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Is Egypt Pursuing a Nuclear Weapons Program?

Nov. 18, 2012 3:03pm Tiffany Gabbay

As the Middle East rages out of control, great emphasis is placed on the Islamic Republic of Iran as it scrambles furiously to produce a nuclear warhead. A lesser known evil boiling beneath the surface, however, is that Egypt, now led by the Muslim Brotherhood via its newly elected President Mohamed Morsi, may indeed have nuclear weapons-ambitions of its own. During an exclusive panel discussion with Professor Raymond Stock, former visiting assistant professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies at Drew University, delved deeper into Egypt’s relationship with Iran and its plans to develop nuclear weapons.

Stock, a Guggenheim Fellow, lived in Cairo for 20 years until he was ultimately deported by the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, citing a 2009 article by Stock criticizing then-Culture Minister Farouk Hosni’s bid to head UNESCO. The panel was hosted by the Center for Security Policy and the Middle East Endowment for Truth and was moderated by Congressman Fred Grandy.

Dr. Stock explained that the ousting of Hosni Mubarak “made us realize” that while not wholly democratic, Egypt was indeed “liberal” under his regime. Meanwhile, the Muslim Brotherhood’s goal is “to restore the caliphate.”

Stock discussed the role the Brotherhood played in spawning support for the Arab Spring and ensuring that the masses would come out in support of various Middle East uprisings. He added that the current U.S. administration’s penchant for defining the people in the Middle East based on their religion and not their respective ethnicities and state boundaries is a “real tragedy” as it only feeds into the greater Islamist “supremacist idea.”

“This is the real tragedy of what we are doing.”

In terms of Egypt’s nuclear ambitions, which began in earnest in 1954 under then-President Nassar, the country’s first small research reactor was built by the Russians that year. Then, in the 1998 Argentina aided in the development of another reactor, also fueled by Russia.

Currently, the Egyptians can “produce 6 kilograms per year of plutonium,” according to Stock. “That is the amount needed to make one bomb annually.” Thus, since 1998, the professor concluded that while Egypt may use its plutonium for some peaceful purposes, it also has had the capability to produce 24 nuclear warheads.

“They have an ongoing fuel supply for it.”

He added that in terms of enrichment, Egypt is but a heartbeat away from its current medium-grade enrichment capabilities to the high-grade capacity. “Once you get to 20 kilograms, you have essentially mastered the enrichment process.”

The professor explained that Egypt has always been open about its nuclear ambitions, even if it was so under the guise of “civilian use” but that financial difficulties have precluded the country from moving a WMD-program along full-steam head.

“If they’d have had the money, they’d have gone for the bomb a long time ago,” Stock said soberly.

“In the 1960s, it was a well known event that Egypt would pursue a nuclear warhead because Israel was going to as well.” He added that when Anwar Sadat signed the peace treaty with Israel, it allegedly took the issue of Egyptian nuclear weapons pursuits off the table.

Now, “Mubarak signed a nuclear non-proliferation treaty but did not sign additional protocol calling for spot inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),” he reminded.

“They [Egyptians] would say they don’t want anyone to have nuclear weapons, but they have left themselves in an ambiguous position. Mubarak said Egypt would not develop nuclear weapons unless Iran did.”

Of course, Iran’s nuclear ambitions are no secret, leaving one to conclude that Egypt feels justified in its own pursuit, according to the professor. Stock also reminded members of the panel that the IAEA did in fact find highly enriched uranium in Egypt, along with other materials not authorized by IAEA. Ironically, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed el Baradei was General Director of the IAEA at the time.

Drawing on other indications that point to Egypt’s potential for pursuing weapons grade uranium enrichment, Stock noted that in August 2012, Morsi was invited to Iran and that the two countries are renewing relations that they had not officially enjoyed since the Shah’s deposal in 1979.

“When Morsi went to Iran he spoke with Ahmadinejad spoke of WMD freezone in the Middle East,” Stock said. The issue is that there is a caveat to ensuring such a freezone. According to the professor, Egypt may drop its membership in an upcoming international conference on nuclear disarmament.

But has Egypt always had nuclear weapons ambitions? According to Stock, the CIA uncovered in the 1990s that Egypt had attempted to intercept U.S. weapons-technology secrets and that the country may already have the technological capability of launching medium-range warheads.

“So they have a history of clandestine activity,” Stock noted before reminding the panel that under a sharia law precept dubbed “taqiyya,” Islamists bent on establishing a caliphate are permitted to lie and engage in deceitful acts in order to achieve their means. Thus, obfuscating the truth on Egypt’s nuclear ambitions would be in line with taqiyya, according to Stock.

