I was initially unimpressed a few days ago when Cheney said: Well, one of the concerns people have is that Israel might do it without being asked, that if, in fact, the Israelis became convinced the Iranians had significant nuclear capability. Given the fact that Iran has a stated policy that their objective is the …
Beauty Queen's Guide to World Peace
by | 2005-01-25 | No Comments
Dan Plesch has an iconic logo (left) for his new book, The Beauty Queen’s Guide to World Peace, that makes Arms Control Wonk feel strangely inadequate. I’ve only read Chapter 8, not surprisingly on disarmament. But I like what I read. Plesch “explains how the [arms control] treaties agreed up to 1996 provide the basis …
Paris Negotiations Update 19: Iran's Nuclear Programme
by | 2005-01-25 | No Comments
The Sunday Times (London) reports that UK Foreign Secretary “Jack Straw has drawn up a dossier [right] putting the case against a military attack on Iran amid fears that President George W Bush’s administration may seek Britain’s backing for a new conflict.” The dossier, entitled Iran’s Nuclear Programme, is a compendium of 22 documents, including …
The Cambone Operation: Covert Ops Redux
by | 2005-01-24 | No Comments
Wow, tonight’s Nelson Report is chilling stuff. Chris warns that further investigative reporting will reveal… … covert operations sounding very much like the Phoenix Program of kidnappings (and perhaps also murder) of terrorist suspects in one country, and the transport of them to a third country where the actual torture interrogation is carried out presumably …
