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on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:40:48 PM
We could not sign off on the site for this evening without one final news story,observed by those @ the Corner, and from Bloomberg News
Iran may undertake atomic work outside of international regulations if the United Nations Security Council insists that the Islamic Republic ceases uranium enrichment, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.
``Until today, what we have done has been in accordance with international regulations,'' Khamenei said. ``If they take illegal actions, we too can take illegal actions, and will do so,'' the supreme leader said in a speech at Mashhad, Iran's holiest city, to mark the Iranian new year.
Excerpts of today's address were televised on the Qatar- based al-Jazeera television channel, translated from Farsi into Arabic. Khamenei, Iran's highest authority, didn't elaborate on his reference to ``illegal actions.''
This is supposed to be news? Are they not already violating UN sanctions by continuing their enrichment? Are they not thumbing their nose at the world, and in essence, already working on the program illegally, and in a clandestine fashion. We think so, and so do many Middle Eastern experts. While this is hardly news to us, it is shocking for the world to see that Iran is willing to ratchet up their work.
I think it is about time we push for the toughest, most stringent sanctions we can muster to apply the utmost pressure to Iran. If those that are apologists for Iran believe we can break them by isolating them, then the time is now to begin such an effort. Time is a luxury the world does not possess when it comes to Iran, and like sand in an hourglass, time is running out.
Marcie