Mohamed ElBaradei - The Age of Deception

Doyle McManus, “Talking with Iran—and Sending a Message,” Los Angeles Times , November 1, 2009.

“US Will Not Alter Iran Nuclear Deal,” Al Jazeera, November 3, 2009.

“ElBaradei Slams West’s Rejection of the Iran-Turkey-Brazil Deal,” Jornal do Brasil, June 3, 2010. English transcript retrieved at www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/10263.

The vote on this measure passed with twenty-eight in favor. Six countries abstained—Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, South Africa, Tunisia, and Venezuela—and Pakistan was absent. The abstentions reflect a remaining vestige of distrust about the purpose of the fuel bank, stemming from the early proposal from six Western countries that had asked participants to give up their fuel cycle rights as a condition of fuel supply. Hopefully, this distrust will dissipate over time.

“A World Free of Nuclear Weapons,” Wall Street Journal , January 4, 2007.

In the lead-up to the 2008 U.S. presidential primaries, Bill Perry and Sam Nunn told me that, among the four of them, the two Democrats were working on the two remaining Democratic candidates, and the two Republicans were working on the Republican candidates, to ensure that, regardless of who made it into office, the next U.S. president would be committed to working toward a nuclear-weapon-free world.

George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, and Sam Nunn, “Toward a Nuclear-Free World,” Wall Street Journal , January 15, 2008.

Shultz et al., “Toward a Nuclear-Free World.”

Hans M. Kristensen, “United States Moves Rapidly Toward New START Warhead Limit,” Federation of American Scientists Strategic Security Blog, May 2, 2010, retrieved at www.fas.org/blog/ssp/category/hans_kristensen.