Não sei se já falaram disso por aqui, mas: "ISRAEL TEM 150 ARMAS NUCLEARES NO MÍNIMO", diz Jimmy Carter!!

Declarações de ex-presidente norte-americano falam pela primeira vez de arsenal nuclear israelita
PÚBLICO.PT, 26.05.2008

O antigo Presidente norte-americano Jimmy Carter disse hoje, durante uma conferência no festival literário de Hay, no País de Gales, que Israel tem, pelo menos, 150 armas nucleares. É a primeira vez que um ex-Presidente norte-americano fala concretamente sobre o arsenal nuclear israelita.

A declaração surgiu após Carter ter sido questionado, por um jornalista, em relação à sua opinião sobre o arsenal nuclear iraniano e como o futuro presidente norte-americano deverá lidar com isso. Segundo Carter esse é um assunto que tem de ser analisado globalmente.

“Os Estados Unidos têm mais de 12 mil armas nucleares, a Rússia, mais ou menos o mesmo, França e Grã-Bretanha têm largas centenas e Israel tem 150 ou mais. Temos uma enorme diversidade de armamento”, disse.

Apesar da existência de armas nucleares em Israel ser mundialmente admitida, as entidades israelitas nunca admitiram a sua existência e os EUA nunca comentaram esta questão publicamente.

Jimmy Carter, Nobel da Paz, admitiu que Washington devia falar directamente com Teerão para pressionar o governo iraniano a abandonar a sua ambição nuclear. Uma vez que a política seguida há décadas, incluindo as sanções aplicadas, nunca dissuadiu o Irão de produzir urânio enriquecido.Carter, presidente entre 1977 e 1981, ajudou a negociar o tratado de paz entre Israel e o Egipto e a concluir o acordo estratégico de armamento com a União Soviética.

Cientista israelense, preso por mostrar que Israel e Coréia de Norte não são tão diferentes, nuclearmente falando, reitera pedido de asilo à Noruega!

Eu não lembro de ter lido ou ouvido nada a respeito ultimamente sobre o assunto, nem sei se o imprensalão publicou isso. Então, só para que o assunto não caia em esquecimento, aí está. Em inglês, seus apedeutas pró-terroristas palestinos fundamentalistas-xiitas-esquerdopatas…

Israeli nuclear whistleblower still wants asylum in Norway
4 days ago
OSLO (AFP) — Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, who spent 18 years in jail for divulging Israeli nuclear secrets, still hopes for asylum in Norway despite the rejection of his initial application, the NTB news agency reported Wednesday.
“I hope that my request is still valid and under review. If Norway wants me to re-apply, I will,” said Vanunu, who was jailed after revealing information about the workings of Israel’s top-secret Dimona nuclear facility, where he worked as a technician in the 1980s.
According to media reports Wednesday, Vanunu fulfilled all the conditions for obtaining asylum in Norway, but his application was turned down in 2004 at the request of the Norwegian government.
Norway’s minister for local and regional affairs at the time, Erna Solberg, justified the decision with the fact that Vanunu was not physically present in Norway when he made his request.
“Nobody can obtain asylum in Norway without making their request in Norway itself,” she said back then.
When contacted by AFP, the national immigration agency refused to comment on the case, saying it was confidential.
“I was very disappointed because I had great expectations in regards to Norway,” said Vanunu, who was sentenced to six more months behind bars last year for violating bans on travel and contact with foreign media imposed after his initial release in early 2004.
The whistleblower has repeatedly been “nominated” to the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in the Scandinavian country.
According to media reports Wednesday, Solberg had rejected Vanunu’s request to avoid offending Israel, which developed its nuclear programme with the help of Norwegian heavy water, and the United States.
A spokeswoman for the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion told AFP that Vanunu would need to re-apply for asylum if Norway was to re-examine his request.
It remained unclear however whether Vanunu would be permitted to leave Israel, which is widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East but has a policy of neither confirming nor denying its arsenal.

