Lifting the veil on how Israelis got the A-bomb

[Hakki Alacakaptan]

This is something I mentioned some weeks ago: Israel is coming out of the
closet because it intends to change its nuclear policy. Israel has developed
and produced low-yield tactical weapons - so-called "neutron bombs - which
are war-fighting weapons, whereas the open-secret current policy is that of
last resort use, the so-called "Samson option". Obviously, sooner or later
this policy is going to be aligned with Israel's arsenal and ambitions.

Hakki Alacakaptan

 || -----Original Message-----

 || From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com

 || [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Kelley

 || Sent: 11 Kasým 2001 Pazar 23:06

 || To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com; Politics

 || Subject: Lifting the veil on how Israelis got the A-bomb

 ||

 ||

 ||

 || Lifting the veil on how Israelis got the A-bomb

 ||

 || Press opens up on ill-kept secret

 ||

 || By Dan Ephron, Globe Correspondent, 11/11/2001

 ||

 || JERUSALEM - In the twilight of their lives, a few people who took

 || part in one of the most ambitious and secretive ventures in Israel's

 || history are suddenly feeling the urge to talk about it.

 ||

 || Some, like Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, seek credit for the role

 || they played in the project, and hope it will secure their place in

 || history.

 ||

 || For others it's a more modest yearning, an almost obsessive need to

 || unload secrets they have carried around for nearly 50 years.

 ||

 || The result has been a steady erosion of the taboo surrounding

 || discussion of Israel's nuclear weapons program, a project so furtive

 || and so sensitive that it has never figured in the discourse of this

 || country, an otherwise feisty democracy.

 ||

 || <...>

 ||

 || http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/315/nation/Lifting_the_veil_on
_how_Israelis_got_the_A_bomb+.shtml