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Iran ( Islamic Republic of ) ( IR )
International ; weapons ; politics ; proliferation ; energy
The International Atomic Energy Agency
an agreement
Iranian officials that stated there were no remaining issues and ambiguities regarding Iran 's nuclear program and activities
U.S. and European officials
Iran 's civilian nuclear energy program masks an effort
technology that could be used in the production of an atomic bomb
U.S. and European officials
Iran 's civilian nuclear energy program masks an effort
technology that could be used in the production of an atomic bomb
U.S. and European officials
a 4th round of sanctions on Tehran
the U.N. Security Council
the issue of Iran 's nuclear energy program most likely
September 2007
The International Atomic Energy Agency
limited copies of the IAEA report
a meeting on 11 September 2007 of the 35 members of the IAEA board
The findings
an agency agreement on 21 August 2007
Tehran that Iranian officials began publicizing the week of 12 August 2007
The accord
no remaining issues and ambiguities regarding Iran 's nuclear program and activities
an account by Reuters news agency
the IAEA report
the work plan
a significant step
Reuters
a senior U.N. official as stating the Iranian government 's efforts to enrich uranium
The IAEA report
Iranian officials
confidence
the scope and nature of Iran 's present and future nuclear program
Iranian officials on 30 August 2007
cooperation
the IAEA
a further round of international sanctions
Iran 's representative to the IAEA Ali Asghar SOLTANIEH
Tehran 's Fars news agency
the report
no sign or evidence indicating diversion of Iran 's nuclear activities
all of Iran 's nuclear materials
Some Nonproliferation Experts
the IAEA
Iran
Arms
control experts David Albright and Jacqueline Shire of the Washington
Institute for Science
International Security
a criticism
the week of 19
the idea of closing files
fundamental safeguards principles
the agreement
Iranian officials
the IAEA access
key people , facilities , and documents that are needed to verify Iranian answers to the IAEA 's questions
Independent experts stated Iran 's latest agreement with the IAEA which gives inspectors access to more nuclear sites and information
short of the West 's demand to halt the production of concentrated uranium that could potentially be used for a bomb
U.S. State Department spokesman for the Bush administration Tom Casey
the report
some new details or insight
the development of Iran 's program
Iranian officials
any international obligations regarding the nuclear program
Casey
the fact that the nuclear program continues to move forward
the Iranian regime
a path of defiance of the international community
Most Western Nonproliferation Experts stated the Agreement on 21 August 2007
policymakers in Washington , London , Paris and Berlin
another round of Security Council sanctions
Experts
many of the transparency issues reportedly resolved in the Agreement on 21 August 2007
Executive Director of nonpartisan Washington think tank the Arms Control Association Daryl G. Kimball
the agreement
the problem
the Iranian government
an enrichment technology and capability that could lead to the production of nuclear bomb material
Kimball
the Iranian government 's design
criticism and pressure
progress
Iranian officials
a possible reduction
collaboration
inspectors in the event of more sanctions
The Security Council
sanctions
Iran
the penalties
U.S. demands
Chinese and Russian pressure
SOLTANIEH
an interview
state
Iranian television
the report and the measures taken
the intervention of any other international organization including the Security Council irrelevant and unjustified
Israel ( IL )
proliferation ; technology ; international ; politics
Documents outlining the Israeli proposal to allow the international transfer of nuclear technology to States that have not signed on to nonproliferation rules
the Nuclear Suppliers Group
The proposal
the Bush administration 's efforts to win an exemption for India to engage in nuclear trade
Israeli officials
a key group of nations engaged in nuclear trade
new guidelines allowing the international transfer of nuclear technology to States that have not signed on to nonproliferation rules
Countries including India , Israel and Pakistan that have not signed the nuclear Non - Proliferation Treaty are prohibited from participating in international nuclear trade which includes purchasing reactors , uranium fuel or yellowcake .
