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Egypt slams West for blocking resolution on Israeli nuclear arms

By Reuters

Egypt criticised Western powers on Saturday for blocking efforts to declare Israel's reputed nuclear arsenal a threat.

The United States and other Western states combined on Friday to stifle a resolution at the U.N.'s nuclear agency, the IAEA, demanding Israel use atomic energy only for peaceful purposes and help set up a Middle East nuclear arms-free zone.

The gathering voted in favour of a milder resolution, also initiated by Arab states, "affirming the urgent need for all states in the Middle East to accept full-scope IAEA safeguards on all their nuclear activities".

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In a news release on Saturday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit slammed what he described as double standards and discriminatory policies on the part of Western countries.

"It is unacceptable that these countries continue to ignore the danger posed by the Israeli nuclear threat to stability and security in the Middle East," he said.

Aboul Gheit called on Israel to accede to the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to subject Israel's nuclear energy programme to safeguards and checks.

Aboul Gheit said these countries should express the same level of interest in the Israeli nuclear threat as they do in other non-proliferation cases, and described Israel's nuclear programme as a "direct challenge" to the NPT regime.

"For developing and Arab countries to comprehend the concern Western powers are expressing over the Iranian nuclear issue, these Western powers have to convince everyone that they adhere to all that is lawful, and not pick sides," Aboul Gheit said.

Israel neither admits nor denies having atomic weapons under a policy of "strategic ambiguity", but most experts believe it has about 200 nuclear warheads.

Last year, Israeli police filed charges against nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu for telling Western media that Israel assembled hydrogen and and neutron bombs at its Dimona nuclear reactor. Vanunu is currently banned from traveling

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1.	has isreal ever threatened to nuke another country??	22:49	\|	vik	23/09/06

2.	Egypt is Jealous...	23:30	\|	David ben Avraham	23/09/06

3.	Funny, funny, despots	23:40	\|	David Teich	23/09/06

4.	very logical demand indeead	00:07	\|	Wahbi	24/09/06

5.	Egyptian duplicity	00:17	\|	Akiva Patysh	24/09/06

6.	Israel`s Nukes	00:37	\|	Naim S. Mahlab	24/09/06

7.	Egypt	00:44	\|	Rodney Stack	24/09/06

8.	Uh huh	01:17	\|	Gili	24/09/06

9.	why is egypt so concerned about israels wmd	01:42	\|	yahn goodey	24/09/06

10.	cluster bombs	02:24	\|	leander	24/09/06

11.	egypt deflecting internal issues	03:01	\|	shimmy	24/09/06

12.	nukes	03:39	\|	jj	24/09/06

13.	to number 5	03:43	\|	craig	24/09/06

14.	Israel cannot tolerate equality	04:00	\|	kyot	24/09/06

15.	DOUBLE STANDARD	04:04	\|	ron	24/09/06

16.	Never again. You first.	04:06	\|	Itamar	24/09/06

17.	Context is . . .	04:30	\|	Major	24/09/06

18.	No israeli threats??	04:36	\|	kyot	24/09/06

19.	Kyot	04:44	\|	David ben Avraham	24/09/06

20.	Neither Should have Nukes in the ME	05:12	\|	Sharif Hafez	24/09/06

21.	shields	05:19	\|	angiolillo	24/09/06

22.	nuclear wepons	05:24	\|	cesare	24/09/06

23.	# 5 Naim S. Mahlab, # 12 Craig , Noble idea	06:40	\|	Joseph E .	24/09/06

24.	#1 Yes Israel has threatened the use of Nukes	06:51	\|	Galalean	24/09/06

25.	Only in a defensive posture	07:08	\|	Luis	24/09/06

26.	Double Standards: Baloney	07:41	\|	Brad	24/09/06

27.	#6	07:50	\|	David ben Avraham	24/09/06

28.	#24	07:53	\|	David ben Avraham	24/09/06

29.	Secret nukes are made for use, not deterrence	07:59	\|	Natallie Durson	24/09/06

30.	Nuclear warheads, but no testing??	08:02	\|	Voice of Reason	24/09/06

31.	I agree with #20 Hafez	08:29	\|	An Arab Neighbor	24/09/06

32.	# 24: NO israel never threatened with nukes!!!	08:53	\|	Reality Bites	24/09/06

