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presto10on Nov 06, 2006 1:39am
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This takes the fun out of it
This takes the fun out of itJim Sinclair’s Commentary
This is not good news. The fans of Nostradamus will go wild over this.
Six Arab states join rush to go nuclear
The Times November 04, 2006
By Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor
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