Documents outlining the Israeli proposal
the 45 - member Nuclear Suppliers Group ( NSG )
March 2007
The Israeli presentation
a nonpaper that allows for official deniability
a letter from the Chairman of the NSG on 17 March 2007
the Israeli presentation
the context of the NSG 's debate
Indian officials ' bid for an exemption
the nations that have not signed the Treaty only
India and Israel
admission
the NSG under the Israeli proposal
The Israeli plan
12 criteria
nuclear trade
non - treaty states
1 criterion
Israel 's status
an undeclared nuclear weapons state
a State
nuclear trade
stringent physical protection , control and accountancy measures
all nuclear weapons , nuclear facilities , source material and special nuclear material in the State 's territory
The documents circulated on Capitol Hill in September 2007 as the Bush administration
an agreement
Indian officials
Executive Director of the Arms Control Association in Washington Daryl Kimball
the Israeli document
the debate over India
Kimball
The dynamics at the NSG
officials from the countries
obstacles to India which is the largest country and the United States which is the most powerful country
Consensus on India
the NSG
November 2007
Israel 's proposal
officials from some countries
reason
an alternative approach
a specific exemption
Israel 's record
India 's
following international nuclear rules
ties between Israeli and U.S. governments
the Bush Administration
the Israeli proposal
The proposal
the Bush administration 's efforts to win an exemption for India to engage in nuclear trade
President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
the Pact
an important part of the Bush administration 's foreign policy legacy
The deal
India and Congress
approval
Delays in winning approval for the India deal
a negative effect on the administration 's foreign policy legacy with delay until an election year having the most negative effect
State Department spokesman Tom Casey
the U.S. government
the India deal
a precedent for any other country including Israel
Spokesman for the Israeli embassy David Siegel stated the suggestion that the Israeli government is demanding an exemption or linking efforts to any other issue including the India debate
Seigel
The Israeli government
the NSG for any exemption
nuclear supply guidelines
any Israeli - specific request of the NSG
Israel
a full - fledged adherent to the NSG Guidelines
The Israeli government
the NSG to consider adopting a generic , multi - tiered , criteria - based approach towards nuclear technology transfers
Some officials from NSG countries
an approach like the Israeli plan
modification of the NSG Guidelines
the lines proposed by Israeli officials
the nuclear nonproliferation regime
Iran ( IR )
International ; proliferation
Ahmadinejad
expansion of Iranian uranium
capability
Iran
commitment
expansion
a possible future halt
20080726 Iranian President Mahmoud ahmadinejad
scholars in the northeastern city of mashbad
Iran
its arsenal of centrifuges producing enriched uranium to over 5000
The statement
ahmadinejad 's first asserting an expansion since the 20080400 announcement that Iran was approaching the implementation of 6000 centrifuges
Iran
the goal of 50000 centrifuges operating at the enrichment plant near the town of Natanz
The international community
Iran
the production of nuclear material
Media
the number of centrifuges ahmadinejad
An Iranian news agency
ahmadinejad
Iran
6000 working centrifuges
the Internet
Another Iranian news agency
ahmadinejad
100000s of centrifuges
Experts
the significance of ahmadinejad 's claim
the absence of information
the centrifuges ' functionality
A Western diplomat in Tehran speaking under condition of anonymity
the quantity of centrifuges
the machines
ahmadinejad 's assertion
a resolution of the diplomatic standoff between Iran and the West
Arms
expert Jeffrey G. Lewis of the new America Foundation
tank stated that the Foundation was aware of Iran 's goal of assembling 6000 centrifuges
the operational status of the machines
Diplomats and arms control experts
the Iranian enrichment program
technical problems
Iran
its nuclear program
only electricity
nuclear weapon production
Islamic principles
The US , Israel , Europe and the majority of Western arms control experts
Iran
the capability to produce bombs immediately in the event of a decision
Experts
weapons - grade uranium from reactor
grade material
Ahmadinejad
Iran
the West 's demands
a halt in nuclear activities
the West
the resumption of negotiations
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana recently presented Iran with 2 offers --
A US - endorsed package of incentives to cease enriched uranium production
A 6 - week pre - negotiation ' freeze for freeze ' period during which Iran would add no centrifuges and the West would refrain from promoting a 4th round of economic sanctions against Iran at the UN Security Council .
US officials
no negotiations
Iran verifiably halts all enrichment - related activities
the Bush administration
freeze for freeze ' proposal
burns
Geneva
20080726 during talks in Geneva
US Undersecretary of State William J. Burns Iran refused to respond to Solana 's offers
The talks
the highest - level diplomatic contact between the US and Iran
nearly 30 years
Solana , burns and European envoys set a deadline for Iran to respond positively before initiating new sanctions including prohibitions on selling Iran refined petroleum products vital to the country 's economy .
