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Your comments and questions are always welcome. To send comments and questions please click here to go to our main page. September 16, 2002 BY KATTY KAY IN WASHINGTON, PAUL MARTIN AND MELISSA KITE IRAQ could produce nuclear weapons within
months using pirated German equipment and uranium smuggled from Brazil,
according to a dissident Iraqi nuclear scientist. The revelations painting an alarming picture of President Saddam
Hussein’s nuclear capabilities came as the White House made its strongest link
yet between Saddam and al-Qaeda, and demanded a United Nations resolution as
soon as this week. Dr Khidir Hamza, who was science adviser to the Atomic Energy
Establishment and later helped to start and direct Iraq’s nuclear bomb
programme before he defected in 1994, claims in an interview with The Times today
that Saddam could be in a position to make three nuclear weapons within the next
few months, if he has not already done so. Dr Hamza gave warning that UN inspectors would be useless because
even if they were given “unfettered access” they would find it far more
difficult than before to detect the nuclear assembly line. “The beauty of the
present system is that the units are each very small and in the four years since
the inspectors left they will have been concealed underground or in basements or
buildings that outwardly seem normal,” Dr Hamza said. Dr Hamza gave evidence before Senator Joe Biden’s Senate Foreign
Relations Committee hearings on Iraq in Washington last August but it was only
after the recent International Institute for Strategic Studies report on the
threat from Saddam that he became aware of the West’s imperfect understanding
of the urgency of the situation. Dr Hamza’s new estimation of the speed with which a nuclear bomb
could be produced is centred on the number of pirated centrifuges that Baghdad
has been able to produce and the rapidity with which the re-processing programme
is being undertaken. The scientist’s intelligence suggests a more immediate
threat than reported last week by the IISS, which concluded that Iraq could make
a bomb only if it smuggled in the necessary uranium or radioactive material. According to Dr Hamza, that material is already inside Iraq and is
currently being processed to weapons grade. He said that Iraq was using a
centrifuge method to get a bomb which is easier and quicker than other methods.
“Unless he’s stopped soon, Saddam will have set up a whole nuclear bomb
industry, not just have made a couple of bombs,” Dr Hamza said. The Bush Administration yesterday made its strongest public
connection between Iraq and al-Qaeda. National Security Adviser, Condoleezza
Rice, said that al-Qaeda personnel had been spotted in Baghdad and that the
Iraqi regime had ties to the network. Until now the Administration has shied away from linking Iraq to
al-Qaeda, prompting widespread speculation that the US had no evidence of links
between the two. Yesterday Dr Rice suggested that was not the case: “Iraq has
clearly links with terrorism that would include al-Qaeda.” Dr Rice backed away from any implication that Saddam was involved
in the September 11 attacks, but said that there was sufficient evidence against
him to justify action without ties to the attacks on New York and Washington.
“Let’s be clear. There’s plenty to indict Saddam Hussein without a direct
link to 9/11,” she said. There were growing signs that the international community was
moving in America’s favour to support an urgent UN deadline for Iraq to
readmit weapons inspectors. Washington maintained pressure on the international
community to move fast and start work on resolutions in the next few days. “I
expect we’d work on a resolution in fairly short order, in the next week,”
Dr Rice said. In a key strategic victory for the US, Saudi Arabia said yesterday
that if America had UN authority, it would be allowed to use bases in the desert
kingdom for an attack against Iraq. Jack Straw, at the UN General Assembly, said there was a growing
consensus about the nature of the demands to be imposed on the Iraqi regime. The
Foreign Secretary said that the five permanent members of the UN Security
Council — the US, Britain, France, China and Russia — had not yet made a
final decision about whether there would be one resolution or two.
END According to this report, Iraq will have the capabilities to create
a nuclear bomb by Christmas. Of
course, this information could be wrong but who wants to chance that.
The real fear is that he already has produced nuclear weapons and is
ready to use them against U.S. and British troops.
This latest delay could be all the time he needs to complete the task.
Sadly, the U.N. could be unknowingly aiding Saddam in his quest to
produce these weapons before the attack. On a more positive note, Saudi Arabia has agreed to allow U.S.
forces to use air force bases in their country if the attack is sanctioned by
the U.N. Saudi Arabia better wake
up and remember that if not for the U.S. they would have been Iraq’s next
target. War seems inevitable and certainly necessary if we are to rid this
world of terrorism. It is my strong
belief that the antichrist will rise up out of his effective efforts in
eliminating terrorism and bringing peace to the Middle East.
Strangely, there is no mention of terrorism or renegade terrorist groups
in the Bible in regard to the last days. In
fact, this is what the Bible has to say about the antichrist and his power.
Revelation 13:4-8 states the following: “And they worshipped the dragon which gave
power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto
the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to
continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,
to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it
was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power
was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not
written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world.” The whole world will not only admire him but they
will literally worship the antichrist. All
violators will be executed. To me
it sounds like he has eliminated terrorism or at least forced them into hiding.
It also could be that when he makes war with the U.S. and then Israel,
that much of the need for terrorism will be eliminated.
He may at that time put a stop militarily to other forms. But if that’s not the case, I can’t you
imagine Muslim’s worshipping a man. They
have shown that they are willing to commit suicide for their religious beliefs. Whoever this man is he will have to be very
convincing to sway the Muslim world into worshipping him.
In any event, the world will be much different after the antichrist takes
control. What a horrible state of
affairs the world will be in when that happens.
Is it any wonder that men's hearts will fail them for fear, and
for looking after those things which are coming on the earth (Luke 21:26a). Pastor Malone