Friday, September 18, 2009

Nuclear Weapons/Programs In The Middle East -- A News Roundup

Israel is widely considered to be the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear power.
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U.N. Body Urges Israel To Allow Nuclear Inspections -- Reuters

IENNA (Reuters) - Arab states in the U.N. nuclear assembly on Friday won narrow approval of a resolution urging Israel to put all its atomic sites under U.N. inspection and join the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The Jewish state deplored the measure for singling it out while many of its Islamic neighbors remained hostile to its existence, and said it would not cooperate with it.

The non-binding resolution, which passed for the first time in 18 years of attempts thanks to more developing nation votes, voiced concern about "Israeli nuclear capabilities" and urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to tackle the issue.

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More News On The Middle East And Its Nuclear Ambitions

IAEA Members Call for Nuclear Weapon-Free Middle East -- Global Security Newswire
More IAEA nations back non-nuclear Mideast in vote -- Reuters

Nuclear conference criticizes Israeli nukes -- AP
Nuclear watchdog voices 'concern' at Israel -- AFP
IAEA conference criticizes Israeli nuclear program -- Washington TV

Iran has expertise to build nuclear bomb, says UN report -- The Telegraph
CIA Chief: Iranian Leaders Debating Nuclear Weapons -- Voice of America
Iran Can Build Nuclear Weapon, Says Secret IAEA Document -- Global Security Newswire
IAEA secret report: Iran worked on nuclear warhead -- The Guardian
Iran says 'new framework of cooperation' agreed with IAEA -- AFP

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