Iranian officials
expansion
the deadline
20080726 ahmadinejad
Iran
expansion
a higher number of centrifuges that previously expected
over 6 weeks
Ahmadinejad
the West
the existing 5000-6000 centrifuges in operation provided that the number did not increase
5000 centrifuges
sufficient nuclear material
a power plant or an atomic bomb
6000 centrifuges running continuously
sufficient weapons - grade uranium for 1 bomb in 6 months
20080500 the International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran
3500 centrifuges
operations
Iran ( IR ) ; Russian Federation ( RU ) ; China ( CN ) ; France ( FR ) ; United States ( US )
International ; weapons ; proliferation ; Government ; politics ; energy
A diplomatic meeting in Paris
no agreement on further steps
Iran
uranium enrichment
Iran 's facility in Natanz
081114 diplomats stated to the media that American
European , Russian and Chinese officials at a meeting on 081113 in Paris
agreement on further actions
Iran
uranium enrichment
Iran 's facility in Natanz
Uranium enrichment
a highly technical process that can produce fuel for a nuclear power plant or fissile material for atomic weapons
The 081113 meeting
any new measures
the French foreign ministry
a statement declaring the international community
the importance of the dual - track approach of engaging diplomatically with Iran and working towards sanctions
Russia and China
new sanctions
Iran
Russia and China
close political and business ties with Iran
no domestic pressure
the Islamic Republic of Iran
The United States
close political and business ties
Iran
domestic pressure
the Islamic Republic of Iran
Russia and China
veto power over Security Council decisions
Moscow 's Interfax news agency
Russian diplomat Sergei ryabkov as stating that the parties struck no deal on sanctions against Iran at the 081113 meeting and that the Western countries are in favor of the sanctions against Iran while China and Russia did not support sanctions against Iran
Sergei ryabkov
the 081113 meeting
A report
this week
Iran
significant progress
Iran 's heavy - water research reactor facility near the city of Arak
Iran 's heavy - water research reactor near Arak could eventually produce plutonium that might be used in a nuclear weapon .
Satellite images
the Institute for Science
International Security
construction
water research reactor facility near the city of Arak
David Albright
Iran 's heavy - water research reactor near Arak
the international security community 's notice
David Albright
Iran 's heavy - water research reactor near Arak
significant progress
the satellite images
a year and a half the heavy - water research reactor near Arak
frames
a largely finished facility
David Albright
a former arms inspector and Director of the Institute for Science and International Security that is based in Washington , D.C.
Iran
Iran
nuclear technology
energy
research
The United States and its western allies
Iran 's efforts to produce
a precursor to creating a nuclear - weapons infrastructure
grade uranium production
international arms - control regulations
The latest developments in Iran 's nuclear technology development
the complex
diplomatic and technical challenges facing the incoming foreign policy team of United States President
Barack Obama when it takes on the task of stopping Iran from mastering technology that could be used to manufacture and deliver nuclear weapons
The administration of United States President George W. Bush in its last months in power
United States policies
the European Union , British , French and German leaders
tougher sanctions and diplomatic action
Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency
a report critical of Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency
the United Nations 's nuclear watchdog agency
the Act that no new initiatives regarding Iran 's nuclear program emerged from the 081113
Paris
the hopes of imposing another set of United Nations Security Council sanctions before the end of President Bush 's term were decreasing
diplomatic maneuvering
Iran
nuclear and missile technology
Some Israeli officials
their alarm about Iran 's test - firing this week of a solid - fuel , two - stage rocket with a range of 1200 miles
The city of Tel Aviv
fewer than 650 miles
Iranian territory
Russian Federation ( RU )
International ; science ; energy ; weapons
A high - security Russian laboratory complex
anthrax
other deadly bacteria
electricity
lack of payment
the mosenergo electric utility
A large repository of anthrax , plague and other deadly bacteria stored in a high - security Russian laboratory complex 100 miles south of Moscow
the threat of loosing electricity
An official from the Moscow region 's mosenergo electric utility
the Russian laboratory complex
the electricity for lack of payment
The Russian laboratory complex
a 90 - building campus
the location
Russia 's secret biological weapons program in the Soviet era
An incorrect headline in the newspaper Izvestia
deadly viruses from a Moscow regional depository
Moscow
no viruses at the State Scientific Center of applied Microbiology in obolensk
the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
every kind of deadly bacteria that was studied for use in the secret biological weapons program of the Soviet Union
A large virus repository
Siberia
Both Russian and Western officials
any public health threat
a power cutoff
the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
Russian and Western officials
enough uncertainty
a loss of power at the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
a public health threat
General Nikolai N. Urakov
telephone
the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
quite reliable systems of protection in case of emergency
General Nikolai N. Urakov
the longtime director of the the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
The State scientific center of applied microbiology
Western scientists
the complex
a biomedical manufacturing site
General Nikolai N. Urakov stated by telephone that the people at the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology are scared by this threat of a sudden shutdown of electricity because it is a kind of psychological pressure on the people at the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology .
General Nikolai N. Urakov stated by telephone that in the event of a power shutdown at the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology scientists
all bacteriological experiments
way
General Nikolai N. Urakov
the United States and Western countries that have contributed about 6 million United States dollars to the transformation of the former bioweapons complex to contribute another 500000 United States dollars per year to pay the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology 's electric bills and arrears
An American scientist who works closely with the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
the Russian government
the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology 's electric bills
Western aid for conversion of General Nikolai N. Urakov 's one time bioweapons laboratory
Iran
offers
the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology to purchase its expertise
Russian scientists and military leaders who now depend on Western financing to destroy nuclear , chemical and biological weapons
a sense of crisis
financing
American scientist Randall Lee Beatty
the conversion of the State Scientific Center of applied Microbiology in obolensk
Beatty
this threat to cut electricity to the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
a crisis
Randall Lee Beatty
a Director of the International Science and Technology Center
The International Science and Technology Center finances approximately half of General Nikolai N. Urakov 's budget to support about 350 Russian biowarfare scientists and technicians .
Randall Lee Beatty
the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
its electricity bill
14 months
Randall Lee Beatty
the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
one of the important archives for dangerous pathogens in the world
a shame
the electricity utility
Approximately 3000 strains of bacteria
the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
many of the bacteria
cryogenic casks cooled with liquid nitrogen
the environment
layered enclosures and oversize air
systems
electricity
The greatest danger from a shutdown of electric power at the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology
the defrosting of live germs that are currently preserved in a frozen state
A biological warfare expert at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
Raymond zilinskas
that the main threat from cutting power to the State Scientific Center of applied microbiology would be to the organisms themselves rather than that they might escape
Raymond zilinskas
the worst case
the bacteria
a real mess
all the bacteria
The confrontation between the mosenergo electric utility and the State Scientific Center of applied Microbiology in obolensk
another example of how the basic capitalist imperative for enterprises to be self - sustaining can clash in a dangerous way with the old remnants of Soviet weapons science
an overdue power bill in 000000
the Russian National Power Company
electricity
a strategic base where nuclear missiles stood on high alert
The nuclear missile silos
power
Armed troops
the substations
the power
010100 and 010200 the national utility
United energy systems
power
a number of military installations
Russia
The military installations that lost power
the Russian space forces
center
the Kamchatka Peninsula
most cases of military installations
their electricity
investigations
the tug of war with the utility
the military to spend budgeted funds for electrical power instead of diverting money for other uses
Some of the budgeted funds
times have included the building country residences for generals
Brazil ( BR )
International ; crime ; Government ; narcotics
Brazil
law allowing air force to target drug trafficking aircraft in Brazilian airspace
US
liability
the event of misidentification of a civilian plane
Brazil
the air force
aircraft used in trafficking illegal drugs in Brazilian airspace
The plan
8 precautionary steps
the order to shoot down a plane
the policy taking effect late 20041000
a publicity campaign
ranchers and others of the need to file flight plans
The Law to permit such an action
1995-2003 President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
the policy
effect
The United States
Cardoso
the decree
concern
the accidental downing of civilian aircraft
the US government and companies
20010400 the United States
previous support
operations targeting drug - running aircraft when a Peruvian jet shot down a small plane misidentified as a drug carrier and killed an American missionary and her child
