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Africa: North
Egypt denies secret nuclear program
2004-11-08
Egypt on Sunday again rejected accusations that it was harbouring a secret nuclear programme, saying that its transparency could not be faulted. "The Egyptian nuclear programme is clear, known and announced," presidential spokesman Magued Abdel Fattah told reporters. "Nuclear sites in Egypt have been subjected to inspections (by the International Atomic Energy Agency)," he added, saying that Egypt's latest inspection was just a month ago and it underwent another three months ago. "Egypt applies the principal of total transparency ... What has been written in certain media is just an attempt to pressurise international employees into not saying on," he added.

The accusations stemmed from a report in the French newspaper Liberation, citing unnamed Western diplomats, that the now dismantled Libyan nuclear programme "had Egyptian links." Liberation said the charges were reaching IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei who it said stood accused by some diplomatic missions of using his influence to put the brakes on the agency examining the issue. Egypt's ambassador to the UN atomic agency had last week blasted the report as "totally baseless". Egypt is believed to possess two small nuclear reactors used purely for research purposes.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#6  ElBaradei was in charge of the Egyptian nuke program in the early 70s.
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2004-11-08 12:39:06 PM  

#5  El Baradei's an Egyptian physicist; the odds that he would be unaware of an Egyptian nuclear program are slim to none.

I have no doubt he's been using his time in office to boost the jihadi bomb projects. Should one go off, and he survives the aftermath, he should be executed for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-11-08 10:27:39 AM  

#4  Kalle - Consequences, ha! How about promotion?
Posted by: Spot   2004-11-08 7:23:32 AM  

#3  Bush is already quietly pushing to oust ElBaradei, hence his protestation Friday that his comments had been misinterpreted -- he and the Bush admin get along just fine. I think if it could be shown that yet another nuclear program slipped under El Baradei's radar (whether by commission or omission), his chance for a third term would be as solid as Hans Blix's to be rehired as chief weapons inspector. That this showed up in Liberation, one of the many mouthpieces of the French government, to my mind decreases El Baradei's chances significantly.
Posted by: trailing wife   2004-11-08 7:03:32 AM  

#2  If it turns out that El Baradei has been covering for Islamofascist nuke programs, what consequences will he suffer?
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2004-11-08 2:25:52 AM  

#1  Liberation said the charges were reaching IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei who it said stood accused by some diplomatic missions of using his influence to put the brakes on the agency examining the issue.

After Libya let the cat out of Egypt's bag, ElBaradei's protestations vis assisting the nuclear arming of Islamic nations amounts to nothing more than just another turd floating in d'Nile. Like Kofi Annan, whether ElBaradei's agenda is intentional or not, his acts amount to nothing less than treachery on a criminal level.

Egypt is believed to possess two small nuclear reactors used purely for research purposes.

Which are only driven to church on Sundays whilst wearing tennis shoes.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-11-08 1:05:42 AM  

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