Site em inglês, mostra as ameaças terroristas que ameaçam o mundo. Além disso, dá a cronologia das pesquisas nucleares de vários países, como Israel

Nuclear Chronology

1947-1959

This annotated chronology is based on the data sources that follow each entry. Public sources often provide conflicting information on classified military programs. In some cases we are unable to resolve these discrepancies, in others we have deliberately refrained from doing so to highlight the potential influence of false or misleading information as it appeared over time. In many cases, we are unable to independently verify claims. Hence in reviewing this chronology, readers should take into account the credibility of the sources employed here.
Inclusion in this chronology does not necessarily indicate that a particular development is of direct or indirect proliferation significance. Some entries provide international or domestic context for technological development and national policymaking. Moreover, some entries may refer to developments with positive consequences for nonproliferation.
Mid 1947

Chairman of the Jewish Agency David Ben Gurion creates a scientific department at the headquarters of Haganah, the semi-official Jewish defense organization, and allocates it a mandatory annual budget of 10,000 pounds. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 11.
1948

Israeli scientist Ernst David Bergmann contends that “by developing atomic energy for peaceful uses, you reach the nuclear option. There are no two atomic energies.” —’Israel to Honor Atom Scientist,” New York Times, 14 May 1966 as cited in Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 16.
1948

Israeli scientist actively explore the Negev Desert for uranium deposits on orders of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. These efforts reveal low-grade deposits near Sidon and Beersheba. —Cordesman, Anthony, Perilous Prospects: The Peace Process and the Arab-Israeli Military Balance (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1996), 118.
March 1948

The General Staff of Haganah officially recognizes the scientific unit as a staff unit in the operations branch. This unit is responsible for coordinating and assigning tasks to the newly created Ha’il Mada, or Science Corps, commonly know by the Hebrew acronym HEMED. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 11.
April 1948

In a letter to an operative in Europe, Ben Gurion instructs him to recruit Eastern European scientists who can “either increase the capacity to kill masses or cure masses; both things are important.” —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 11.
14 May 1948

Israel declares itself a sovereign state after the British withdraw from Palestine.
Late 1948Ben Gurion meets with Jewish, Palestinian-born physicist Moshe Sordin, who is working on construction of the first French nuclear reactor. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 25.
1949

The newly created Weizmann Institute of Science actively supports nuclear research by funding the postgraduate education of promising young Israeli scientist abroad. These scientists are intended to become the foundation of a nuclear weapons program. — Interview with Gur, Shlomo by the author, Tel Aviv, 20 July 1992 as cited in Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 26, Jabber, Faud, Israel and Nuclear Weapons: Present Options and Future Strategies (London: Chatto & Windus, 1971), 17, Harkavy, Robert E., Spectre of a Middle East Holocaust: The Strategic and Diplomatic Implications of the Israeli Nuclear Weapons Program (Denver, CO: University of Denver for Monograph Series in World Affairs, 1977), 5 as cited in Pry, Peter, Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal (Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1984), 5-6.
1949

The Weizmann Institute establishes a Department of Isotope Research.—Green, Stephen, Taking Sides, America’s Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, (New York: William and Morrow Company, 1984), 148.
1949

Francis Perrin, a member of the French Atomic Energy Commission and nuclear physicist, visits the Weizerman Institute. He invites Israeli scientists to the new French research facility at Saclay and a joint research effort is subsequently set up between the two states. —”Former Official Says France Helped Build Israel’s Dimona Complex,” Nucleonics Week, 16 Octover 1986, 6.
Late 1940s and early 1950s

The U.S. Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health provide financial support to the Weizmann Institute on defense-related projects. — Green, Stephen, Taking Sides, America’s Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, (New York: William and Morrow Company, 1984), 177.
15 July 1951

David Ben Gurion appoints Ernst David Bergmann his scientific advisor.—Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 28.
June 1952Israel secretly founds its own Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) under the control of the Israeli Defense Ministry. —Pry, Peter, Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal (Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1984), 5-6, Green, Stephen, Taking Sides, America’s Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, (New York: William and Morrow Company, 1984), 149.
1953

Israeli scientists perfect the uranium extraction process and develop a new procedure for making heavy water, both essential components of a nuclear weapons program. —”Israel’s nuclear defense history,” Los Angeles Times, 12 October 2003.
1953Technical exchanges between the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and the French Commissariat of Atomic Energy (CEA) begin and a formal agreement on cooperation between France and Israel in nuclear research is drafted. — Green, Stephen, Taking Sides, America’s Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, (New York: William and Morrow Company, 1984), 149.
1953