Relatives of the victims
the US government
a settlement
the Government 's provision of intelligence and technical support
the operation
A US State Department official stated --
US law
assistance
countries that implement shoot - down laws under certain conditions
The US
the Brazilian assessment
the threat posed by drug traffickers
The US government
the Brazilian Government
the provisions of US law
Brazilian Defense Minister Jose Viegas
Brazil
difficulties
US support
the plan
recent bilateral talks
certainty
the decree
the US government
Brazil
commercial sanctions
Brazilian officials
hope
the policy
the US
effect
The US
10.2 million dollars
drug and law enforcement aid
Brazil in 2004
Former air force chief and current Director of the Air Institute at estacio de sa University in Rio de Janeiro General Mauro Jose Miranda gandra
the measure
a courageous step
the Government
the impact
self - imposed restrictions by the Brazilian government
Brazilian officials
the policy
aircraft
children on board
Viegas
the limitation
Gandra
the provision
the decree 's essential purpose
immunity
drug
smuggling aircraft carrying children
the possibility of kidnapped children being used as human shields
Viegas
an interview in Brasilia
the government
the law to more powerfully dissuade drug traffickers who have previously entered Brazilian airspace feeling unthreatened by the air force
The Government
the deteriorating public security situation with increasingly powerful and violent drug gangs in Sao Paolo and particularly Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro drug gangs
more firepower than the police
police stations and forced businesses and schools
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
a 2003 interview
foreign correspondents
The policy
a matter of national sovereignty and security
Some pilots of drug
running aircraft
retribution
obscene gestures
Brazilian air force pilots
The constitutionality of the law
Brazil 's prohibition of the death penalty
punishment for criminal acts
Some legal experts and other commentators
government claims
the Statute
a de facto execution of drug traffickers
The daily newspaper O Estado de Sao Paolo
an editorial
the extreme measure
ethical and juridical problems exceeding any potential benefits
The penalty
administrative decision of the Commander of the Air Force
This person
life and death power
crew members and passengers of irregular flights
Brazil
the 1.4 billion dollar SIVAM radar system allowing the government to monitor air activity throughout the expansive Amazon region for the first time
The system
American technology
Illegal Flights
30 percent
trafficker 's concerns about improved tracking capabilities
Brazil
4128 unauthorized flights
Some of these flights
innocent violations
ranchers in the Amazon
plantations
Viegas
a significant increase in deliberate violations of Brazilian airspace
drug smugglers
the government
retaliation
20010400 Rio de Janeiro 's most notorious drug boss , Fernandinho Beira - Mar ,
Colombia
a guns - for drugs pipeline involving left - wing guerrillas
Brazil 's northern Amazon corridor
an increasingly busy and essential route in the global drug trade
smuggling arms , gold and diamonds
one of the most important drug - and gun - smuggling routes in supplying Europe with cocaine
Colombia across the northern tier of the Amazon
Suriname
Colombia
the only country that currently has a policy of targeting drug trafficking aircraft
Colombia
the source of much of the cocaine and heroin sold in the United States
Venezuela ( VE )
International ; weapons ; leader ; military
The Venezuelan president 's weapons deals with Russia , curbs on military cooperation with the United States , and his plans to train as many as 2 million Venezuelan civilians to repel a possible invasion by superpowers
the US and his domestic critics worried
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez 's weapons deals with Russia , curbs on military cooperation with the United States , and plans to train as many as 2 million Venezuelan civilians to repel a possible invasion by imperialist superpowers
the United States and Chavez 's domestic critics worried about what the leftist former military officer is planning
Chavez
the moves
an overdue need
obsolete military hardware
Venezuela
nations that might want to take control of Venezuela
Venezuela
South America 's largest petroleum
state
Chavez 's domestic opponents
the idea
the US
Venezuela
that Chavez 's true intention
a huge cadre of loyal reservists who would protect Chavez against any internal uprising
