India Won't Scale Back Nuclear Program

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2006/mar/07/030704929.html

India's prime minister said Tuesday his country has no intention of scaling back its nuclear weapons program even as it moves to place most of its atomic reactors under international safeguards in a deal with the United States.

Under the civilian nuclear accord finalized last week with Washington, India plans to open 14 of its 22 reactors to international inspections in exchange for American nuclear know-how and fuel. Critics here say the deal could threaten national security.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told lawmakers Tuesday that "there will be no capping of our strategic program" under the deal.

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Importantly, India's reprocessing and enrichment of uranium - key steps in making weapons-grade material - will not be subject to international safeguards, he said.

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[hatrack]

1. Why should they? We just told them that it's A-OK by us!

Sign the NPT, don't signt the NPT, we don't give a shit! Just be sure to keep those mangoes coming, though!!

:eyes:

[jpak]

2. Some proliferators are more equal than others

And all those mangoes will be...

((((((IRRADIATED))))))))

http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/03/stories/2006030302011500.htm

NEW DELHI: Americans may be able to savour irradiated Indian mangoes next summer under a Framework Equivalence Plan signed as part of the Indo-U.S. Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture Education, Research, Services and Commercial Linkages.

In a reference on Thursday, U.S. President George Bush said at his joint press conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "I look forward to eating Indian mangoes with the opening up of markets and liberalisation of trade." The U.S. authorities have agreed to consider lifting sanitary and phyto-sanitary ban on its import.

The framework outlines the fundamental requirements to allow bilateral trade of commodities treated by irradiation as phyto-sanitary measure. "With this, the regulatory process for export of irradiated mangoes from India to the U.S. may be initiated and hopefully completed in about a year," said a fact sheet.

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Unfuckingbelievable....

[Nutmegger]

3. Screw that, I want my MANGOES!!!!

:rofl:

[HuffleClaw]

4. the hypocrisy of this administration knows no bounds.

handing one nation a nuclear carte blanche while attempting to deny another its rights under international treaty. sickening.