Arab League chief calls for nuclear-free Middle East

May. 22, 2006 13:35 | Updated May. 22, 2006 15:43
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Arab League chief on Monday said that Arabs want the whole region to be free of nuclear weapons, including the arsenal Israel is believed to possess.

"Why should Israel be special?" Moussa asked. "We're all scared of a nuclear weapon, whether it is with country A or country B."
"The Middle East does not need a military nuclear program, be it Iranian, Israeli or other," Moussa told a news conference at the World Economic Forum meeting on the Middle East. "Our goal and interest is to have a Middle East free of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction."

He said Arabs were unconvinced by US charges and European concerns over Iran given what they see as a double standard.

"If there is an Iranian military nuclear program, and I underline if, (proof of) it should be based on documented information from the International Atomic Energy Agency, not on information coming from here and there," he said.

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and it's past history under G Meir w/ H Kissinger?