Bolton & Timmerman Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize For Exposing Iran Nukes

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Bolton, Timmerman Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize; Swedish Leader Cites Efforts Exposing Iranian Nuclear Plans

2/7/2006 5:10:00 PM


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To: National Desk

Contact: Francie Israeli, 202-737-8400

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Two Americans who played a major role in exposing Iran's secret nuclear weapons plans have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

United Nations Ambassador John Bolton and longtime Iran investigator Kenneth R. Timmerman were nominated for their repeated warnings and documentation of Iran's secret nuclear buildup and revealing Iran's "repeated lying" and false reports to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Bolton was formerly U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security and was author of the Proliferation Security Initiative, an international effort to interdict shipments of weapons of mass destruction and related materials, which led to the eventual breakup of the secret nuclear network directed by Pakistan nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan. Bolton repeatedly warned of Iran's nuclear plans.

Timmerman, an independent researcher, has written extensively on Iran's nuclear activities for more than 20 years. His report for the Simon Wiesenthal Center in 1992 first detailed Iran's ties to A.Q. Khan. His most recent book, "Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran," was published last year.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=60668

[C_U_L8R]

1. Were nominated by whom???

themselves??

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. From the press release:

Bolton and Timmerman were formally nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Sweden's former deputy prime minister and Liberal party leader Per Ahlmark.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=60668

[Cooley Hurd]

6. By former Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Per Ahlmark...

From the same article:

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Bolton and Timmerman were formally nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Sweden's former deputy prime minister and Liberal party leader Per Ahlmark.
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Everyone has a price...:grr:

[acmejack]

2. They must make a joke out of everything

[mtnester]

3. One emoticon only required for this

:puke:

[WoodrowFan]

4. You SURE this isn't the Onion???

:wow:

[LynneSin]

7. HItler was nominted for a Nobel Peace Prize

Being nominated doesn't mean a whole lot since anyone and everyone can actually be nominated provided that they meet the criteria for nomination

[blue northern]

9. Stalin and Mussolini were also nominated...n/t

[LynneSin]

10. I think even the chimp got a nomination or two

Seriously

[blue northern]

11. omg you're right...* & Blair were both nominated in '02

War=Peace
:puke:

edited to add link & quote from 2002 UK Guardian article

Now, Tony Blair and George Bush have received international recognition for their unswerving willingness to use force: a nomination for the 2002 Nobel peace prize.

The prime minister and US president have been jointly nominated for the accolade by a rightwing Norwegian politician who believes their military campaign against terrorism meets Alfred Nobel's criteria that the winner "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".


http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,645075,00.html

Alfred Nobel must be spinning like a top.
:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. And just to think you liberals were pissing all over yourselves over

the Brokeback vs Crash controversy. You want to see real political manipulation? Well here it is.

[Canuckistanian]

12. Henry Kissinger WON the Nobel Prize

See? So even war crminals can buy one of those.