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Noting that Israeli air force Col. Ilan Ramon was among the dead, a car mechanic, Mohammed Jaber al-Tamini, said, "Israel launched an aggression on us when it raided our nuclear reactor without any reason, now time has come and God has retaliated to their aggression."

"On 7 June 1981, Israel aircraft destroyed the Iraqi Osiraq nuclear reactor near Baghdad (Osiraq is the name given by the French supplier; the Iraqi government refers to it as the Tammuz 1 nuclear reactor). The attack represents the first and only time a nuclear power has attacked an adversary in the hope of destroying or delaying the adversary’s nuclear program. Israel argued that Iraq nuclear weapon development program represented a direct threat to Israeli security. Therefore, Israel justified the attack under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, which permits force in self-defense."

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These people have serious "cause-and-effect" issues.

2 posted on 02/05/2003 6:25:26 AM PST by an amused spectator
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BUMP!
4 posted on 02/05/2003 6:59:37 AM PST by happygrl
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To: an amused spectator

10 posted on 02/05/2003 10:36:56 AM PST by Enemy Of The State (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line)
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