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Source: http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/08/19/dl1901.xml
Iran Should be Punished for Nuclear Cheating
(Telegraph-UK) Editorial - The Iranian government has evidently calculated that American preoccupation with Iraq and the presidential election has created a window of opportunity for the pursuit of its nuclear ambitions with impunity. The British government says it has no illusions about Iran's determination to become a nuclear weapons power, an admission which underlines the bankruptcy of its policy of constructive engagement. If it persists in cheating, Teheran must be further isolated and, if necessary, punished by sanctions. Beyond that, America and its allies should leave the clerics in no doubt that they will not tolerate their possession of nuclear weapons. In such hands, they would pose a far greater threat than Iraq under Saddam Hussein.