibari’s own voice) it is clear that Iraq recognizes Iran’s right to use nuclear power for peaceful purposes exclusively and is moreover asking Iran for guarantees, not the other way around CNN!

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=20773_CNN_Lies_About_Iraq_Ministers_Iran_Support&only

[signatory]

Eh, OK I don't see any lies there.

Blogger Iraq-the-model:


"We respect Iran’s and every other nation’s right to pursue nuclear technology.."

CNN:


Iraqi minister defends Iranian nuclear program

'Every country has right' to nuclear technology, Zebari says

Blogger Iraq-the-model continues:


peaceful use given they accept [giving] the internationally required guarantees

CNN adds:


Zebari did say that Iran's nuclear program must be monitored by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.

same same.

So what's the problem ? That CNN had more coverage ?