Stock also claimed that, in a September interview with CBS’ Charlie Rose, Morsi admitted that he wanted his people to have civilian nuclear power. In that same interview, Morsi characterized Egypt’s relationship with the U.S. as neither friendly nor adversarial.

The Muslim Brotherhood “is patient” and “does not want to jeopardize key allies just yet,” the professor added. Meanwhile, U.N. leaders are “riddled with Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers.”

With mounting violence in the Sinai Peninsula threatening Israel’s security, and a growing list of Obama advisers with ties or sympathies with the Muslim Brotherhood, Stock worries that Egypt’s more nefarious pursuits could slip quietly under the radar.

Meanwhile, the U.S. provides Egypt with $1.5BN a year military aid.

“So long as we remain the major source of funding and technology, we do have a small amount of leverage,” Stock said.

“But now the EU will give Egypt $6.4BN and Morsi went to China asking for $3BN. The Saudis, too, will give several billion.” What’s more, while Iran and Egypt are purportedly enemies, the two countries might now be working together.

Stock’s panel discussion was hosted by the Endowment for Middle East Truth in conjunction with the Center for Security Policy.

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Comments (34)

Arshloch
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 3:06pm
Thanks to ‘lil berry’, ‘da broderhoods is makin an we is payin’. These animals make the Puzo novels look like kindergartner lit. The U.S. could delay this operation by cutting off all funding to Egypt until after the next U.S. election.

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Jerry Frey
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 1:14am
http://napoleonlive.info/what-you-think/president-morsi-demands/

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judyaz
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 11:02pm
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, and witnessed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who initiated the Peace process of exchanging land for peace. Eighteen days later, this prophecy was given, October 6, 1978: “We shall say unto you these words, of this peace, this peace that your President has hid behind. Egypt now prepares to make war as she pleads for peace — and she shall make it in such a manner that it shall look as though the Israelians are at fault. But we say unto this lands that the Eagle [U.S.A.] shall spread his wings and coveth — beware of Egypt. Beware of the Palestinians who now plan to destroy your cities. Beware of the Arabian gold which now is buying its way into your country. All is part. For those who shall take control for the Anti-Christ, none other than them may barter or sell. It has been written. We said before, look unto Daniel, of the four beasts, and the last beast was made of iron. That beast was Rome.” [See The Revelation 13:16-18 and Daniel, chapter 7.]
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzyT3fgGxb4-Mnp5THVvU0tNMFU

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servant100
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 10:06pm
Just like the biblical prophesy….Egypt comes like a flood tide. Now the Arab Spring turns into Nuclear Winter. Rather than worrying about the mickey mouse Iranian army; we are now faced with a really powerful player that has gone even more radical than the iranians…and is actually working a better long term plan.

Iran…is bad enough…but a radical Muslim Brotherhood with Egype’s resources is bad…on steroids.

Get ready for the battle of Jerusalem…It is almost here..

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longknifed
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:49pm
I wonder when Obama actually leaves office what all the Beckbots in this echo chamber will do? I used to think like all of you did about how Obama destroyed this country. He probably isn’t nearly as bad as FDR, Wilson or Lincoln. Obama was just given a script to fulfill, no differently than when Clinton or the next progressive… or REPUBLICAN.

You do know that the “Arab Spring” wouldve happened under Romney right? Did he not say he supported overthrowing Mubarek? Was the Iraq war not supposed to spearhead the ARAB Spring? I remember Progressive W Bush saying that in a low key interview about 5 years ago. Oh well, political ping pong is fun! It’s bipartisan folks. Not much difference between an R or D.

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Elena2010
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 6:29pm
Probably have A Q Kahn on speed dial.

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Individualism
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 6:15pm
Egypt has the right to defend itself.

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- db321
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 6:32pm
  Good point Individualism!
  
  Now that we have established that every Country and every person on Earth has a right to defend themselves. Brilliant Obama! I’m just waiting for Obama to take sides – Israel or Muslim Brotherhood.
  
  I’m sure all the idiots that voted for Obama would like to know as well. If Obama chooses Muslims over the Apple of Gods eye it is going to be nearly impossible at that point for Obama supporters to get into Heaven.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 6:34pm
  @DB
  Why do we have to take a pre-emptive side?
  
