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  • US Disarmament Expert: 'The Risk that Nuclear Weapons Will Be Used Is Growing'

    02/11/2012 10:21:46 PM PST · by Milagros · 24 replies
    Spiegel ^ | 02/10/2012
    Anxieties are mounting as nuclear weapons make their way into unstable regions. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, US disarmament expert Richard Burt discusses the growing risk of their use, why allowing Iran to get the bomb could trigger a Sunni-Shiite arms race and how an attack could make citizens demand a police state. [...] The problem with Iran is not that there is necessarily going to be an Israeli-Iranian nuclear conflict. In fact, I think the Israelis would probably deter the Iranians from using nuclear weapons. But the danger is that once Iran acquires these weapons, there's the potential for...