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Arash
October 25, 2003
A nuke-free Middle East?
By Dr. James Gordon Prather (nuclear weapons physicist)
Here we go again. The neo-crazies are demanding the Iranians prove they
don't have a nuke development program - or else.
A year ago, the neo-crazies were demanding the Iraqis prove they didn't have
a nuke development program - or else.
Of course, neither Iraq nor Iran are required to prove anything to the
neo-crazies.
But Iraq and Iran are signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Hence, they are required to satisfy the International Atomic Energy Agency
that they aren't engaging in NPT-prohibited activities. And if they can't,
the U.N. Security Council could invoke sanctions - or worse.
In particular, they are required to "declare" uranium-enrichment facilities
once constructed and subject them to the IAEA Safeguards regime once
operational. It is a violation of the NPT to not "declare" such facilities
and - even if "declared" - to produce weapons-grade enriched uranium in
them.
In the aftermath of the Gulf War, the IAEA discovered that Iraq had
constructed uranium enrichment facilities and operated them in violation of
the NPT. When these NPT violations were reported in 1991 to the U.N.
Security Council, economic sanctions were imposed on Iraq, which were never
lifted even though the IAEA reported in 1997 that Iraq was no longer in
violation.
Within the last year, Iran has revealed that it, too, has uranium-enrichment
facilities under construction - but not yet ready to "declare" - and invited
IAEA inspectors to come take a look around, take environmental samples, etc.
Director General ElBaradei was reportedly "stunned" at the scale of the
Iranian construction and the sophistication of the enrichment technology.
Worse still, two of the environmental samples taken at not yet "operational"
facilities showed trace amounts of "highly enriched" uranium.
The IAEA Board of Governors promptly expressed "grave concern" that
ElBaradei had been unable to provide "assurances" that there were no
materials or activities in Iran that ought to have been "declared," but had
not been.
The board resisted U.S. pressure to take the Iranian NPT "violations" to the
Security Council so sanctions could be imposed on Iran, similar to those
imposed on Iraq in 1991.
Instead, the board adopted - on Sept. 12, 2003 - a resolution that "calls"
on Iran to provide "full transparency" to IAEA inspections and to ensure
there are "no further failures to report material, facilities and activities
that Iran is obliged to report pursuant to its safeguards agreement."
In the meantime, the board called on Iran to "suspend all further uranium
enrichment-related activities" and "any reprocessing activities, pending
provision by the director general of the assurances required by member
states."
For their part, the Iranians are confident they will be able to provide such
assurances. In particular, they claim the radioactive contamination the IAEA
found was already on the enrichment equipment when they bought it.
You see, the United States has applied sanctions on Iran for more than 20
years, pressuring European suppliers not to supply Iran with technology,
materials and equipment Iran has every right to acquire under the NPT.
In particular, President Clinton forced Russia to cancel the sale of a
gas-centrifuge uranium-enrichment plant to Iran in 1995.
So, Iran has had to be "discreet" in its acquisitions.
The Iranians have now turned over to ElBaradei - nine days before the
"deadline" in the IAEA resolution - what they claim is a complete "audit" of
all their acquisitions.
Perhaps anticipating some embarrassing revelations about certain "discreet"
acquisitions, Brit, German and French foreign ministers hastily converged on
Tehran this week and - on behalf of Russia and the European Union - promised
that if Iran does satisfy ElBaradei, their countries would provide "easier
access to modern technology and supplies in a range of areas"
Furthermore, they have promised to "cooperate with Iran to promote security
and stability in the region, including the establishment of a zone free from
weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, in accordance with the
objectives of the United Nations."
What does that mean?
It means Russia and the EU - including the Brits - will respond to any
attempt by the Israelis to "'take out" Iranian reactors and enrichment
facilities.
Furthermore, Russia and the EU - including the Brits - will join with the
Organization of the Islamic Conference in demanding that Israel
transparently dismantle and dispose of its nuke stockpile, fissile materials
and fissile material production capability.
Needless to say, this declaration by Russia and the European Union is not
what the neo-crazies had in mind when they set out to do unto Iran what they
had done to Iraq.
* Physicist James Gordon Prather has served as a policy implementing
official for national security-related technical matters in the Federal
Energy Agency, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the
Department of Energy, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the
Department of the Army. Dr. Prather also served as legislative assistant for
national security affairs to U.S. Sen. Henry Bellmon, R-Okla. -- ranking
member of the Senate Budget Committee and member of the Senate Energy
Committee and Appropriations Committee. Dr. Prather had earlier worked as a
nuclear weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in
California and Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico.
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