In an effort to cultivate a scientific relationship with French officials, Ernst David Bergmann negotiates with CEA officials the sale of two patents (chemical uranium extraction and heavy water production) for possible commercial production. Israel receives 60 million (old) francs for the new technology. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 33.
December 1953

President Dwight Eisenhower launches the Atoms for Peace campaign in an address before the United Nations General Assembly, calling for the establishment of an international uranium stockpile to be controlled and dispensed by a new international atomic energy agency. This program will later lead to the construction of the research reactor at Nachal Soreq. — Green, Stephen, Taking Sides, America’s Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, (New York: William and Morrow Company, 1984), 154-6.
Late 1953

Two Israeli scientists, Zvi Lipkin and Israel Pelah, are sent to the French Nuclear Research Centers at Saclay and Chatillon to study reactor physics. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 33.
20 January 1954

Israeli Defense Minister Pinhas Lavon makes the decision to move the physics department of Machon 4 to the Weizmann Institute. On 1 May of the same year the Department of Nuclear Physics at the Weizmann Institute is founded, with Amos de Shalit as its head. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 38.
1955 to 1960

Under the auspices of the Atoms for Peace program, 56 Israelis receive training in the United States Atomic Energy Commission research centers at the Argonne National Laboratory and at Oak Ridge. — Pry, Peter, Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal (Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1984), 6.
1955 to 1967Israel spends over $600 million purchasing weapons from France, including $75 million for a nuclear reactor. — Green, Stephen, Taking Sides, America’s Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, (New York: William and Morrow Company, 1984), 150.
12 July 1955

Under the Atoms for Peace program, Israel and the United States sign a general agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation, including an agreement for the sale of a small research reactor. It is to be a light water or “swimming pool” type, 5-megawatt reactor. — Pry, Peter, Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal (Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1984), 5, Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 44.
1956

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion writes that “what Einstein, Oppenheimer, and Teller, the three of them are Jews, made for the United States could also be done by scientist in Israel for their own people.” —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 12.
11 April 1956

A large IAEC delegation visits the AEC headquarters to discuss Israel’s nuclear plans. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 51.
22 June 1956

Precipitated by a Czech-Egyptian arms deal of the previous year that more than doubles Egypt’s conventional forces, Israel formalizes a comprehensive security understanding with the French government of Guy Mollet in the city of Vermars. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 48-9.
Mid-1956

The IAEC submits the information needed for its request for a $350,000 American grant for a small, pool-type reactor. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 52.
21 September 1956

Israeli Director-General of the Defense Ministry Shimon Peres meets with French Foreign Minister Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, who agrees to provide Israel with a nuclear reactor. The agreement is reached at a secret meeting held outside Paris where they also finalize the specifics of Israel’s role in the Suez Canal operation. Israeli support in the Suez operation is accepted in exchange for French aid to Israel’s nuclear efforts. —Golan, Matti, Peres (Tel Aviv: Schocken Books, 1982), 54 as cited in Raviv, Dan and Melman, Yossi, Every Spy a Prince: the Complete History of Israel’s Intelligence Community, (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990), 63-69.
29 October 1956

The Suez operation begins. For the United Kingdom and France, the operation is a failure. Despite Israeli military success, Britton and France cede to a ceasefire in response to pressure from the U.S. and Soviet Union, which issues an implicit threat of nuclear attack if Israel does not withdraw from the Sinai.—Farr, Warner, The Third Temple’s Holy of Holies: Israel’s Nuclear Weapons, September 1999, .
November 1956

Under the direction of President Guy Mollet, the French government agrees to supply Israel with a twenty-four-thermal-megawatt natural uranium reactor. From this point on, French and Israeli scientists collaborate towards the development of their respective nuclear weapons programs. —Weissman, Steve and Krosney, Herbert, The Islamic Bomb: the Nuclear Threat to Israel and the Middle East, (New York, New York: Times Books, 1981), 111-112.
1957

Several West German newspapers report that Israelis and Germans are working together on atomic weapons technology. —Peter, Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal (Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1984), 35.
1957

