Venezuela Reiterates Commitment to Multipolar World Following Israeli Accusations

[IndianaGreen]

Venezuela Reiterates Commitment to Multipolar World Following Israeli Accusations

May 27th 2009, by Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com

Mérida, May 27th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) - A supposedly secret report by the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry, which accuses the Bolivian and Venezuelan governments of selling uranium to Iran for its nuclear program, has been leaked to Associated Press. Venezuela has responded by reiterating its support for all cooperation agreements it has with Iran and by criticizing media's constant demonization of its government.

Israel and the United States accuse Iran of using uranium to develop nuclear weapons, while Iran says its nuclear program is for energy purposes only. The United States is the only country to have ever used nuclear weapons (on Japan at the end of World War II). According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the U.S. currently has a stockpile of 5,535 nuclear weapons, while Israel is reported to have 60-400 nuclear weapons, although it refuses to confirm or deny this.

Israel wrote the three page report for the meeting of the Organisation of American States (OAS) next week. The private media in Venezuela, Bolivia, Spain, and internationally have used the report to massively circulate headlines such as "Venezuela and Bolivia Sell Uranium to Iran."

The report quotes Israeli intelligence documents alleging that Bolivia and Venezuela are providing Iran with uranium, but does not say where the uranium comes from. According to the Jewish news agency JTA, the report said that Bolivia has uranium deposits and that Venezuela has an estimated "50,000 tons of untapped uranium reserves that reportedly it is not mining currently."

Associated Press cited a report published in December by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace which suggests that Venezuela's recent collaboration with Iran in the creation of joint mining companies "has generated speculation that Venezuela could mine uranium for Iran."

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I don't believe in the AP report. This is not the first time the AP has told lies.

[PDJane]

1. The US continues to use nuclear weapons

And to sell them to Israel.

That is what DU weapons are....the depleted doesn't mean they're safe.

[Greyhound]

2. But, if we can keep enough wars going long enough, it is a good way of ridding

ourselves of a lot of waste.

[PDJane]

3. It doesn't stay over there, however.

It comes back.

[Greyhound]

6. Yeah, I keep forgetting that sarcasm tag. n/t

[sabbat hunter]

4. couple of things

1) depleted uranium is not a nuclear weapon
2) Do you have any links/proof that the US sells depleted uranium to Israel?
3) the article is about selling freshly mined uranium to Iran not depleted uranium

[PDJane]

5. DU weapons are not an atomic weapon.

They are a nuclear weapon, although you can find all kinds of 'evidence' to dispute that.

The US has contracted to sell bunker busters to Israel. That is a DU weapon. Almost all of the advanced weaponry that the US sells to Israel and the rest of the world contains DU, as a coating, as part of the projectile, or as ballast.

The US doesn't have to sell nuclear technology to Israel; they have nuclear technology, including weaponry and reactors, even though they are planning to deny peaceful use to Iran, and Israel has not signed the NNPT.

And yes, I read the article. All of it. Iran, I would point out, has signed the NNPT, and is permitted uranium for peaceful purposes. The comment was a tit-for-tat comment; if the US can continue to sell weaponry to Israel, then there is no shame to Venezuela in providing uranium isotopes to Iran, IMHO.