U.S. swings behind UN's ElBaradei, aims at Iran

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U.S. swings behind UN's ElBaradei, aims at Iran

Jun 13, 9:16 AM (ET)

By Louis Charbonneau

VIENNA (Reuters) - The governing board of the U.N. nuclear watchdog is expected to formally approve Mohamed ElBaradei's third term as the agency's chief after Washington gave up its efforts to oust him, U.N. diplomats said on Monday.

While the United States lost the battle to depose ElBaradei, it has not given up its fight against Iran's nuclear program, which Washington says is a front to develop nuclear weapons.

Iran denies this, insisting its atomic ambitions are limited to the peaceful generation of electricity.

"The U.S. has taken the most graceful way out of this situation," a Western diplomat said ahead of the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board of governors.

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[oblivious]

1. That sounds like very good news.

[Spazito]

2. The bush cabal has no 'capital' with the international community

and their inability to oust ElBaradei is proof of that. It is, indeed, good news, imo.

[Frederik]

5. Yes, it's good news

All the more important for them to get Bolton appointed.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Take that, you Smirking Preppy Dominionist, you" - Planet Earth to Bush

eom

[Roland99]

4. El Baradei - 1.....Bolton/U.S. - 0. El Baradei reappointed.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050613/D8AMQ9C00.html