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- Something is Wrong
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 1:40am
  Right, Egypt has the right to defend itself… except who is Egypt defending itself from? You think Israel is going to attack Egypt? Not a chance. See, the point of the article is that Egypt is more likely to become an aggressor than a defender in the future, especially in regards to Israel, and that nuclear weapons will only make them a more powerful aggressor, not a more capable defender of its borders. Maybe it’s just me but I don’t remember any time too recently that anyone made any serious threats to Egypt’s borders or sovereignty. Certainly Israel has no interest in Egypt; the only land they have any interest in at all is the land that falls within the ancient borders of Israel. If you can’t understand that then you might just want to go read over the first five books of the Old Testament.
  
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spfoam1
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 6:02pm
Just look at that picture of Morsi. Does he look like he wants a nuke????

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- SUNTZU
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:43pm
  Maybe we should send them a few.
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 5:10pm
oh great – another monster for the neocons to slay….

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BlackCrow
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 4:41pm
Our Nazi friends should be very happy.

Not another cent of our money!

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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 5:32pm
  Of course they are & obbumbles wants to give them the cash to do so. Under Comrade obumbo, Egypt, Lybia, & soon Syria, all spiraling out of control and america will pay the price in blood for this treason.
  
  barry doesn’t care about americans, look at Benghazi.
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 4:34pm
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Our enemies don’t have to build their own nuclear weapons.
I feel sure Obama will be glad to give them ours.

He’s already had many of our nuclear weapons dismantled, with a signed promise to reduce ours down to the bare bones, so we will no longer be the World’s nuclear super power.

Obama is making sitting ducks out of American citizens, and the media just ignores it.

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starview
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 4:08pm
This is kinda off topic, but found it an interesting part of history, and had Charles Martel not defeated the Moors who were invading Europe, it is possible that Islam would be the dominant religion instead of Christianity in ALL of Europe (maybe even the world) Here is a link to what happened during his battle against the Moors, and the mindset of the then Spanish Moors.

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/tours.html

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- Elena2010
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 5:55pm
  Ah, but it is on topic!
  
  This is what islam wants — to take over the whole world.
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:53pm
obama’s master plan is really coming to fruition.

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repairsea
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:51pm
Yes – the liberal Obama administration, who have suckled off the communist ivy league teat, believe that all countries should be equal with nuclear bombs. That way no one will use them.

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gooeylewie
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:51pm
I can already hear the press conference:

reporter: “Mr. Carney, now that Egypt has nuked Israel, what does this say about Obama attempts to stop nuclear proliferation throughout the middle east?”

Carney: “first off, the President never said he saw any issue with Egypt building nuclear weapons to launch an attack on the Israelis. His only concern was in Iran obtaining such weapons.”

seriously, has Obama ever said that he as a problem with Egypt attacking Israel? Has he ever stated that he wouldn’t support (or fund) an Egyptian nuclear program?

given their tendency to lie, spin, and parse, you’ve got to wonder…

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- mildot rider
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 4:36pm
  This would be a good time to interject the dialog with the anti-muslim video thingy…you know the one the Anti-Christ tried to use to silence free speech in America.
  
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:39pm
What country with cash ISN’T going for nukes? Suks that it’s our cash though…

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randy
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:37pm
Of course they are thanks to the treasonous Obama.
And our tax dollars are funding it……

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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:36pm
I can’t add anything that Banjarmon and oldguy had to say.

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rickc34
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:33pm
These people would sacrifice their own lives to kill all the Jews. They worship a demon so it is no wonder.

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- Max jones
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:17pm
  Don’t believe it…. they have little to stand for that matters….homosexuality maybe. Abortion? What?
  
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banjarmon
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:19pm
Another Nuclear power to thank BHO for…It appears that is what he wants!!!

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:38pm
  Here is more: Libya and Algeria still had or have stockpiles of weapons grade plutonium or uranium available for dirty bombs or in a few years and the right technical successes, a fully functional device. Also we must not forget that Syria sought the same until Israel leveled their reactor a few years back, but the fuel still exists for a dirty bomb.
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:51pm
  Iran (embargo strapped) has already gone through the trials and tribulations and to have solidify the muslim allegiance with Egypt (bho’s blessings) = The project and caliphate continues.
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:53pm
  banjarmon – Won’t happen because the U.N. is a peacekeeping sourch and would never be political in nature… Right? Right!
  
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oldguy49
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:15pm
what else would they do with all that money we american taxpayers give them

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- DadRocked
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 3:43pm
  Humanitarian functions… Why ask such a question?
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:21pm
  They buy pretty gifts for their mistresses and fast cars…Just like our leaders.
  
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