Blow to Bush: Russia Says No New Sanctions on Iran
Russia today joined China in a public rejection of the Bush administration's effort to increase sanctions on Iran. In Moscow, Russian and Iranian officials announced that they moved closer to finalizing Russian construction of a $1 billion nuclear power plant near the southern Iranian city of Bushehr.The agreement in itself is unimpressive -- another of those interim pacts in which the parties agree to do something later, in this case to finalize a timetable for completing the plant, which is at the heart of Western concerns about Iran's uranium enrichment program.
But it puts meat on Vladimir Putin's resistance to further Iranian sanctions after a U.S. intelligence estimate last week said Iran had stopped trying to develop nuclear arms four years ago. The Bush administration has continued to push for stepped-up sanctions, saying the new intelligence doesn't mean that Iran is less dangerous.
The Russian position makes it even harder for Bush to get agreement since China on Sunday made its feelings on the matter known when Sinopec, the Chinese oil company, signed a $2 billion oil contract with Iran.
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Labels: ahmadinejad, bush, bushehr, china, iran, iran sanctions, nuclear, Putin
4 Comments:
Haha, fuck you America
Anonymous, I'm going to delete this comment once I finish errands this morning. However you're welcome to post anything intelligent. Steve
Israel will strike first-- America will defend it-(having a longstanding contract to do so)-eventually Russia will lead military commanders from each Muslim Nation to Israeli land (the vally of maggido)and attempt to "wipe Israel off the map"-The USA will simply ask Russia and Muslims if they did it,then simply turn it's head and not defend Israel in the end.
Not so much a blow to Bush, as it is proof that the "international community" acts on self-interests like everyone else. The whole NIE deal will likely make things worse.
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