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	Nuclear blackmail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nuclear flmail is a term used in nuclear strategy to refer to the threat of use of nuclear weapons to force an adversary to perform some action.
		Hence during the Cold War, the explicit threat of nuclear warfare to force an opponent to perform an action was rare in that most nations were allies of either the Soviet Union or the United States.
		Interestingly, nuclear flmail is considered most effective when the person making the threat is not rational and is willing to commit suicide.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nuclear_blackmail (251 words)

	Leventhal & Chellaney: Nuclear Terrorism in South Asia
		Nuclear power stations, research reactors and laboratories are vulnerable to acts of sabotage and blatant terrorist attacks that could cause the release of dangerous amounts of radioactive materials.
		Such attacks on nuclear facilities could conceivably be carried out with catastrophic consequences by terrorists locked in a desperate, sinking position who have nothing to lose and who do not f ear death because their communities or sects would honor them as martyrs.
		A bomb attack on a nuclear facility could be motivated by a group's desire to undermine citizens' confidence in their own government, damage the political credibility of the ruling leadership and unleash a general reign of terror in society.
	www.nci.org /p/pl-bc.htm (12462 words)

	ESR \| February 3, 2003 \| Giving in to North Korean nuclear blackmail would encourage nuclear proliferation
		North Korea has threatened nuclear war with the United States almost daily for the past couple of weeks and repeated its earlier threats to turn the US into a nuclear "sea of fire." In response, the administration has sought to allay fears and play down its concerns of imminent war with Pyongyang.
		Nuclear flmail, it seems, may be paying off for Pyongyang as the Bush administration's far-reaching doctrine of pre-emptive attacks apparently does not apply to North Korea, a known nuclear power.
		The US should continue redeploying nuclear weapons aboard its warships and aircraft carriers as it appears to have done -- at least one aircraft carrier near Japan is nuclear capable -- to defend against a North Korean blitzkrieg.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0203/0203nk.htm (1145 words)

	Beyond Nuclear Blackmail (washingtonpost.com)
		That strategy must link future aid to fundamental reform: not just a cessation of the nuclear weapons program but abolition of the concentration camps and of the spectacularly failed collective farms, which are the cause of the widespread starvation.
		And Pyongyang resorts to nuclear flmail to extract even more international aid, while retreating from a very tentative agenda of structural reform and opening-up that the regime saw as a threat to its survival.
		Defeating this nuclear flmail requires a strategy that reaches beyond the nuclear program itself to the fundamental nature of the totalitarian regime.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A46071-2003Jul11¬Found=true (852 words)

	YES: Building a missile shield now will head off Chinese nuclear blackmail later. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		This combination makes nuclear flmail such as that by China less likely and forces Beijing to face the full deterrent capability of the United States when it makes its threats.
		The change in nuclear posture also recognizes that Russia, now a democracy with a developing market economy, no longer is a major nuclear threat to the United States.
		Beijing built this nuclear force between the 1960s and the 1990s to achieve a second-strike capability against its adversaries and to hold large portions of the populations of these countries at risk at a time when only Russia (then the Soviet Union) had ballistic-missile defenses around even one city, Moscow.
	insightmag.com /main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=241323 (1563 words)

	TAP: Web Feature: Nuclear Blackmail. by Merrill Goozner. August 8, 2003. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		At the end of last year, desperate for renewed aid from the West, he announced to the world that he was reprocessing the 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods at the Yongbyon nuclear complex and threw inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) out of the country.
		Blackmail isn't too strong a word to use for his tactics.
		But no one has alleged that a terrorist group has put its hands on nuclear materiel, and such a weapon would be almost impossible to catch, even with the quasi-blockade of North Korea that the Bush administration is trying to organize.
	www.prospect.org /webfeatures/2003/08/goozner-m-08-08.html (1260 words)

	Nuclear blackmail -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Nuclear flmail is a term used in (Click link for more info and facts about nuclear strategy) nuclear strategy to refer to
		It is generally regarded as ineffective against a rational opponent who has or is an ally of someone who has (Click link for more info and facts about assured destruction) assured destruction capability.
		Interestingly, nuclear flmail is considered most effective when the
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/nu/nuclear_blackmail.htm (384 words)

