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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 08:58 PM
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Secret U.S.-Israel nuclear accord in jeopardy
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/06/us-weighs-forcing-israel-to-disclose-nukes/

President Obama's efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons threaten to expose and derail a 40-year-old secret U.S. agreement to shield Israel's nuclear weapons from international scrutiny, former and current U.S. and Israeli officials and nuclear specialists say.

The issue will likely come to a head when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Mr. Obama on May 18 in Washington. Mr. Netanyahu is expected to seek assurances from Mr. Obama that he will uphold the U.S. commitment and will not trade Israeli nuclear concessions for Iranian ones.

Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller, speaking Tuesday at a U.N. meeting on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), said Israel should join the treaty, which would require Israel to declare and relinquish its nuclear arsenal.

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This will be interesting
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 09:06 PM
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1. Secret my ass. nt
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Alamuti Lotus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 09:15 PM
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3. Now you're just being silly
ALL super top-secret agreements are blabbed about in every two-bit tabloid. Duh.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-09-09 09:09 PM
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2. The existence of this article is inconsistent with the accord's supposed secrecy.
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