DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - An influential member of the Saudi royal
family warned Wednesday that unless the Middle East becomes a nuclear
weapon-free zone, a nuclear arms race is inevitable and could include his own country, Iraq, Egypt and even Turkey.
Prince Turki Al Faisal said the five permanent U.N. Security Council members
should guarantee a nuclear security umbrella for Mideast countries that
join a nuclear-free zone — and impose "military sanctions" against
countries seen to be developing nuclear weapons.
"I think that's a better way of going at this issue of nuclear enrichment of uranium, or preventing Iran from acquiring weapons of mass destruction,"
the former Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to the U.S. and
Britain said in an interview with The Associated Press. "If it goes that
route, I think it's a much more equitable procedure than what has been
happening in the last 10 years or so."
Turki said establishing a nuclear
weapons-free zone "deserves everybody's attention and energy, more so
than other activities which we see unfolding, whether it is redeployment
of fleets in the area, whether Iranian or American or British or
French, whether it is the sanctions efforts against Iran."
The Security Council has imposed four rounds of sanctions against Iran,
mainly targeting its defense and nuclear establishment, but Tehran has
refused to suspend uranium enrichment and enter negotiations on its
nuclear activities. It maintains its nuclear program is peaceful, aimed
solely at producing nuclear energy, but the U.S. and many European nations believe Iran's goal is to produce nuclear weapons. click here to read the full story
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