The Eisenhower administration inquires about the establishment of a strict security zone and heavy construction occurring at Dimona, Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion responds with assurances that the project is a textile plant. Later, the project is called a pumping station. — Green, Stephen, Taking Sides, America’s Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, (New York: William and Morrow Company, 1984), 151.
Early 1957

The EL-102 reactor that France had agreed to supply to Israel before the Suez operation is upgraded to a large plutonium-processing reactor along the same lines as the French G-1 reactor at Marcoule (40-MW thermal power). —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 58.
20 March 1957

Israel signs a formal agreement with the United State for the construction of a small swimming-pool research reactor at Nachal Soreq as part of the Atoms for Peace program. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 65.
3 October 1957

A formal agreement for the construction of the Dimona nuclear facility is signed by French officials. Shimon Peres assures French Foreign Minister Christian Peneau that the reactor will be used only for “scientific research.” — Green, Stephen, Taking Sides, America’s Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, (New York: William and Morrow Company, 1984), 150, Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 58-9, Pry, Peter, Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal (Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1984), 12.
1958

The United States becomes aware of the existence of the Dimona reactor via U-2 spy-plane overflights, but is not identified as a nuclear site. —Cordesman, Anthony, Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 15 April 2003.
Early 1958

Ground is broken for the EL-102 reactor at the Dimona complex. — Farr, Warner, The Third Temple’s Holy of Holies: Israel’s Nuclear Weapons, September 1999, .
15 April 1958

Ernst David Bergmann denies that French-Israeli cooperation goes beyond exchange of information on uranium chemistry and heavy water. —Cohen, Avner, Israel and the Bomb (New York: Colombia University Press, 1998), 82.
1959

Norway sells 20 tons of heavy water to Israel for use in an experimental power reactor. Despite the fact that under the conditions of the transaction Norway retains the right to inspect the heavy water for over 30 years, it does so only once, in April 1961, while it is still in storage drums at the Dimona complex. — Mihollin, Gary, “Heavy Water Cheaters,” Foreign Policy (1987-88), 100-119.

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Em inglês: "UAE set to launch nuclear programme" – Emirados Árabes desenvolverão programa nuclear.

The United Arab Emirates is set to launch a nuclear programme, becoming the first Arab state to go ahead with announced ambitions to develop nuclear power.

Financial Times

20/01/08

Flush with petrodollars, the government in Abu Dhabi is preparing a policy document that will soon be sent for comment to world powers, including the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog.
The UAE, however, is making clear that its project will not involve uranium enrichment, the most sensitive part of a programme – and that it would instead import nuclear fuel from international sources.
The world community has been calling on Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment, which could produce fuel both for peaceful use and for atomic weapons. “If anything the fact that we’re not enriching will embarrass the Iranians and make people ask whether enrichment is essential,” said one UAE official.
The UAE will also be ready to sign a so-called “additional protocol” with the IAEA, allowing for extra scrutiny of its activities, says the official.
Several Arab states outside the Gulf have also expressed interest in nuclear power over the past year but the UAE is expecting to be the first to forge ahead with its plans.
Last week, it signed a nuclear co-operation agreement with France during President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to the Gulf. French oil company Total has joined with other French firms in submitting a proposal to the Abu Dhabi authorities to develop two new reactors.
Although a major oil producer, the UAE argues that it needs nuclear energy to satisfy soaring demand for power and desalinated water.
With electricity demand soaring by 10 per cent a year, the UAE is expected to double its power capacity over the next decade to supply the rapidly-growing population and many industrial ventures. Officials say that faster growth as a result of economic diversification could eat away at hydrocarbons exports.

