Four years ago, U.N. inspectors concluded that Iraq had failed to .. account for large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, weapons capable of killing millions. In last month’s declaration, Iraq again failed to account for those weapons. The Iraqi dictator did not even attempt to submit a credible declaration. We can now be certain …
Linzer on the Iranian Laptop
by | 2006-02-08 | 2 Comments
Dafna Linzer has a detailed account in the Post on the contents of that laptop. I’ll try to write more this afternoon.
Safeguarding Breeder Reactors Redux
by | 2006-02-07 | 3 Comments
Whether India should place its developmental Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam under IAEA safeguards is shaping up as the most contentious issue regarding the creation of a “separation plan” Inda nuclear facilities. (See: Safeguarding Breeder Reactors, January 24, 2006.) If you are interested in the debate within India, I recommend Siddharth Varadarajan’s somewhat passionate discussion …
Green Salt
by | 2006-02-06 | 2 Comments
Elaine Shannon in Time has more detail on Iran’s covert military effort to produce uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) or “Green Salt. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice helped firm up support for the IAEA vote by having aides brief foreign officials on a trove of documents that, according to U.S. diplomatic sources, expose a clandestine Iranian military …
