N.Korea has helped arm 6 Mideast nations: Israel

[Steven]

Israel accused North Korea on Saturday of providing weapons of mass destruction to six countries in the Middle East that ignored arms-control commitments.

The Jewish state spoke as the 145-nation assembly of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, adopted a resolution unanimously urging North Korea to reverse steps it has taken to revive its shutdown atom bomb program.

Israel itself is the target of two hotly disputed Arab-sponsored draft resolutions in the assembly urging it to give up its nuclear arms monopoly in the Middle East, join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and accept full IAEA inspections.

Israel said there were six Middle Eastern countries which had obtained the means to produce doomsday weapons and ballistic missiles covertly from North Korea while ignoring commitments as members of the NPT and other arms-control regimes.

"At a time when the international community concentrates on North Korea's nuclear activities and its non-compliance with safeguards agreements, the Middle East is at the receiving end of North Korea's reckless practices," Israeli envoy David Danieli told the global meeting in Vienna.

"North Korea has long become a source of proliferation of dangerous weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles in the Middle East," he said.

"At least half a dozen countries in the region who do not even pay lip service to control regimes and are acting in bad faith regarding their stated policy and their undertakings regarding non-proliferation conventions have become eager recipients of North Korea mostly through black market and covert network channels." Danieli did not name the six nations.

More.

[December]

This is why they were a part of the axis of evil. They are spreading their nuclear technology to unfriendly states in the middle east. If a bomb goes off and just the figure print of NK technology they should also be held responsible under 'mutual assured destruction'.

[Ptolemy]

Originally Posted by Steven

Israel accused North Korea on Saturday of providing weapons of mass destruction to six countries in the Middle East that ignored arms-control commitments.

The Jewish state spoke as the 145-nation assembly of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, adopted a resolution unanimously urging North Korea to reverse steps it has taken to revive its shutdown atom bomb program.

Israel itself is the target of two hotly disputed Arab-sponsored draft resolutions in the assembly urging it to give up its nuclear arms monopoly in the Middle East, join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and accept full IAEA inspections.

Israel said there were six Middle Eastern countries which had obtained the means to produce doomsday weapons and ballistic missiles covertly from North Korea while ignoring commitments as members of the NPT and other arms-control regimes.

"At a time when the international community concentrates on North Korea's nuclear activities and its non-compliance with safeguards agreements, the Middle East is at the receiving end of North Korea's reckless practices," Israeli envoy David Danieli told the global meeting in Vienna.

"North Korea has long become a source of proliferation of dangerous weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles in the Middle East," he said.

"At least half a dozen countries in the region who do not even pay lip service to control regimes and are acting in bad faith regarding their stated policy and their undertakings regarding non-proliferation conventions have become eager recipients of North Korea mostly through black market and covert network channels." Danieli did not name the six nations.

More.

North Korea with nuclear weapons is bad enough, but when you have a handful of other countries with them too, you could be looking at a World War 3. North Korea shouldn't have be let to allowed to have nuclear weapons. The major problem is to figure out how to take it away from them without giving them the chance to use it themselves.

[Infinite911911]

Originally Posted by Ptolemy

North Korea with nuclear weapons is bad enough, but when you have a handful of other countries with them too, you could be looking at a World War 3. North Korea shouldn't have be let to allowed to have nuclear weapons. The major problem is to figure out how to take it away from them without giving them the chance to use it themselves.

Well actually those countries having nuclear weapons is a pretty easy way of not having World War 3. Not that I'm in favor of those countries having those weapons because im not but having nukes is a good way of preventing a war.

[Odin]

Originally Posted by Infinite911911

Well actually those countries having nuclear weapons is a pretty easy way of not having World War 3. Not that I'm in favor of those countries having those weapons because im not but having nukes is a good way of preventing a war.

Nukes is what stop a war between the US & USSR during the cold war ( even though they did have dog fights over the skies of Korea during the Korean war). The difference is the USSR didn't want to use Nukes because they knew that would spell the end of their country / the world. These guys today believe it is their duty by god to destroy Israel and dont care if they too get nuke and the world ends.