Apocalipse causado por "microchips"? Bobagem. Nos EUA, dois guardas que tomavam conta de material nuclear foram apanhados dormindo no posto! ( ENG. )

Feds confirm two cases of guards caught napping at Y-12
By Frank Munger (Contact)

Originally published 12:12 p.m., January 14, 2008

Updated 01:51 p.m., January 14, 2008

OAK RIDGE - There have been two instances within the past four years where security guards at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant were found sleeping on the job, a federal spokesman confirmed today.
“One individual was fired and the other received a 30-day suspension without pay,” Steven Wyatt of the National Nuclear Security Administration said in response to questions.
The security guards worked for Wackenhut Services Inc., the government’s main security contractor in Oak Ridge.
WSI is a separate company from The Wackenhut Corp., which recently was fired from a large security contract with Exelon after guards were found sleeping at a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, although the two companies share a common heritage.
WSI was a subsidiary of The Wackenhut Corp. until 2002, when a merger brought the company under foreign ownership. In order to comply with the Department of Energy’s Foreign Ownership Control and Influence Program, Wackenhut Services was reestablished as a separate entity with its own board of directors.
Wyatt last week said that sleeping on the job was totally unacceptable and would not be tolerated at Y-12.
The plant, known officially as the Y-12 National Security Complex, is one of the nation’s most sensitive nuclear installations. Y-12 is the main U.S. repository for weapons-grade uranium, and the Oak Ridge facility builds and dismantles nuclear warhead parts.
After today confirming the two instances of sleeping at Y-12 and the punishments, Wyatt said:
“As evidenced by these actions, we consider inattentiveness to duty as a very serious matter. However, when considering the large number of security police force personnel at Y-12, working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, this represents an extremely small number of incidents.”
He said the National Nuclear Security Administration, which is a semi-independent part of DOE that manages the nuclear weapons plant, has generally been pleased with Wackenhut’s performance in Oak Ridge.
“That fact has been reflected in their performance ratings which have consistently ranged from good to outstanding.”
Wackenhut Services officials have been mum regarding the recent actions at The Wackenhut Corp., and also regarding a proposal to federalize guards at nuclear weapons facilities.
Courtney Henry, a spokeswoman with WSI said today that the Oak Ridge contractor responded “swiftly and effectively” to the two instances of guards found sleeping at Y-12.
Asked why one guard was fired and the other was suspended, Henry said there were different circumstances and each was handled appropriately.
“We handle those on a case-by-case basis,” she said without elaboration.
Randy Lawson, president of the International Guards Union of Ameirca, which represents the security police officers at Y-12 and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, said he felt the Oak Ridge officers had received a black eye because of news reports about the sleeping guards at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
He said there had been instances of guards sleeping on the job in Oak Ridge, and he indicated the union had filed grievances on a couple of occasions.
Lawson acknowledged that sleeping on duty is the “worst thing that can happen” for a security police officer, but he said the situations in Oak Ridge were attributable to guards working excessive hours – as much as 16 or 17 hours straight. He also said he thought those cases pre-dated the arrival of Wackenhut as security contractor.
Wackenhut holds two security contracts in Oak Ridge – one for Y-12 and one for the ORNL, the Federal Office Building and other DOE facilities.
John Shewairy, public affairs chief in DOE’s Oak Ridge office, said the agency was unaware of any instances of guards sleeping on the job at ORNL or other facilities under the DOE contract.
More details as they develop online and in Tuesday’s News Sentinel.

Lerdeza: relatório da CIA alertando que Irã suspendera seu programa de armas nucleares em 2005 chega às mãos de Bush em agosto, mas só agora ele leu!!

Bush sabia de nova versão da CIA sobre o Irã
O presidente americano, George W. Bush, foi alertado em agosto que o Irã “podia ter suspendido” seu programa de armas nucleares, informou nesta quinta-feira a Casa Branca. Na terça-feira, Bush declarou que recebeu o novo relatório de inteligência somente na semana passada e disse que o diretor de inteligência nacional, Mike McConnel, lhe adiantara em agosto que havia uma nova informação sobre o Irã, mas não dera detalhes.

O documento, divulgado na segunda-feira, afirmou que Teerã congelou seu programa nuclear militar em 2003, contrariando um estudo de 2005, segundo o qual Teerã trabalhava continuamente para fabricar uma bomba.Segundo a secretária de imprensa da Casa Branca, Dana Perino, McConnel disse a Bush em agosto que novas informações poderiam levar os funcionários de inteligência a mudar suas conclusões sobre o programa nuclear iraniano. Ela afirmou que não há nenhum conflito entre suas declarações e as de Bush, pois “o presidente não havia recebido detalhes específicos sobre o novo relatório”.

