A nuclear power plant went into operation last week in the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr. Built with Russian help, the power plant has taken close to 30 years to complete and has faced numerous hurdles to reach this milestone. The plant is expected to be producing electricity within weeks but the biggest effect of this Iranian triumph is already being felt outside of Iran.
The United States, the European Union nations and Israel have met this Persian nuclear breakthrough with barely a word in opposition. Experts and leaders claim the reactor is not likely to be a key component in any possible nuclear weapons manufacture. Under the close supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Russians, Bushehr is guaranteed to be purely for domestic power purposes and not for nuclear weaponry and this might be true.
However, the damage which has already been done is not related to the dangers posed by the Bushehr nuclear reactor itself but by the benchmark it has provided other nations in the region. Already, in the last week alone, three countries have stated their intentions to build similar reactors. This is where the true catastrophe of this Iranian success story lies and why, in the coming months, something must be done to extinguish the Iranian nuclear reality.
Today, Egypt announced it would be constructing a nuclear power plant on the Mediterranean coast. Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, who is said to be suffering from cancer and is not expected to live for another 12 months, first announced plans for nuclear power back in 2007 and has stated he has no desire to create nuclear weapons. This may or may not be true but it is nonetheless irrelevant as the resulting plants will be operational after he has gone and with the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood on the rise.
Yesterday, it was revealed that the African nation of Sudan plans to build a nuclear power plant. Like with Iran, the nation’s leaders proclaim the technology will be used for peaceful purposes but one must remember the Sudan is an Islamist-run state and is responsible for the genocide of the people in Darfur as well as the harbouring of Islamic terrorists.
Lebanon is another country that has expressed its desire for nuclear technology albeit mentioned via the Shia terrorist organisation Hezbollah, which has an iron grip on the ineffectual secular government. As has been seen over the last five years, Hezbollah’s desire to eradicate Israel and act as a proxy for Iran has been clear to anyone willing to open their eyes to the reality on the ground.
Joining these three nations are countries that have previously expressed, although often hesitantly, a desire for nuclear power in the past and who will no doubt push forward with their plans over the coming months if nothing is done to halt the Iranian nuclear ambitions. These countries include Saudi Arabia, Syria, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates. Now Iran has reached the aforementioned milestone, the nuclear race has been set well and truly in motion. Due to rogue Islamic regimes, lack of proper infrastructure, natural disasters and terrorism, the results could be devastating.
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