33.	If there was 5 Million Arabs and 300 million Jews...	09:29	\|	Soothsayer	24/09/06

34.	Vanunu	09:37	\|	Lebanese admirer	24/09/06

35.	How about Egyptian Nukes.	09:39	\|	John of Jordan	24/09/06

36.	#26 Brad	09:48	\|	John of Jordan	24/09/06

37.	# 27, Israel was thinking of use their nukes	09:55	\|	Franz	24/09/06

38.	Iranian nukes	10:19	\|	Chris	24/09/06

39.	Israel must disarm	10:54	\|	Adel	24/09/06

40.	Cut the BS!	11:02	\|	Cyrus the Great	24/09/06

41.	to #1: actions speak louder than words	11:17	\|	Roman	24/09/06

42.	Will Israel use the bomb?	11:28	\|	Altalena	24/09/06

43.	vik 1	11:30	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

44.	Soothsayer	11:34	\|	Lebanese admirer	24/09/06

45.	#2 David	11:45	\|	John of Jordan	24/09/06

46.	Samson option	11:51	\|	Akiva Patysh	24/09/06

47.	Samson Option	11:52	\|	Akiva Patysh	24/09/06

48.	#18 you`re dreaming	11:53	\|	Itamar	24/09/06

49.	Itamar	11:54	\|	John of Jordan	24/09/06

50.	How dare the Egyptian Foreign Minister be logical	12:06	\|	Clickfool	24/09/06

51.	Israel`s nukes	12:20	\|	Dewey Figtree	24/09/06

52.	RE Vic #1 and Reality Bites #32	12:23	\|	Hamid Sirhan	24/09/06

53.	If Israel is allowed nuclear weaponry...	12:28	\|	Hamid Sirhan	24/09/06

54.	...nuclear logic continued	12:30	\|	Hamid Sirhan	24/09/06

55.	Altalena reveals the doublethink that`s taking place	12:32	\|	Clickfool	24/09/06

56.	Israel is not a subject of the NPT regime	12:38	\|	Gary	24/09/06

57.	At Last	12:39	\|	Salam	24/09/06

58.	the elite in egypt are livid	12:46	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

59.	to 5	12:47	\|	jean marie	24/09/06

60.	when israel first started its nuclear programme	12:48	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

61.	to 8	12:50	\|	jean marie	24/09/06

62.	why is egypt bringing up israel`s nuclear power?	12:51	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

63.	to 29	12:53	\|	jean marie	24/09/06

64.	to 34	12:56	\|	jean marie	24/09/06

65.	to 39	13:00	\|	jean marie	24/09/06

66.	to 46	13:02	\|	jean marie	24/09/06

67.	THE world does nothing about Arab WMD`s.	13:04	\|	PETER SM	24/09/06

68.	clickfool and israel`s nuclear programme	13:06	\|	harzion	24/09/06

69.	clickfool and nukes	13:10	\|	harzion	24/09/06

70.	clickfool if your brain was bigger then a peanut	13:12	\|	harzion	24/09/06

71.	Lebanese Admirer	13:18	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	24/09/06

72.	Equivalency	13:22	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	24/09/06

73.	Whose Nuclear Weapons?	13:31	\|	Nanker Phelge	24/09/06

74.	re:clickfool and israel`s nuclear programme (Harizon)	13:32	\|	Wouter	24/09/06

75.	nuke for all	13:53	\|	wallly	24/09/06

76.	To Clickfool & his friends. Always empty words	13:58	\|	Altalena	24/09/06

77.	some one saw the last war?	14:02	\|	wally	24/09/06

78.	Ask who they would prefer have nuclear arms	14:08	\|	Ronnie Wolman	24/09/06

79.	Arabs have WMD	14:16	\|	Altalena	24/09/06

80.	dublin wouter	14:19	\|	harzion	24/09/06

81.	wouter and volatile people	14:21	\|	harzion	24/09/06

82.	dublin wouter`s "vote"	14:23	\|	harzion	24/09/06

83.	dublin wouter	14:25	\|	harzion	24/09/06

84.	potaboc is a persistent hater of israel and jews	14:34	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

