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米軍がイスラエルの核兵器保有を公式に認めた（英文記事）
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http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/03/17/us-army-confirms-israeli-nukes/
US Army Confirms Israeli Nukes; Israeli Aid At Stake
By Bryant Jordan Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 9:46 pm
Posted in Intelligence, International, Policy
The Army has let slip one of the worst-kept secrets in the world — that Israel has the bomb.
Officially, the United States has a policy of “ambiguity” regarding Israel’s nuclear capability. Essentially, it has played a game by which it neither acknowledges nor denies that Israel is a nuclear power.
But a Defense Department study [http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2008/JOE2008.pdf] completed last year offers what may be the first time in a unclassified report that Israel is a nuclear power. On page 37 of the U.S. Joint Forces Command report, the Army includes Israel within “a growing arc of nuclear powers running from Israel in the west through an emerging Iran to Pakistan, India, and on to China, North Korea, and Russia in the east.”
The single reference is far more than the U.S. usually would state publicly about Israel, even though the world knew Israel to be a nuclear power years before former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu went public with facts on its weapons program in 1986.
Several years later investigative reporter Seymour Hersh published “The Samson Option,” detailing Israel’s strategy of massive nuclear retaliation against Arab states in the event it felt its very existence was threatened. Israel’s nuclear arsenal has been estimated to range from 200 to 400 warheads.
Yet Israel has refused to confirm or deny it’s nuclear capabilities, and the U.S. has gone along with the charade.
As recently as Feb. 9 President Barack Obama ducked the question when asked pointedly by White House correspondent Helen Thomas whether he knew of any country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons. Keeping the blinders on is necessary politically in order to avoid a policy confrontation with Israel.
By law, the U.S. would have to cease providing billions of dollars in foreign aid to Israel if it determined the country had a nuclear weapons program. That’s because the so-called Symington Amendment, passed in 1976, bars assistance to countries developing technology for nuclear weapons proliferation.
Given the U.S.’s long history of selective blindness when it comes to Israeli nukes, it’s unlikely that the Joint Operating Environment 2008 report compiled by the Army amount to much more than a minor faux pas.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, in a March 8 article on the report, observed: “It is virtually unheard of for a senior military commander, while in office, to refer to Israel’s nuclear status. In December 2006, during his confirmation hearings as Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates referred to Israel as one of the powers seen by Iran as surrounding it with nuclear weapons. But once in office, Gates refused to repeat this allusion to Israel, noting that when he used it he was ‘a private citizen.’ ”
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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/03/israel_has_nukes_us_army_confirms-2.html
Weapons
Israel Has Nukes, US Army Confirms
Posted by Jesus Diaz at 4:38 PM on March 19, 2009
Good news people! The US army has confirmed that Israel has their very own circumcised version of Dr Manhattan's schlong. Sources estimate a collection of 200 to 400 nuclear warheads.
After years of ignoring the Israeli nuclear program—which was denounced in 1986 by former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu—the United States' Department of Defence has acknowledged Israel nuclear power status for the first time.
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of its own nuclear arsenal, but page 37 of the US Joint Forces Command report recognises the fact, putting it in the same group as Pakistan, India, China, North Korea, Russia, along with an "emerging Iran," Taiwan, and Japan having "the capability to develop nuclear weapons quickly."
According to "The Samson Option" report—an investigative article written by reporter Seymour Hersh—Israel may have 200 to 400 atomic warheads, ready to use as the last resort in case of a massive attack that may put in danger the existence of the country.
This is a big deal for two reasons: First, because the subject has been dodged forever by the US government, including President Barack Obama, who recently ignored the question when asked by White House correspondent Helen Thomas. And second, because to the Symington Amendment—which bans support to countries developing nuclear weapons—this may mean the end of US help to Israel.
Or maybe this just means that someone at the DOD will get fired and the report corrected with a big black marker.
It can go either way, and it will still be very bad news. [US Army PDF (http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2008/JOE2008.pdf)
via DOD Buzz (http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/03/17/us-army-confirms-israeli-nukes/)]
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http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/israel_has_nukes_177.html
U.S. ADMITS ISRAEL HAS NUKES
While the Spotlight and AMERICAN FREE PRESS have warned people for years, the U.S. was forced to officially acknowledge May 5 that Israel has had nuclear bombs for some time. The information was forced out by The Washington Times under the Freedom of Information Act.
Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller, speaking at the UN, said Israel should join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which would require Israel to give up its nuclear arms. Asked by The Times if the administration would press Israel to join the treaty, an official said, “We support universal adherence to the NPT. [It] remains a long-term goal.” Look for more in future editions of AFP.
(Issue # 20, May 18, 2009)
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