{"id":4038,"date":"2007-12-07T06:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/iran-is-still-a-threat.html"},"modified":"2007-12-07T06:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-07T06:07:00","slug":"iran-is-still-a-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/iran-is-still-a-threat.html","title":{"rendered":"Iran is still a threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7131703.stm\">According to our European allies<\/a>.  I don&#8217;t think they trust the NIE report:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have said Iran continues to pose a threat.<br \/>\nThe comments came as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began talks with European and Russian officials in Brussels on Iran&#8217;s nuclear programme.<br \/>\nA US intelligence report published on Monday said Iran had suspended a nuclear weapons programme in 2003.<br \/>\nBut the report also said that Iran was continuing to enrich uranium, which can be used to make nuclear weapons.<br \/>\nIran says the aims of its nuclear programme are peaceful.<br \/>\n&#8220;Iran continues to represent a threat,&#8221; Mrs Merkel said during a joint news conference with Mr Sarkozy in Paris.<br \/>\nShe did not specifically express support for a new UN sanctions resolution against Iran, which the US is calling for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>OK, he&#8217;s still a threat but lets not impose sanctions. What? That doesn&#8217;t make any sense!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to our European allies. I don&#8217;t think they trust the NIE report: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have said Iran continues to pose a threat. The comments came as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began talks with European and Russian officials in Brussels on Iran&#8217;s nuclear programme. 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