Segundo Perino, não há necessidade de Bush voltar atrás em qualquer de suas declarações após o encontro de agosto, pois McConnel destacou ao presidente que os funcionários de inteligência precisavam analisar os novos dados com mais precaução para garantir que as informações eram corretas. Uma das principais justificativas para a invasão do Iraque, em 2003, foi a informação de que o país possuía armas de destruição em massa. No entanto, as armas nunca foram encontradas.

Alguns democratas aproveitaram o novo relatório de inteligência para sugerir que Bush assumiu uma posição agressiva contra o Irã mesmo sabendo que a inteligência americana tinha uma imagem diferente da ameaça representada pelo Irã.

“O presidente não enganou os americanos em outubro, quando advertiu sobre uma III Guerra”, disse a secretária de imprensa. “O presidente não disse que iríamos causar uma III Guerra. Ele estava dizendo que queria evitar uma III Guerra.”Apesar do novo relatório, Bush continua dizendo que o Irã é uma ameaça, já que manteve um programa de armas nucleares. Os EUA também disseram que não vão alterar seus planos de construir um sistema de defesa antimísseis na Europa e continuarão tentando convencer seus aliados de que o escudo ainda é necessário.Nesta quinta-feira (7), a secretária de Estado, Condoleezza Rice, iniciou conversações com funcionários europeus e russos para pedir uma maior pressão internacional sobre o Irã. Os EUA querem que Teerã congele seu programa de enriquecimento de urânio e responda questões sobre seu programa nuclear. Condoleezza obteve o apoio da França e da Alemanha, cujos líderes disseram que o reforço das sanções contra o Irã continua sendo justificado. (AE)

07/12/07

"Era Bush está encerrada", diz correspondente alemã em Washington

O Irã suspendeu seu programa de armas nucleares há quatro anos. Esta afirmação dos serviços secretos dos EUA contesta o relatório de 2005 e as afirmações de Bush de algumas semanas atrás, escreve Christina Bergmann.

Há algumas semanas, o presidente norte-americano declarou que a terceira guerra mundial seria iminente, caso o Ocidente não se aliasse para impedir com todos os meios que o Irã prosseguisse seu programa de armas nucleares. E agora os próprios agentes secretos de George W. Bush afirmam que já há quatro anos Teerã não prossegue com seu programa nuclear para fins militares.
Isso permite uma série de conclusões. Primeiro: a era Bush e de seus falcões na Casa Branca está definitivamente encerrada. Em vista desta avaliação, os poucos correligionários que restaram ao presidente e que não abandonaram seu governo não conseguirão convencer ninguém sobre a necessidade, por exemplo, de um ataque militar.
E isso, apesar da insistência do presidente de que o Irã tenha sido e continuará sendo uma ameaça. A única arma de Bush é o direito de veto no Congresso, do qual ele vem fazendo uso com freqüência cada vez maior. Mas ele prejudica a si próprio, bloqueando um projeto de lei após o outro.
Segundo: uma nova resolução sobre o Irã e o agravamento das sanções internacionais contra o país tornaram-se mais remotos. O fato de Bush achar que o atual relatório dos serviços secretos lhe dará uma nova oportunidade de unir a comunidade internacional contra o Irã só pode ser interpretado como uma grave perda do senso de realidade.
Um presidente tão debilitado não é mais seguido por ninguém. A Rússia e a China se vêem confirmadas no seu ceticismo. E outras nações não precisam mais temer que Bush possa ordenar um ataque militar contra o Irã, causando uma catástrofe. Diminuiu assim a possibilidade de pressão internacional. Se isto é bom, fica em suspenso.
Terceiro: a confiabilidade dos relatórios dos serviços secretos norte-americanos pode continuar sendo questionada. Os espiões dos Estados Unidos já haviam fracassado uma vez ( * ), no caso das armas de destruição em massa não existentes no Iraque. Agora são feitos esforços para mostrar que se aprendeu com o passado.
Mas o êxito é duvidoso. Se já há quatro anos, em 2003, o Irã encerrou seu programa atômico para fins militares, por que isto não foi incluído no relatório de 2005?
Além disso, não foram disponibilizadas informações seguras. As conclusões foram tomadas a partir de interpretações. De fato, estas parecem ter um caráter muito mais defensivo. Por isso, o relatório elaborado por 16 serviços secretos diferentes não é nenhum documento glorioso.
Pode-se pensar que os agentes secretos não ficaram melhores, mas apenas mais cuidadosos. E que eles têm a sensação de que o tempo de Bush expirou.
Só que os serviços secretos devem fornecer informações, e não ficar bajulando os líderes políticos. George W. Bush gostava de se autodenominar um “decisor”. Isto é passado. Mesmo que ele insista em permanecer em seu curso, entrementes outros são responsáveis pelas decisões. (rw)
Christina Bergmann é correspondente da Deutsche Welle em Washington.

