Nuclear Threats in the Mideast
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Nuclear Threats in the Mideast
Published: December 30, 2011
Tehran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has raised the chances of an attack against Iran. Much as the Iranian government is to be blamed for unrest in the region, an attack against that country can only have devastating consequences not only for the region but for the whole world as well.
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Recently in Israel, the former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said that a military strike against Iran will result in massive rockets attacks from Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, and also in considerable loss of Israeli lives. Is it not possible to think of another, less-drastic approach to resolve this situation?
Cesar Chelala, New York
In his op-ed “A Pandora’s box in the Middle East†(Dec. 27) Bennett Ramberg actually understated the long-term contamination risks should nuclear facilities in Israel and Iran be bombed. Several years ago, in a little-noticed report, the Union of Concerned Scientists, using software developed for simulation by the Pentagon, estimated that bombing Iran’s nuclear refinement facilities would kill three million civilians in two weeks and would expose 35 million people in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to lethal doses of radiation. The report also said that if the Bushehr reactor was bombed, it would make the Gulf uninhabitable. From that, one can use his own calculations to determine radiation leakage from Israel.
With thousands of American service personnel and millions of civilians in harms way, what countries would like to have such horrific genocide as their historic legacy?
Nuclear Threats in the Mideast
Published: December 30, 2011
Tehran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has raised the chances of an attack against Iran. Much as the Iranian government is to be blamed for unrest in the region, an attack against that country can only have devastating consequences not only for the region but for the whole world as well.
Related in News
Iran: More Threats Over Waterway (December 30, 2011)
Related in Opinion
Op-Ed Contributor: A Pandora's Box in the Middle East (December 27, 2011)
Recently in Israel, the former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said that a military strike against Iran will result in massive rockets attacks from Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, and also in considerable loss of Israeli lives. Is it not possible to think of another, less-drastic approach to resolve this situation?
Cesar Chelala, New York
In his op-ed “A Pandora’s box in the Middle East†(Dec. 27) Bennett Ramberg actually understated the long-term contamination risks should nuclear facilities in Israel and Iran be bombed. Several years ago, in a little-noticed report, the Union of Concerned Scientists, using software developed for simulation by the Pentagon, estimated that bombing Iran’s nuclear refinement facilities would kill three million civilians in two weeks and would expose 35 million people in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to lethal doses of radiation. The report also said that if the Bushehr reactor was bombed, it would make the Gulf uninhabitable. From that, one can use his own calculations to determine radiation leakage from Israel.
With thousands of American service personnel and millions of civilians in harms way, what countries would like to have such horrific genocide as their historic legacy?