Iran: Intelligent Life Forms Found In US Intelligence Services ...

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Well, well, well. Whadaya know? Who'd have thunk it, eh?

Iran welcomes new US intelligence report

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's foreign minister on Tuesday welcomed the U.S. decision to "correct" its claim that Tehran has an active nuclear weapons program, state-run radio reported.

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was referring to a U.S. intelligence assessment released Monday that reversed earlier claims that Iran had restarted its weapons program in 2005 after suspending it in 2003.

"It's natural that we welcome ... countries that correct their views realistically which in the past had questions and ambiguities about (Iran's nuclear activities)," Mottaki said.

Read the rest of the report right here.

But before you do ... two things to take note of ...

(1) The timing of the release of this Intel ... why wait till now to tell us they were wrong?

(2) Read the news report precisely as it's written. Then, read it again ignoring all the included "could"s.

Afterwards, ask yourself the question, where do you draw the line when waffling on and on about "could"s and "could"s and still some more "could"s?

After all, today the Martians COULD land.

You COULD inherit billions of bucks from a hitherto unknown long lost uncle who just died in his sleep, deep in the darkest depths of ... well, anywhere at all actually.

There COULD be a second coming of E.T. on the cards.

The Pope COULD be a closet protestant simply posing as a pontiff.

And we COULD be typing this blog-post blindfolded -- with our hands tied behind our backs while hanging upside down, and singing 'Silent Night' -- in a spaceship.

Seriously, from where we're sitting this sudden turn of events smells strangely fishy, and we strongly suspect it's merely the first chapter of a distinctly new yarn story, as is yet to be told.

(cross posted at Appletree)
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Iran-UK Sailors Stand Off Sorted; Civilised Common Sense Diplomacy Prevails ...

So, we see some pure & simple common sense, once applied properly, soon sorted this stupid shambles out.

Surprise, surprise, eh? Not.

Amazing how things have a habit of turning out right when all adults involved actually behave like adults, ain't it?

Well, we're pretty sure most people have by now read at least some of the hundreds of headlines regarding this sorry saga's apparently happy ending.

Still, just in case anyone around here has been temporarily comatose ...

Here are three short related reports we consider worth reading.

BBC link 1.

BBC link 2.

BBC link 3.

And there's this simplified summary of both versions of events, which we feel is well worth while giving a gander.

So, warmongers please note; diplomacy won the day.

No winners; no losers; no needless dead.

Not exactly brain surgery or rocket science, was it?

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