Osirak: The Airstrike That Shocked The World
Unpacking Israeli History
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ISIS, Osiris, and the Search for Nuclear Weapons
In the 1970s, France stopped sending weapons to Israel and sold two nuclear reactors to Iraq. David Frum: The entire world seemed blithely unconcerned with the prospect of Israel's nuclear annihilation. He says when Saddam got wind that his officials and scientists were talking to outsiders, he made them watch a real life snuff film. Frum: Who was going to stand up to Saddam and his nuclear ambitions? That would be Minasam Wolfovich Begin.
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