French Cry Foul on IAEA Nuke Report

The Times of London reports that the French have called out Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, for purposely hiding a damning report on Iran's nuclear activities. Going further in their criticism, even, than Israel:

France went farther, alleging the existence of an unpublished annexe that addresses the evidence that Iran may be building an atom bomb.

Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, said that France had attended a technical briefing that covered the material, so was surprised to find it missing from the report.

“In the annexes there are specifically elements which enable us to ask about the reality of an atomic bomb,” he said “There are issues of warheads, of transport.”

The published section of the report focused more on the positive, noting that Iran had slowed its production of enriched uranium and had agreed to closer monitoring of its plant.