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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-04-06 01:19 AM
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Six Arab States Rush To Go Nuclear
Why doesn't this surprise me??? Another heckavajob:

Six Arab States Join Rush To Go Nuclear

By Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor
The TimesOnline

THE SPECTRE of a nuclear race in the Middle East was raised yesterday when six Arab states announced that they were embarking on programmes to master atomic technology.

The move, which follows the failure by the West to curb Iran’s controversial nuclear programme, could see a rapid spread of nuclear reactors in one of the world’s most unstable regions, stretching from the Gulf to the Levant and into North Africa.

The countries involved were named by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. Tunisia and the UAE have also shown interest.

All want to build civilian nuclear energy programmes, as they are permitted to under international law. But the sudden rush to nuclear power has raised suspicions that the real intention is to acquire nuclear technology which could be used for the first Arab atomic bomb.

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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-04-06 01:25 AM
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1. The Bush Doctrine in action.
Nice going, Junior.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-04-06 01:33 AM
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2. But they are our ALLIES!!!!
Edited on Sat Nov-04-06 01:33 AM by ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Helping us fight the war on terra and bringing the terra-ists to justice that hide in those countries!!! :sarcasm:
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Tom Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-04-06 02:05 AM
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3. Israel has a massive stockpile of nuclear weapons. It is criminal for any nation to
posses such weapons
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