85.	Tripple Standard even	14:35	\|	SingleStandard	24/09/06

86.	zadok 62	14:36	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

87.	peter sm 67	14:39	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

88.	# 74 Wouter	14:48	\|	Simon	24/09/06

89.	# 2 David	14:54	\|	Sadat	24/09/06

90.	Margie in Tel Aviv	15:00	\|	:Lebanese admirer	24/09/06

91.	re: 1	15:04	\|	igor shariv	24/09/06

92.	EGYPT THE FOOL	15:06	\|	ron	24/09/06

93.	potaboc and "callous disregard for people"	15:09	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

94.	"please list them" is a favourite for potaboc	15:13	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

95.	Irish terrorists - reply to Harizon	15:15	\|	Wouter	24/09/06

96.	#50 I AGREE CLICKY A COMPLAINT FROM A COUNTRY THAT HAS ATTACKED	15:16	\|	paul harris	24/09/06

97.	The only double standard ...	15:20	\|	Gee	24/09/06

98.	Irish terrorists - reply (continued)	15:26	\|	Wouter	24/09/06

99.	Potaboc	15:28	\|	Da Nang	24/09/06

100.	Potaboc	15:37	\|	Nitze	24/09/06

101.	to: Adel in Bahrain	15:44	\|	Akiva Patysh	24/09/06

102.	LOVE THE WEST	15:54	\|	Meir	24/09/06

103.	# 33	15:58	\|	Stephen Connor	24/09/06

104.	Lebanese Admirer	16:03	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	24/09/06

105.	ISRAEL IS A THREAT FOR WORLD SECURITY... EUROPEANS ADMIT IT	16:18	\|	Messaoud	24/09/06

106.	Brad Baloney	16:20	\|	Ben	24/09/06

107.	POTOBAC. Look it up in the Harvard Susex program	16:31	\|	PETER SM	24/09/06

108.	lsrael needs to come clean with nukes	17:11	\|	levi	24/09/06

109.	ISRAEL HAS THE BOMB - WOW !!!!!!	17:39	\|	PAT	24/09/06

110.	Israel has never threatened anyone with it`s nuclear Weapons	17:59	\|	Brendan	24/09/06

111.	cant be selective	18:09	\|	ravi	24/09/06

112.	Israel cannot survive	18:11	\|	Arab Jew	24/09/06

113.	#86, potaboc	18:15	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	24/09/06

114.	ron..no.92..talking about democracy...	18:16	\|	ravi	24/09/06

115.	EGYPT IS AFRAID	18:21	\|	TOBIA	24/09/06

116.	da nang 96	18:28	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

117.	nitze 97	18:37	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

118.	zadok 84	18:47	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

119.	Double Standards	18:55	\|	Jeff Northridge	24/09/06

120.	MESSAOUD #105	19:00	\|	TOBIA	24/09/06

121.	To Arab Jew #112: The Arab world will not survive	19:05	\|	Jonathan S	24/09/06

122.	France &, USA, Russia has WMD. Double-standard	19:08	\|	Altalena	24/09/06

123.	Boom	19:11	\|	Moshe	24/09/06

124.	peter sm 104	19:14	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

125.	cipora 113	19:16	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

126.	ravi welcome	19:17	\|	and if not	24/09/06

127.	zadok 93	19:18	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

128.	punjabi ravi	19:20	\|	and if not	24/09/06

129.	chandigarh ravi	19:22	\|	and if not	24/09/06

130.	ravi may i address what can only be called	19:26	\|	and if not	24/09/06

131.	zadok 94	19:27	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

132.	ravi and skin colour	19:29	\|	and if not	24/09/06

133.	ravi finally israel	19:33	\|	and if not	24/09/06

134.	bomb...astic	19:34	\|	ramo	24/09/06

135.	vik 119	19:38	\|	potaboc	24/09/06

136.	wouter	19:40	\|	harzion	24/09/06

137.	wouter	19:43	\|	harzion	24/09/06

138.	Wouter # 98 Nuclear Weapons For Everyone	19:56	\|	Jeff Northridge	24/09/06

139.	"Arab Jew" #112	19:56	\|	Moshe	24/09/06

140.	potaboc "i have better things to do with my time"	19:57	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

141.	potaboc why cant israel`s neighbours	19:59	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

142.	Hope Jamal will be president for 25 years	20:00	\|	David	24/09/06

143.	potaboc and why not iran?	20:02	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

144.	potaboc to nitze painting interesting colours	20:05	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

