NATO Warns Of Iran Nuclear Domino

The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in
this January 2, 2006 satellite image. Image from FullosseousFlap.

From Reuters:

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO urged its members on Monday to do more to help new U.S. President Barack Obama tackle the growing threats of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and failed states.

Alliance Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer highlighted nuclear proliferation in North Korea and Iran, warning that the latter was threatening to provoke "a nuclear domino effect" in the Middle East.

"The problems we face today have not magically gone away," he said in a speech to a Brussels think-tank, stressing the need for greater Euro-Atlantic cooperation under the new U.S. administration.

"The world is not suddenly more peaceful," he said.

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My Comment: It was the European's insistence of multi-party talks when it came to negotiating with Iran. I guess that policy is now regarded as a failure.

The danger is that when Iran tests their first nuclear weapon system, an arms race will occur in the Middle East. Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia .... all of these countries are going to rush in the development of these weapon systems.