Israeli nuclear 'power' exposed By Olenka Frankiel http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/2841377.stm
Vaanunu was kidnapped in Rome, not in London. Now if this reporter could not give *one* fact right, why should I think that other facts are right?
The comment that Vanunu was kidnapped in London was apparently a slip of the pen (or more precisely, a slip of the keyboard). The documentary itself mentioned he was kidnapped in Rome, and the article on the website now mentions this as well.
I found the documentary very disturbing. Just to mentions a few things:
* For years Israel lied about having a nuclear program (the plant in Dimona where Israel was making plutonium for bombs was said to be a textiles factory).
* People who worked there were told by Israeli Intelligence that they were not to talk to reporters about it, and were told that they would "end up like Vanunu" if they did.
* The treatment Vanunu was given was nothing less than a blatant violation of human rights. As Mary Eoloff (the female half of the American couple who adopted him) said: "He was buried alive. He was shut up in a six by nine-foot cell with no windows so he couldn't see outside. Even when he exercised there was a canvas around him when he was out walking."
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A six by nine foot cell. My *bedroom* is bigger than that. My mother-in-law's *bathroom* is bigger than that. And both have a window.
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And while the US is screaming bloody murder over Iraq's alleged possession of NBC weapons, Israel has undeclared NBC weapons and no outside inspections -- and the US is happily supporting it.
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"Vanunu told the world that Israel had developed between one hundred and two hundred atomic bombs and had gone on to develop neutron bombs and thermonuclear weapons. Enough to destroy the entire Middle East and nobody has done anything about it since."
"Today, proliferation experts report Israel has the world's sixth largest nuclear arsenal with small tactical nuclear weapons, nuclear landmines as well as medium range nuclear missiles launchable from air, land or sea."
Full transcript of the program at http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/correspondent/transcripts/17_03_2003.txt.
Time to send mr. Blix and his inspection team to Israel -- with UN armed forces following close behind them to remove those WMD's by force if Israel doesn't give them up voluntarily.
Jeroen "No Nukes" van Baardwijk
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