	A unified 'no' to nuclear blackmail (Kissinger on N. Korea) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		None of the treaties inhibiting nuclear proliferation will be worth the paper they are written on if a nation whose conduct is so universally regarded as beyond the pale succeeds in openly producing nuclear weapons in the teeth of freely accepted international obligations.
		Making concessions under its nuclear threats would establish nuclear flmail as a permanent recourse and not only in North Korea's relations with the rest of the world; it would create incentives for other nations to follow a similar path.
		But for some of these countries, the fear of the proliferation of nuclear weapons to North Korea is almost matched by the fear of the consequences of chaos were the North to implode.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/821349/posts (5531 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Opinion \| Nuclear blackmail
		Yet the fact that the claim that Egypt has a secret nuclear agenda could come from IAE sources, as has been reported, indicates that an unblemished record of cooperation is insufficient to prevent aspersions being cast against small-scale, peaceful nuclear activities which are supervised by the IAE itself.
		These calls, initiated in 1981 and pursued as official policy since 1991, are motivated by the belief that Israel's nuclear arsenal should fall under IAE supervision and be included in the issues on the negotiating table in the process of reaching a comprehensive settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
		Most modern nuclear reactors in Asia, Europe and the US operate at 220, 500 or 800 megawatt capacities, use heavy water and produce nuclear materials that can be converted to military use with little effort.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/730/op132.htm (1011 words)

	Nuclear Targets in North America
		Nuclear scientists took up the term to measure the strength of the world's nuclear arsenals and concluded that there exists somewhere between 4 and 5 Beaches.
		That is to say - enough nuclear armaments to eliminate from fallout all human life on earth (four or five times over) if they were all exploded.
		Theatre nuclear weapons still include aircraft and ship mounted nuclear weapons such as the Cruise Missile, but our major concern here is the ICBM and the SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile).
	www.ki4u.com /nuclearsurvival/states/aatargets.htm (3847 words)

	No Nuclear Blackmail: Essay, published in the Wall Street Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		And all parties appear to agree on the goal: a peaceful resolution in which the Korean Peninsula is free of all weapons of mass destruction, and in which North Korea's security, economic and humanitarian issues are addressed.
		We must not send the message that the threat of acquisition of nuclear weapons is a recognized means of achieving political or security objectives, or that it affords special status or preferential treatment.
		North Korea's relinquishing of its alleged nuclear weapons program will only be credible if it is willing to accept intrusive international verification - a process that the IAEA can provide, and in fact has been insisting must be in place for all countries with significant nuclear programs.
	www.iaea.org /NewsCenter/Statements/2003/ebWSJ20030522.shtml (914 words)

	Nuclear blackmail aborted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Yet the politics of nuclear flmail, which we are receiving a taste of from North Korea, must not be allowed to become a reality in the Middle East.
		Yet if we are not willing to accept minor casualties to prevent the larger ones, then one must wonder whether nuclear proliferation--and the politics of nuclear flmail--will become the future of world politics.
		The game of nuclear flmail, of the mass proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, is a hellish future that cannot be permitted to exist.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2003/032003/03232003/914545/printer_friendly (632 words)

	India, Pakistan War, Conflict, Nuclear Blackmail, Terrorism, Media Hypocrisy, US, Western Imperialism
		Pakistan's nuclear flmail is not that unusual when one considers how often it has been when American leaders have themselves threatened to push the nuclear button.
		Proponents of such nuclear brinkmanship must also realize that any nuclear attack by Pakistan couldresult in an Indian response that might quickly destroy all the major cities in West Punjab and Sindh, and decimate the ability of the Pakistani military to continue to do battle.
		Progressive forces throughout the world need to do their part in ensuring that terrorism in the name of religious expansionism, and related nuclear flmail is not tolerated or ignored.
	india_resource.tripod.com /paknuclearblackmail.html (2321 words)

	Hoover Essay in Public Policy
		The nuclear agreement and its background in nuclear-related affairs are the subjects of this essay.
		As part of a final resolution of the nuclear issue, and on the premises that a solution related to the provision of light water reactors (LWRs) is achievable, the USA is prepared to support the introduction of LWRs and to explore with the DPRK ways in which LWRs could be obtainable.
		The two new nuclear electric-generating units to be built by KEDO are supposed to replace the electric-generating capacity the North Koreans are giving up by not continuing with their indigenous program.
	www-hoover.stanford.edu /publications/epp/epp76.html (8019 words)

