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Iraq singled out?
Inspectors say other nations also pose a threat
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VIENNA, Austria (AP) — China has them. The
United States, Britain and France have them. So do
India and Pakistan. Israel likely does, and North
Korea may be trying to get them.
Nuclear weapons abound, in friendly and
unfriendly hands. So why is Washington singling
out Iraq in its post-Sept. 11 crusade to purge the
world of the threat?
The obvious explanation: Saddam Hussein
who has used chemical weapons against neighbor
ing Iran and his own people — refuses to let U.N.
weapons inspectors return to check intelligence
reports that he may be trying to build a nuclear
bomb.
But as President Bush ratchets up his quest tor
support for an invasion of Iraq, agencies monitoring
the global proliferation of weapons ot mass destruc
tion say a regime change in Baghdad won t elimi
nate the menace posed by other unpredictable gov
ernments.
“There’s always a worry when one country is
focused on that others will be ignored, and that s a
mistake,” said David Albright, a former Iraq
weapons inspector who runs the Washington-based
Institute for Science and International Security.
“There are serious problems in South Asia that
aren’t getting addressed, and the Bush administration
isn’t reaching out at all to Iran." he said. “These sit
uations are very dangerous and require a lot of atten
tion. If everybody’s looking at Iraq, it’s mote difficult
to come up with an overall engagement strategy."
The Federation of American Scientists, which
keeps tabs on nuclear arms worldwide, offers a
bleak assessment of the global threat:
— At least 17 countries either have nuclear
weapons or are believed, based on Western intelli
gence. to have the means to produce them. Seven
nations have confirmed nuclear arsenals: Britain.
China, France, India, Pakistan. Russia and the
United States. Israel, which is reported to have up to
100 warheads, has never confirmed its arsenal.
Countries suspected of pursuing nuclear weapons
include Iran, Iraq, Libya and North Korea.
— Nineteen countries are suspected of having or
pursuing biological weapons. They include Egypt.
India, Iran, Iraq, Israel. Laos. Libya, North Korea.
Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Syria and Taiwan.
— Sixteen nations have the missile technology
capable of carrying nuclear or biological weapons to
distant targets. Aside from major nuclear powers,
they include Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq. Libya. North
Korea, Pakistan and Syria.
fereni kinds of unmanned drone aircrutt capable of
Hying undetected below missile-defense systems to
deliver a nuclear or biological payload the C amegie
Endowment for International Peace says in a new
book. "Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of
Mass Destruction."
Ominous threats abound elsewhere, the founda
tion contends: China has 20 nuclear-armed missiles
capable of hitting the United States, and Libya has
produced more than 100 tons ot blister and nerve
agents.
“After Sept. 11, the terronst use ot weapons of
mass destruction seems the more urgent duigcr. but
... the acquisition of those weapons, even by estab
lished nations, dares catastrophe, author Joseph
Cirincione says.
The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy'
Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog,
monitors the status ot nuclear materials in dozens of
countries.
“But we’re limited in being able to pros uk* total
assurance in countries that have ihh signed agree
ments enabling us to much more intrusively go in
ami determine whether a nation is pursuing a secret
nuclear program.” said IAEA spokeswoman
Melissa Reining.
Iraq, whose military was «
War, likely doesn’t have nucl
the Bush administration’s insi
working to acquire the technology.
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of its reach. It hastened to add, however, that I
could build a bomb “in a matter of months i
obtained high-grade radioactive material.
Is the fuss over Iraq obscuring the broader fi
to contain the nuclear, chemical anti biolog
threat? Dennis M. Gormley, a senior fellow at
London-based institute, doesn't think so.
“There’s a decided difference between Iraq
the other members of the so-called 'axis of evi
Gormley said. "There ’s a track record of trrespoi
bility on Iraq's part. For 11 years. Iraq has floutec
U.N. Security Council resolutions. Iraq has u
chemical weapons against its own population
against one of its neighbors, Iran.”
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