Sunday, June 22, 2008

ElBaradei says he’ll quit IAEA if Iran is attacked.

Thinkprogress:

In an interview with AlArabiya television Friday, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamad ElBaradei said that he would resign from his position “if a military strike is carried out against Iran at this time.” ElBaradei said that he doesn’t see Iran as a “grave and urgent danger” and that an attack now “would turn the region into a fireball“:

“I don’t believe that what I see in Iran today is a current, grave and urgent danger. If a military strike is carried out against Iran at this time … it would make me unable to continue my work,” International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamad ElBaradei told Al Arabiya television in an interview.

“A military strike, in my opinion, would be worse than anything possible. It would turn the region into a fireball,” he said, emphasizing that any attack would only make the Islamic Republic more determined to obtain nuclear power.

1 comment:

airJackie said...

He wont have to quit the UN will step in if the idiot President Gerbil attacks Iran. Right now Bush is saying if McCain isn't winner the election and if it looks like Obama could be President, he will bomb Iran to change the election. Now putting fear in the American people has worked for 7 years but this time it could back fire. Close your eyes and think if the US bombs Iran, Russia will bomb the US. Yes as the US has no friends to help we're all alone. The US has committed War Crimes and lied for 7 years so who can believe us now?