a militarized counterweight to US influence
Latin America
Cuban leader Fidel Castro
Chavez 's his major ally
Chavez 's detractors in the US government
Chavez 's arms purchases and indoctrination of civilian militias
a strategy to restructure Venezuelan democracy in the image of Cuban
style militarized socialism and foment leftist revolutions throughout South America
US military strategists
radical movements inspired by Chavez
such revolution
The political mainstream in Latin America
the late 1990s
This leftward shift
reaction
the perceived failure of free - market economics
Leftists
Brazil , Argentina , Chile , Uruguay , Ecuador and Venezuela
Chavez 's supporters at home
the United States
a century - long history of open as well as covert armed intervention in Latin America 's domestic politics
no right to question Venezuela 's defense preparations
Carlos Roque Espinoza Leon
Venezuelans
the US Marines
Espinoza Leon
a pro - Chavez defense specialist who serves in Venezuela 's National Assembly
Espinoza
Peru
500000 rifles
no one
anything
Espinoza
no one
Colombia
the most militarized country in Latin America
Espinoza
US history
aggression in Latin America
Espinoza
Venezuelans
Venezuela
Chavez
Bolivarian revolution
Chavez
a popularity rating of 71 percent in an independent poll by polling firm Datanalisis
Venezuelan military analyst Alberto Garrido said Chavez is looking for allies in Russia , China , and Iran in order
a multi
polar world which will counteract US dominance and encourage grassroots Movements in Latin America to throw off US governmental influence
Lorenzo Campos
a farmer in Anzoategui state in northern Venezuela
training as a reservist
Campos
Venezuelans
the world
anyone
the mission
Venezuela
Chavez 's government
details in 050500 of an $ 18.6 million deal with a Russian firm
assault rifles
30 rounds of ammunition each and the technology transfer for Venezuela
The deal
$ 186.22 per rifle
This price
the US mail
order price of $ 825 to $ 850 for the same weapon
The Government of Venezuela
10 Russian helicopters , 10 Spanish transport planes , and 6 Spanish naval craft
Venezuelan officials
the government
Brazil
around 24 air support and training planes
Chavez
his staunchest retired military Critics
the purchases
old weaponry such as the military 's decades - old Belgian FAL rifles
Retired General Fernando OCHOA ANTICH said that it is an exaggeration to say Chavez
an arms buildup
Ochoa
defense minister in 920000
Lieutenant Colonel Chavez
a failed coup
Ochoa
Venezuela
arms in 25 years
Chavez
weapons
a way that would threaten his neighbors
Ochoa
Venezuela
Russian arms
Chavez
the US
Ochoa
Chavez
a caliber of rifle which is popular among subversive forces in Latin America
the political support Chavez
radical leftist movements
a continental menace
The US Pentagon
Chavez
the old FAL rifles
weapons or ammunition
guerrilla forces in Latin America
The US government
no evidence of Chavez
leftist insurgencies
Military analysts and specialists on the Colombian FARC guerrillas
the rebels
plenty of money
weapons from drug trafficking
old Belgian rifles
assistance
Chavez
A 030000 study published by the US Defense Intelligence Agency
more than half of the weapons seized from Colombian guerrillas from 980000 to 010000 that had markings of foreign militaries
Venezuelan origin
The implication
corrupt or sympathetic members of the Venezuelan military
guerrillas
Chavez 's domestic opponents
the ideological training that critics say Chavez has in mind for the military and for new civilian reservists
Chavez
Revolutionary units
the public to resist a superpower aggressor
the first step
100000 to 2 million volunteers in the coming years
duty armed forces
Military analysts
Venezuela 's active - duty armed forces number 83,000
People 's defense units
neighborhoods , State companies , and the Free University established under Chavez
the president
The government
the reserves
the armed forces
a fifth column against a possible anti - Chavez coup
Espinoza
the reserves
shock troops for any political party
a civil war
each person to take their own side
General Julio Ramon Quintero viloria
commander of the reserves
Quintero
an interview
the armed forces
50000 civilians
20 weekends in the second half of 050000
300000 more in 060000
Quintero
Venezuelans
the colony of any empire
any possibility
100000 reservists in 050600
the Venezuelan navy in a massive war game
a stronger country that had invaded
40 employees of the state oil company
a similar exercise
1200 soldiers in 050600
Pro - Chavez circles here warn of asymmetrical warfare .