DW

05/12/07

OBS: Na opinião modesta do Cata-Milho, eu ainda me pergunto como uma máquina tão cara, repleta de “Agências”, como é o caso da americana, conseguiu não descobrir o iminente ataque de Bin Laden. Sem contar que, é bem possível concluir que o apagão aéreo deles existe ( iu? ) e foi mostrado do pior forma: como foi possível desviarem aviões de suas rotas por tanto tempo, até que fossem detectados? Será que daria para fazer uma comparação com o Brasil, já que nosso espaço aéreo é controlado pelos militares? Quer dizer: não seria esta uma vantagem para o Brasil? Ao invés de celebrar, eu fico mesmo é com a pulga atrás da orelha. O Império erra demais, a despeito de seus esforços.

"Irã será sempre perigoso", diz Bush, para quem o veredito "NÃO", só deve valer para Hugo Chávez.

Relatório sobre Irã contradiz ‘discurso do medo’ usado por Bush
Apesar de um novo relatório do serviço de inteligência dos EUA garantir que o Irã suspendeu seu programa de armas nucleares em 2003, o presidente Bush reafirma que o “Irã era perigoso, é perigoso e será perigoso”.
Da Redação* – Carta Maior - 05/12/07
WASHINGTON E TEERÃ – Os serviços de inteligência dos Estados Unidos disseram na segunda-feira (3) que o Irã suspendeu seu programa de armas nucleares quatro anos atrás. O surpreendente relatório, que revelou que o esforço iraniano para transformar material nuclear em bomba foi interrompido em 2003, contradiz documento apresentado há dois anos pela Casa Branca, no qual constava que Teerã estava no caminho de fabricar uma bomba atômica.

Segundo o chefe da diplomacia Manouchehr Mottaki, o Irã recebeu favoravelmente a “correção” da opinião dos Estados Unidos sobre seu programa nuclear. “Nós acolhemos bem todos os países que questionaram a questão nuclear iraniana no passado, independente de seus motivos, quando eles realisticamente corrigem seus pontos de vista”, afirmou o chanceler à rádio estatal. Segundo Mottaki, que cita diversos informes, “a tendência atual das atividades nucleares do Irã é pacífica”.

O novo relatório enfraquece o ‘discurso do medo’ usado pelos Estados Unidos em relação ao Irã. Assim como fez para justificar a invasão ao Iraque, o governo norte-americano defende um estado de prontidão que muitas vezes não guarda necessidade com a realidade. No caso iraquiano, o governo Bush disse que Saddam Hussein possuía vínculos com a Al Qaeda e mantinha estoques de armas de destruição em massa, o que depois se mostrou uma mentira. Discursos como esse ajudam desde a conquistar apoio da população norte-americana quanto mais verbas no Congresso para programas do governo, neste caso em benefício da indústria bélica.

Estratégia mantida

Apesar do novo relatório do serviço de inteligência, George W. Bush optou por continuar defendendo que o Irã representa um grande perigo para o mundo. “O Irã era perigoso, é perigoso e será perigoso” se for permitido que leve adiante seu programa nuclear com fins militares, disse o presidente norte-americano nesta terça-feira (4). Fiel aliada dos Estados Unidos no Iraque, a Grã-Bretanha optou pelo mesmo caminho e garantiu que o Irã constitui “um problema muito sério”. Londres, disse um porta-voz do primeiro-ministro Gordon Brown, considera que o documento norte-americano, “em termos gerais”, confirma que “temos razão em temer que o Irã tentasse desenvolver armas nucleares”.

* As informações são da Agência Ansa