U.S.
REPORT: ISRAEL COULD BE KEY TO IRAN'S NUKES
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States should press Israel to
dismantle its nuclear weapons in an effort to prevent Iran from
accumulating a similar arsenal, a report said.
.A report published by the U.S. Army War College ruled out a U.S.
military or diplomatic option to stop Iran's nuclear weapons
program. Instead, the report, entitled "Getting Ready for a
Nuclear-Ready Iran," asserted that the dismantling of Israel's
purported nuclear weapons program could be the only way to prevent
a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
.In a report financed by the Defense Department, the report
recommended that the United States encourage "Israel to set the
pace of nuclear restraint in the region by freezing its large
reactor at Dimona and calling on all other states that have large
nuclear reactors to follow suit." The report also called on Israel
to agree to International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of the
Dimona nuclear reactor, said to house the nuclear weapons program
of the Jewish state.
.Israel has never confirmed or denied reports that it possesses
nuclear weapons. But the Jewish state has pledged not to be the
first to use nuclear weapons in the Middle East.
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Armageddon soon?