July 15, 2004

The UN, Al-Tuwaitha, and nukes

By Douglas Hanson
The UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was very upset last week that the US had shipped about 1.8 tons of low—enriched uranium and other radioactive material out of Iraq for disposition in the US.  One would think that the IAEA would have appreciated our work in assisting them in the implementation of the provisions of the Non—Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in this particularly volatile region of the world.  But one would be wrong. The actions, or more appropriately, the inactions of the IAEA regarding Iraq since the end of Gulf War I, betray the agency's true agenda.  Rather than inspect, report, and implement restrictions in accordance with the provisions in the treaty, the agency has in effect become an enabler of rogue nations who are attempting, or who have already succeeded in developing or acquiring special nuclear material and equipment.  In other words, the IAEA is simply a reflection of its parent organization,...(Read Full Article)