This new NIE report begins to reverberate around the World:
Europeans See Murkier Case for Sanctions
"Officially, we will study the document carefully; unofficially, our efforts to build up momentum for another resolution are gone," said one European official involved in the diplomacy.
Another senior European official called the conclusions of the assessment "unfathomable."
Russia and China have resisted the passage of more punitive sanctions, and Vitaly Churkin, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, praised the report as vindication of Russia’s position.
"We have always been saying there is no proof they are pursuing nuclear weapons," Mr. Churkin told reporters. He added, however, that he did not know what impact the report would have on the new initiative for more sanctions.
No country in the world will support Cheney and the rest of them now. None.
Well ... the UK will be luke warm. In Public anyway.
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