U.N. Says Sharon Is Ready to Discuss Nuclear Program

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is ready to discuss a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East as part of future peace talks, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Thursday.

Mohamed ElBaradei, on a three-day trip to Israel, said Sharon made the commitment during a meeting Thursday in Jerusalem.
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``The prime minister affirmed to me that Israeli policy continues to be that in the context of peace in the Middle East, Israel will be looking forward to the establishment of a nuclear-weapons free zone in the Middle East,'' ElBaradei said.

Such talks are likely far down the road. ElBaradei said that Sharon had linked arms-control talks to progress in the ``road map,'' an internationally backed peace plan that has been stalled since its inception a year ago.

more here:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Nuclear.html

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1. Sharon, a man of peace.

Not. This is nothing more than another Sharon ruse to get the UN to continue to pressure Iran about it's program, with Israel giving absolutely nothing in return. ElBaradei is a silly chump for even passing this BS along.

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2. kick for ElBaradei and diplomatic hard work

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