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6 Arabic states rushing to go Nuclear !

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 1:26 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, UAE and Saudi Arabia seek atom technology

The Times November 04, 2006
Six Arab states join rush to go nuclear
By Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, UAE and Saudi Arabia seek atom technology
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.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2436948,00.html
“Some Middle East states, including Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Saudi Arabia, have shown initial interest [in using] nuclear power primarily for desalination purposes,” Tomihiro Taniguch, the deputy director-general of the IAEA, told the business weekly Middle East Economic Digest. He said that they had held preliminary discussions with the governments and that the IAEA’s technical advisory programme would be offered to them to help with studies into creating power plants.

Mark Fitzpatrick, an expert on nuclear proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said that it was clear that the sudden drive for nuclear expertise was to provide the Arabs with a “security hedge”.

“If Iran was not on the path to a nuclear weapons capability you would probably not see this sudden rush [in the Arab world],” he said.


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Saturday, November 4, 2006 4:19 AM

KANEMAN


I am thrilled to see Tunisia made the list.

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 8:18 PM

JAYNEZTOWN


Nuclear arms races in Asian and now the Middle East, India and Pakistan were already near the brink

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 6:57 PM

DREAMTROVE


This story changes the entire world map.

All of these countries have one thing in common, they recently made deals with Neocons in order to join MEFTA. This means without any serious doubt, that neocons are pro-nuclear proliferation, which means their entire raison d'etre for their argument is bogus.

Neocon=pro WMD proliferation.

So...? Hmmm. Well, the neocons base their world philosophy on "without our intervention proliferation of WMDs will spiral out of control and the world will be destroyed in a nuclear war.

Which must be what they are trying to bring about.

Okay. I thought I knew what was going on, and now I'm in the dark again. Pirate News, got any clues here?

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