Asymmetrical warfare
a term coined by US military strategists to describe a conflict between unequal combatants where the weaker side employs guerrilla tactics
The US government
$ 3.3 billion in mostly military aid
Colombia
the past 5 years
Chavez loyalists
the US government
a proxy war between Colombia and Venezuela
a way to oust Chavez and control Venezuelan oil
A senior US official in an interview
the notion
the United States Government
Venezuela as complete and utter nonsense
The official
the chavista side
the relationship
a political calculation
Mr. Chavez
power
confrontation
the US
Another development that has troubled the United States
Chavez 's rollback of military cooperation and joint exercises
The US military
a Cooperation Office for 50 years in a Venezuelan Fort
Chavez
5 US military trainers and students participating in an exchange program
the country in 050400
Analysts
Chavez
his public and armed forces
Analysts
no proof
Chavez
those forces
leftist revolutions
Korea , Democratic People 's Republic of ( KP )
proliferation ; international
The North Korean government
a plutonium producing reactor in June 2007
the first step toward disabling the Unit by December 2007
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill
the North Korean government
a plutonium producing reactor in June 2007
the first step toward disabling the Unit by December 2007
Hill
the head American negotiator on North Korea 's nuclear weapons program
Hill
stalled efforts to dismantle North Korea 's nuclear weapons program
the weekend of 16
Pyongyang officials
inspectors
the International Atomic Energy Agency
talks
a shutdown
talks with Chinese negotiator
Wu Dawei Hill
the shutdown
Hill
the shutdown
a matter of weeks
months
The Associated Press
Vienna , Austria
the IAEA stated on 18 June 2007 that a team would visit Pyongyang the week of 24 June 2007
the manner in which inspectors will verify the shutdown
Hill
IAEA inspectors
talks
Pyongyang officials
the reactor which would include the installation of television monitors at the site
North Korean officials
a February 2007 agreement
the Yongbyon reactor
funds worth 25 million dollars in accounts linked to North Korea held in a Macao Bank
The money
officials from the United States
the Banco Delta Asia of complicity
financial crimes
behalf of North Korea
The funds
the New York Federal Reserve Bank after months of disagreement over the method of returning the funds
The funds
Russia 's Central Bank
a transfer to an account controlled by the North Korea government in a Russian commercial bank
Hill
talks
the week of 17
disarmament negotiators from Russia , South Korea and Japan on steps to recoup some of the time lost while the financial transfer was being organized
The discussions
a timetable
resumption of 6
nation arms
talks
the agreement reached in February 2007
North Korean officials
the Yongbyon reactor
inspectors
the shutdown in return
a 50000 - ton shipment of fuel oil
North Korean officials
all nuclear programs
all facilities in return
a further 950000 tons of fuel oil
the next phase of the Agreement
Hill
the technical possibility of concluding the next phase of the agreement by December 2007
Iran , Islamic Republic of ( IR )
International ; weapons ; proliferation ; Government ; energy
Leading arms control experts criticize a new nuclear activities
Iran and the U.N. 's International Atomic Energy Agency
27 August 2007 Iran and the U.N. 's International
Atomic Energy Agency
a plan
issues
December 2007
The issues
4 years
The plan
suspicions
Iran 's past nuclear activities
Agency officials
the plan
a breakthrough
28 August 2007 at a news conference in Tehran Iranian President Mahmoud ahmadinejad stated that
investigation into Iran 's nuclear activities
No other member of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran
Iran
a nuclear nation
Iran
the nuclear fuel cycle
Iran
international pressure
Iran 's nuclear projects
Iran 's nuclear projects
peaceful purposes
The United States and some European nations
Iran 's nuclear projects
the purpose of making nuclear weapons
Several Western Governments and leading arms control experts
Iran
further punishment
the U.N. Security Council
The Western Governments
the United States and France
The Governments and experts
Iran
the arms control process
questions
Iran 's past treaty violations
Physicist and President of the Institute for Science and International Security David Albright stated that --
no way to verify Iran 's claims
The International Atomic Energy Agency
no access
people , documents , sites
The International Atomic Energy Agency
the right to ask further questions in the future
The unusual development
a bad precedent
The International Atomic Energy Agency
a deal
The International Atomic Energy Agency plan
Iran
questions