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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (5804)	2/5/2004 6:35:23 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 6945

When Isra'El dismantles its bombs; nuclear, chemical, and biological facilities, then the world will not have an arms race in the Mideast. It is Isra'El who creates this nuclear escalation, not Pakistan, Iran or Iraq. It is the Isra'Elis who refuse to sign a "nuclear non-proliferation treaty".* It is Isra'El that posesses 200-300 nuclear bombs and the missiles to deliver them. *Perhaps it is unnecessary, for Isra'El takes, it does not give. len

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (5804)	2/6/2004 9:26:19 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

Unfortunately, Israel's nuclear arsenal and history of aggression have motivated other Middle Eastern countries to acquire their own nukes. <<< So in the long term, the Israeli attack did not delay the nuclear weapons program - it accelerated it by stimulating a sense of domestic political urgency. As a country living in an anarchic international system and facing an intense security dilemma, Iraq was compelled to expand its program and to identify Israel as a direct threat. Although United Nations weapons inspections following the Gulf War of 1991 did find evidence of a nuclear weapons program, they found no evidence that this program pre-dated 1981. >>> ssc.upenn.edu