Iran: NO EVIDENCE OF BOMB PROGRAM By: Mark W Adams

Sunday: 83 Iraqis Killed, 53 Wounded

Four years of inspections -- nothing.

IRAN DOES NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.

IRAN DOES NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.

IRAN DOES NOT HAVE ANY NUCLEAR WEAPON RELATED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.
And even if they do have some suspicious blueprints, it ain't worth going to war over -- period.

. . . experts in and out of government say there's no conclusive evidence that Tehran has an active nuclear-weapons program.

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''Iran is seeking a nuclear capability . . . that some people fear might lead to a nuclear-weapons capability,'' [Undersecretary of State Nicholas] Burns said in an interview Oct. 25 on PBS.

"I don't think that anyone right today thinks they're working on a bomb,'' said another U.S. official, who requested anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity.

Got that kids? You can almost hear the "but...but...but" from the rightwing warmongers. Ignore them.

When they say, "but Iran want's the bomb," ignore them. Tell them you want the bomb too. In fact, tell them that you want the bomb and want to be Attorney General too, because like Mukasey, you aren't Alberto Gonzales either.

Two simple words must return to the debate about any war that Dick Cheney or George W. Bush suggest -- "Prove It."

Pakistan always was a bigger problem than Iran when it came to WMD's -- and is an even bigger worry today. You'd never know that from the Administration's tepid response to Musharraf imposing Martial Law. In fact, one could reasonably conclude Bush gave Musharraf the green light. But of course, until someone breaks into Cheney's man-sized safe, we'll never be able to prove that.

Stay tuned, because unlike the rest of the Versailles Press, "McClatchy Newspapers will examine key questions surrounding the Bush administration's confrontation with Iran."


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