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Secrets of the nuclear black market

Political Bookworm Tomorrow’s titles today: nuclear proliferation, The Washington Post 3 March 2010, .. among the new releases coming this month:Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America’s EnemiesBy David Albright (Free Press, $27)March 16, No black market is more shadowy or sinister than the one for nuclear weapons. Albright, who was sent to Iraq in the mid-1990s to inspect their weapons programs, chronicles the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, nefarious European businessmen and Osama bin Laden all make an appearances in this story of how rogue states attempt to obtain nuclear weapons. Albright provides new details on the sale of nuclear technology to Libya by North Korea.

Political Bookworm – Tomorrow’s titles today: nuclear proliferation, Baltimore bigotry, and the failure of our schools

March 4, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy