An opinion piece in the Egyptian newspaper al-Wafd questions what much of the Arab world sees as a double standard regarding the alleged build-up of nuclear capabilities by Iraq and by Israel. As the author, Mohammad Salmawi concisely phrases it, ?Assuming that Iraq does actually make a clear statement threatening to use nuclear weapons against all Arab countries, which of the two threats can be taken the more seriously; that of a country whose nuclear reactor was destroyed and laid to waste thirty years ago - a country where International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have more than once announced there is no evidence to its possessing such weapons - or that of a country that stands the world's fifth nuclear power, which is located very close to our borders and whose leaders have been often heard to threaten our major establishments??
Salmawi refers to ?threats made every now and then by Israeli officials that they are capable of using such [nuclear] weapons.? In particular, the Egyptian commentator cites threats ?made quite recently by former Israeli cabinet minister Lieberman against Egypt's and the region's biggest establishment, namely the Aswan Dam. This threat has come to us from Israel not from Iraq. Still, the US insists that Israel's nuclear weapon are in safe hands, while in Iraq they pose a threat to its neighbors.?
The al-Wafd article states, ?It is no secret that the Israeli nuclear reactor, located in the Negev close to the Egyptian borders, has, to date, produced no less than 200 nuclear bombs capable of exterminating all Arab peoples combined, the after-effects reaching beyond the Arab region.? In addition to the military threat, the writer cites a 1999 report by the UN Environmental Program's Regional Office, which he claims reported that ?nuclear radiations from the reactor, seated only 65 kilometers from [Egypt?s border] and a mere 40 kilometers from Jordan, pose a threat to people living in its surrounding areas.?
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Salmawi refers to ?threats made every now and then by Israeli officials that they are capable of using such [nuclear] weapons.? In particular, the Egyptian commentator cites threats ?made quite recently by former Israeli cabinet minister Lieberman against Egypt's and the region's biggest establishment, namely the Aswan Dam. This threat has come to us from Israel not from Iraq. Still, the US insists that Israel's nuclear weapon are in safe hands, while in Iraq they pose a threat to its neighbors.?
The al-Wafd article states, ?It is no secret that the Israeli nuclear reactor, located in the Negev close to the Egyptian borders, has, to date, produced no less than 200 nuclear bombs capable of exterminating all Arab peoples combined, the after-effects reaching beyond the Arab region.? In addition to the military threat, the writer cites a 1999 report by the UN Environmental Program's Regional Office, which he claims reported that ?nuclear radiations from the reactor, seated only 65 kilometers from [Egypt?s border] and a mere 40 kilometers from Jordan, pose a threat to people living in its surrounding areas.?
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