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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (352092)	2/1/2003 10:39:33 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 769667

Why is Israel exempt from WMD inspection? At Arms Talks, Israel and Iraq Call Each Other Peril to Peace, New York Times (Reuters), January 30, 2003 "Iraq accused Israel today of harboring biological, chemical and nuclear weapons — turning the spotlight on the Jewish state at the main United Nations arms control agency. The Iraqi ambassador, Samir al-Nima, and the Israeli ambassador, Yaakov Levy, also traded insults over their countries' leaders during speeches to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament here. Syria and Algeria joined in the heated debate at the 66-member forum, while the American delegation kept quiet during attacks on Israel, its close ally. The dispute erupted after Mr. Levy appealed for a Middle East free of biological, chemical and nuclear arms and accused 'certain countries' of seeking weapons of mass destruction and supplying 'terrorist groups' with conventional arms and rockets. But Mr. Nima retorted: 'The international community has not seen practical steps taken by Israel to disarm in the nuclear field. We all know Israel has nuclear arms and has signed the treaty banning chemical weapons, but nobody knows where their stocks are. We also know Israel has biological weapons, but nobody knows where those stocks are.' An Israeli Defense Ministry spokeswoman declined to comment on the Iraqi remarks. Israel is widely believed to have about 300 nuclear warheads but its policy is never to discuss the issue. Envoys from Syria and Algeria expressed regret that Israel had not opened its nuclear sites to the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency. The agency's inspectors are scouring Iraq for weapons of mass destruction."