ElBaradei: 'All Is Not Well With the IAEA'

World | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:40:27 am PDT

The UN’s blind, toothless nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, says Iran just might be trying to get nuclear weapons ... and “all is not well with the IAEA.”

What was your first clue, Captain Obvious?

VIENNA, Austria - A six-year probe of Iran has failed to rule out the possibility that the country may be running clandestine nuclear programs, the chief U.N nuclear inspector said Monday, urging the country to end its secretive ways.

Mohammed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, also warned a 145-nation conference that his organization is increasingly stretched in trying to monitor responsibilities that include nonproliferation in countries like Iran and preventing terrorists from acquiring the bomb.

“All is not well with the IAEA,” ElBaradei said, asking the opening session of the agency’s general conference for more money and authority.

Right, because this pesky nuclear proliferation thing can all be solved by giving more money to an organization that has utterly failed in every single case.

Meanwhile, Islamic nations, seeing Iran on the brink of the Bomb, think it’s a good time to ratchet up the pressure on Israel.

Arab countries, backed by Iran and frustrated over Israel’s refusal to put its nuclear program under international purview, are pushing to force a vote for the third year running.

After losing the vote two consecutive years, Islamic nations are threatening to up the ante this year, warning they will call for a ballot on every item, no matter how uncontroversial.

Let’s give them more money!