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Arab nuclear ambitions embolden spurs nuclear renaissance

Arab nuclear ambitions spur nuclear renaissdance

The Huffington Post Ahmed Shihab  Eldin 25 May

The nuclear deal with the UAE would allow joint ventures with US firms to assist the UAE in building several civilian nuclear power plants and has been signed despite the UAE’s record as a transshipment port for weapons-related materials to Iran.The “123 agreement”, as it is known, includes an “exchange of scientific and technical information and documentation…an exchange and training of personnel…technical assistance and the transfer of material, equipment and components.”……………..

………………..Israel is the only country in the Middle East that currently has nuclear weapons, estimated at between 100-200 warheads. Unlike its Arab neighbours, Israel has yet to sign the NPT………………. The Middle East is filled with various elements of unresolved conflict. Israel possesses formidable nuclear weapons capabilities and Iran has latent potential and appears to be set on advancing its enrichment capabilities.

The Arab world sits anxiously between the two foes, making plans for its own nuclear ambitions and energy programmes inextricably linked to the reality of being wedged between Iran and Israel.

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin: Arab nuclear ambitions embolden spurs nuclear renaissance

May 26, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | MIDDLE EAST, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radioactive