Guardian Utd (Friday): 'Supermarket' in nuke tech alarms UN inspector

[Jack Rabbit]

(NOte: Title shortened by poster)

From the Guardian Unlimited (UK)
Dated Friday February 6

"Supermarket" trade in nuclear technology alarms UN inspector
By Ian Traynor in Vienna, James Astill in Islamabad and Ewen MacAskill

The UN's top nuclear official called for a new international regime to destroy the flourishing black market in nuclear technology yesterday, describing current controls as "kaput".
Mohammed ElBaradei, the head of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, said the trade in the technology was now a dangerous "supermarket".
He said recent revelations of clandestine sales to North Korea and Libya were "the tip of the iceberg".
International investigations, led by the CIA and the IAEA but also involving MI6, are being conducted as a matter of urgency into the network in nuclear technology stretching from Europe to Asia, with a hub in the Middle East.
Dr ElBaradei said he knew of people in at least five countries believed to be involved in the nuclear rackets.

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[diamond14]

1. outed-CIA-operative Valerie Pflame worked in this area....that's

why it is so critical to find WHO outed her....Plame's nuclear-technology work was too important for OUR safety....

there is a traitor in the White House, and bush* can't figure out who it is....WHO outed Valerie Plame? We're not safe as long as bush* harbors the traitor, on his staff....

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. This is important nes

You're right, amen1234!

[never cry wolf]

3. They all learned from our adventures

Iraq = No nukes we invade
Korea = Nukes, we don't invade

Everyone is scrambling.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. There's that angle, but also a more important one

The Reagan Administration abandoned the policy of nuclear containment. Reagan's people didn't think it was workable. These are the same people who armed Saddam with a biochemical arsenal that he used on Iraqi citizens at Halabja.

It was bad enough in the sixties when five nations had the Bomb. Today, many more do. The idea that India and Pakistan could exchange nuclear warheads is frightening. Let's not forget that Israel has nukes while her hostile neighbor, Syria, probably has biochemical weapons. That situation also has the potential to get very deadly very fast.