linked to Tehran's alleged attempts to make nuclear arms, diplomats have told The Associated Press.
Beijing, along with Moscow, have opposed harsh U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran. It has acted as a brake within the council, consistently watering down a U.S.-led push to impose severe penalties on Tehran for its nuclear defiance since the first set of sanctions was passed in late 2006.
A Chinese decision to provide information for use in the agency's attempts to probe Iran's purported nuclear weapons program would appear to reflect growing international unease about how honest the Islamic republic has been in denying it ever tried to make such arms.
- uranium conversion linked to high explosives testing and designs of a missile re-entry vehicle, all apparently interconnected through involvement of officials and institutions
- procurement of so-called "dual use" equipment and experiments that also could be used in both civilian and military nuclear programs, and
- Iran's possession of a 15-page document outlining how to form uranium metal into the shape of a warhead.
While I am surprised with China's apparent about face, there's one thing that bothers me.
In the MSNBC article, they mention this:
But they said several other countries not normally considered to be in the anti-Iran camp had also done so in recent weeks.
But in the CNN article, there's no mention of this, even though the source of the article is the same Associated Press.
The lack of this sentence leads one to believe that there's some bias going on here. In other words, that Bush was right in his concerns over Iran's nuclear program and that progress is being made to get China and Russia on board with more sanctions.
It's not news, it's CNN.
Travis
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