'Scrap nuclear arms' Israel urged

BBC News ^ | Friday, 12 December, 2003, 12:01 GMT | BBC News

[Optimist]

'Scrap nuclear arms' Israel urged

ElBaradei: IAEA assumes Israel has nuclear weapons

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has urged Israel to surrender its alleged nuclear weapons in order to further peace in the Middle East.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei told an Israeli newspaper such weapons were not "an incentive for security".

He also said Israel should sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Israel has never confirmed being a nuclear power, but is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons.

Need for dialogue

In his first interview with an Israeli newspaper, Mr ElBaradei told Haaretz the IAEA operated under the assumption that Israel had nuclear weapons despite the fact it had never been officially confirmed.

He warned that the belief Israel was safer because it possessed such weapons was false, as other Middle Eastern countries felt threatened by their presence.

"Frankly, I am not happy with the status quo, because I see a lot of frustration in the Middle East due to Israel's sitting on nuclear weapons or [its] nuclear weapons capability, while other parties in the Middle East are committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty," he said.

Mr ElBaradei added that Israel and its neighbours should enter dialogue to halt the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East.

"My fear is that, without such a dialogue, there will be continued incentive for the region's countries to develop weapons of mass destruction to match the Israeli arsenal," he said.

BBC correspondent James Reynolds says the Egyptian-born IAEA chief's careful remarks reflected his awareness that many Israelis see him not as a disinterested observer, but rather as a citizen of a one-time enemy of Israel.

[Optimist]

LOL

[Optimist]

PING

[cars for sale]

my God what a total idiot

[mylife]

Mohamed ElBaradei
Can Kiss My La Bomba!

[Optimist]

The most honest part of his statement:

"Frankly, I am not happy with the status quo, because I see a lot of frustration in the Middle East due to Israel's sitting on nuclear weapons or [its] nuclear weapons capability,

The most laughable part of his statement:

while other parties in the Middle East are committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty,"

[Mr. Mojo]

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has urged Israel to surrender its alleged nuclear weapons in order to further peace in the Middle East.

Further peace? Israel's surrender of nukes is the surest path to war imaginable. And who exactly would they be surrendering them to anyway? What's next, the UN asking American citizens to surrender our firearms?

[mylife]

What's next, the UN asking American citizens to surrender our firearms?

Hmmmm...Hadn't considered that. LOL!!!

[Mr. Mojo]

"Frankly, I am not happy with the status quo....."

Well, I gotta agree with this ElBaradei putz here. But I suspect our solutions are a bit different. I'd like to see every last "Palestinian" moved back to their sandpit of origin, and Israel resume complete control over Judea and Samaria. Then I'd like to see them retake the Sinai all the way to the Suez, and annex the So. half of Lebanon. .....and then add a few hundred more nukes to their arsenal.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I think you're on to something.

[river rat]

Israel SHOULD dispose of their nuclear weapons..

The INSTANT the Arabs launch their next attack, Israel should dispose of one on each and every one of the capitals of the Arab nations involved in the attack...

I wonder if the Pakis were asked to disarm?
I wonder if the Islamist terrorists were asked to disarm?

Screw the U.N...They will NOT be there to defend anyone under attack by the Islamists..

The Islamist militants will have to be destroyed THOROUGHLY, before anyone should speak of disarming...

Semper Fi

[squidly]

I don't mean to be a xenophobe, but I'm not sure if any man named Mohamed has credibility when talking about Israel.

[river rat]

The man is a fool...if he believes anyone will take him seriously...

And an Arab...... I wonder if he is biased?



Semper Fi

[hosepipe]

yeah yeah... everybody should love each other and their should be no war....

NEXT...

[hosepipe]

BTW, is that a pic of Henry Waxman after an extreme makover...

[winker]

Hey! El Baradei can you whistle Dixie in Yiddish! Your brainstem has rotted off!

[StriperSniper]

What's next, the UN asking American citizens to surrender our firearms?

Already in the works:

Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
in All Its Aspects (UN Document A/CONF.192/15)

[Optimist]

No....
Really....
Put down the gun and we 'll just talk....
Go ahead, everything will be alright....
I just want to be sure that it doesn't go off by accident, now that we're getting along so well....
See, isn't this better than all that threatening attitude....
{BANG}.....
Oops, I thought mine was on safe....
Gee whiz, and we were all getting along so well......
Oh well, no use in letting all that nice property go to waste....
("suckers")

[Optimist]

"International law? I better call my lawyer."

It's moments like this that you gotta love him.

[hosepipe]

yeah!,, (IF I GET YOU'RE DRIFT)..

[Looking for Diogenes]

Israel SHOULD dispose of their nuclear weapons..

What nuclear weapons? I dn't remember Israel ever announcing that they had nuclear weapons.

There's nothing to see here. Move along.