That reminds me of this recent article [my emphases in boldface]:
By Ross Dunn, Herald Correspondent in Jerusalem
September 6 2002
Libya will become the first Arab country to develop weapons of mass destruction, Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, has claimed.
He said he believes that, with Iraqi help, Libya is developing nuclear weapons and long-range missiles that pose a threat to Israel.
"Iraqi experts are running the show in Libya," he said on Israeli television. "There might be Saudi money involved and there is definitely an involvement of North Korea."
He amplified his remarks in other interviews.
"Libya is working hard on developing an atom bomb and is apparently the Arab country furthest along in this," Mr Sharon told the Hebrew daily newspaper Ma'ariv.
"For a long time we suspected they were working on this, but a few months ago, we were given final confirmation of this. They are progressing all the time."
Mr Sharon added:
"It is clear that there are Iraqi experts there, but it is not clear if the Iraq experts are there to develop the Iraqi bomb, and thus evade inspection, or if they are working for Libya."
Israel assumed that Pakistan, which Mr Sharon said had helped work on an atomic program in Iran in the past, was also involved.
It appeared that funding might have come from Saudi Arabia, he said, but this had not been verified.
Mr Sharon's warning about Libya was in contrast to a more positive message about Israel's most immediate neighbours. In a series of interviews timed for the start of the Jewish New Year, he said that for the first time he felt peace with the Palestinians was possible.
"I see the chance for a breakthrough, for a political arrangement, he said.
But the grim tide of terror rolls on.
Two bombs were discovered this week outside the home of the former prime minister Ehud Barak, and Israeli security forces intercepted a car carrying 600 kilograms of explosives en route to stage an attack.