145.	potaboc " i have established in the past	20:07	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

146.	potaboc "even if i hate jews"	20:08	\|	zadok the priest	24/09/06

147.	Time for Israel to join the NPT	20:14	\|	Ben Gurion	24/09/06

148.	Egypt now claims a right to nuclear power stations	20:25	\|	Fred	24/09/06

149.	45: John, only partially riht	20:43	\|	David Teich	24/09/06

150.	#33	21:00	\|	Khan	24/09/06

151.	Ya Abu Gheit	21:02	\|	Danite	24/09/06

152.	Arab Jew # 112 I Don`t Believe You	21:04	\|	Jeff Northridge	24/09/06

153.	To the Arabs and their supporters	21:06	\|	Danite	24/09/06

154.	Zadok re Potobec	21:08	\|	Danite	24/09/06

155.	Ben Gurion	21:14	\|	Danite	24/09/06

156.	Ron #15	21:31	\|	Wiktor	24/09/06

157.	Altalena #79	21:41	\|	Wiktor	24/09/06

158.	Zadok # 94	21:46	\|	Wiktor	24/09/06

159.	Now Egypt is throwing its toys out of its pram!	22:06	\|	Lebanese admirer	24/09/06

160.	#32 Reality Bites	22:16	\|	Boycott	24/09/06

161.	Potobac	23:32	\|	Nitze	24/09/06

162.	danite potaboc`s opinion about blacks	00:29	\|	zadok the priest	25/09/06

163.	Lebanese admirer # 159 The Nuclear Genie	00:46	\|	Jeff Northridge	25/09/06

164.	To jeff Northridge	02:30	\|	Areb Jew	25/09/06

165.	To #121	02:39	\|	Arab jew	25/09/06

166.	#30	03:01	\|	thierry1	25/09/06

167.	zadok 140	03:16	\|	potaboc	25/09/06

168.	zadok 141	03:20	\|	potaboc	25/09/06

169.	zadok 144	03:33	\|	potaboc	25/09/06

170.	zadok 145	03:37	\|	potaboc	25/09/06

171.	hypocracy	03:39	\|	nathan	25/09/06

172.	zadok 146	03:44	\|	potaboc	25/09/06

173.	danite 154	03:50	\|	potaboc	25/09/06

174.	wictor 158	03:52	\|	potaboc	25/09/06

175.	responsibility, not a right	04:47	\|	Don Barzini	25/09/06

176.	Nukes	05:24	\|	Brumle	25/09/06

177.	Potobac	05:26	\|	Da Nang	25/09/06

178.	Arab Jew # 163 Nice Try, But It Just Isn`t Plausible	05:30	\|	Jeff Northridge	25/09/06

179.	Zadok re Potaboc	05:32	\|	Tom C	25/09/06

180.	to and if not on Ravi	06:03	\|	Anubhav	25/09/06

181.	Expect More of this Crap from Egypt - Thanks to Israeli Stupidity	07:29	\|	Tod Zuckerman	25/09/06

182.	#149 David Thats not the point	08:21	\|	john of Jordan	25/09/06

183.	da nang 177	09:35	\|	potaboc	25/09/06

184.	tom c 179	09:36	\|	potaboc	25/09/06

185.	Arab Jew	09:37	\|	Another Arab Jew	25/09/06

186.	Further to equivelancy	10:05	\|	Maureen Ann	25/09/06

187.	182: No, John, it is the point and you`re lying	20:53	\|	David Teich	25/09/06

188.	Israel doesn`t threaten genocide????!!	21:08	\|	ballistic	25/09/06

189.	Kid gloves you say???	21:14	\|	Ballistic	25/09/06

190.	To #187 David Teich	10:52	\|	Fletch	26/09/06

191.	To Ballistic	10:56	\|	Fletch	26/09/06

192.	190: Fletch, it tells me more about you	18:04	\|	David Teich	27/09/06

193.	Threats can come in different forms......	20:58	\|	Disenfranchised : (	28/09/06

194.	continued	21:23	\|	Disenfranchised : (	28/09/06

195.	When will the fear end and lasting friendships endure	22:05	\|	Disenfranchised : (	28/09/06

196.	egypt afraids you	17:49	\|	leader	26/01/07

197.	ISRAEL	08:10	\|	KIMMOLE	20/01/08

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