Eerie silence on the ‘news’ front this morning - but here’s a dimension to this situation that may bear closer examination...
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Concerns grow over Egypt’s WMD research (Including nukes)
MSNBC ^ | 2/7/2011 | Robert Windrem
Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 10:22:48 AM by tobyhill
With Egypt in revolt and the country’s future uncertain, concern is growing over whether a new government in the Arab world’s most militarily and industrially advanced country could accelerate an arms race in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
At the heart of the concern is intelligence indicating that Egypt has quietly carried out research and development on weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, biological and missile technology.
The research and development has continued virtually without pause over the past three decades, according to interviews with U.S. officials and a review of intelligence and other government documents by NBC News.
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