It shouldn't surprise anyone, except maybe the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, that Iran is reneging on its commitment to open its nuclear program to inspections:
Iran's supreme leader said Sundaythat "excessive demands" from abroad could prompt Tehran to retreat from a recent commitment to give inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog more access to its atomic facilities.One word: Osirak. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at November 02, 2003 05:22 PM
I haven't been following this story too closely but I believe doing this was to "Wheedle and Crawfish" in the words of GWB.
Posted by: Junkyard God on November 3, 2003 03:30 AMSecond word, amen.
Posted by: Elmo on November 3, 2003 07:35 AMIran isn't reneging on anything yet. They're just posturing like everyone else. Saying they are reneging is as much a lie as anything you've complained about Molly Ivans saying.
Posted by: Simon on November 3, 2003 05:02 PM