	Bush Must Say 'No' To Israeli Nuclear Blackmail - LaRouche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		It was the threat of an Israeli nuclear attack on Iraq in 1991 that flmailed the first Bush Administration into launching Operation Desert Storm.
		This means the likely use of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.
		It is time for these Israeli agents and spies to be kicked out of government, and the Israeli government to desist from its nuclear flmail.
	www.rense.com /general29/noa.htm (1056 words)

	The Hindu : Countering Pak.'s nuclear blackmail
		Musharraf's refusal to end cross-border terrorism and his threat to use nuclear weapons in the very first stages of a military conflict should make the early deployment of missile defences an urgent national priority for India.
		Without neutralising Pakistan's nuclear calculus based on the first use of nuclear weapons, New Delhi will not be able to bring effective military pressure on Islamabad to give up cross-border terrorism.
		The prospect of the state failing in Pakistan and the nuclear weapons falling into the hands of extremists is not one that India should be scoffing at.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2003/01/01/stories/2003010102021200.htm (742 words)

	'Nuclear Blackmail' Spared Israel Complete Rout In 1973
		The Israeli channel aired on Saturday night, October 4, a documentary on the 1973 war, in which the then Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan said that the "Israeli nuclear flmail" forced Washington to establish its air bridge in the battlefield.
		The Israeli official added that the nuclear threats, however, were aimed primarily at pressuring the U.S. into sending military aid and necessary weapons to stand up to Egypt's military superiority, particularly the artillery division.
		Quoting Dayan, the channel said: "The Israeli nuclear flmail succeeded in brining the U.S. air bridge to the battlefield and stop the sweeping Egyptian attacks on the Israeli army."
	www.ccmep.org /2003_articles/Palestine/100603_nuclear_blackmail.htm (831 words)

	Washington steps up nuclear blackmail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Today it continues the policy of nuclear flmail, in fact it is stepping up its threats.
		Clark has been hoping that the ban on nuclear ships in our ports will not cause New Zealand to miss any of the action, after all, her government ensured New Zealand contributed to the destruction and ransacking of Afghanistan.
		The nuclear ban does put the New Zealand imperialists in an awkward situation with regard to ANZUS - the military alliance between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
	home.clear.net.nz /pages/wpnz/ap3-02n-weapons.htm (824 words)

	The Sacramento Observer - Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		This is a scenario: ever increasing crescendo of verbal assaults by the minor players in the administration, leading to a meeting with the leaders of Congress, polished off by a speech to the nation on the anniversary of 9-11 – all seem to lead toward war.
		Of course, it is clear that Israel, armed with a scintilla of evidence that their own security might be compromised by Iraq’s possession of nuclear weapons—or “weapons of mass destruction” in the current parlance—would use their own pre-emptive strike to knock them out.
		Second, there is the motivation of oil and the prospect that with the ability to flmail his neighbors, Saddam Hussein could devise a monopoly over oil stocks in the Middle East, preventing them from being traded freely to the West.
	www.sacobserver.com /news/commentary/091902/saddam_hussein.htm (788 words)

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		The secret Pentagon document, first reported in US newspapers at the weekend, outlines scenarios in which nuclear weapons might be used against a number of countries.
		Weekend reports said the weapons could be used in "retaliation for attack with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons" and "against targets able to withstand non-nuclear attack".
		The report - titled Nuclear Posture Review - is quoted as saying the Pentagon should be ready to use nuclear weapons in an Arab-Israeli conflict, a war between China and Taiwan and an attack by North Korea on the South.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1870000/1870136.stm (468 words)

	Giving In to Nuclear Blackmail
		Washington, however, has remained unswerving in refusing to succumb to nuclear "flmail" and has instead focused on building a coalition against North Korean ultimatums.
		In addition to that country's illicit pursuit of nuclear programs, which violates at least four international and bilateral agreements, North Korea remains an ever-imposing threat based on the fact that it continues to build up its military; despite mass starvation at home.
		The United States acting alone cannot terminate North Korea's nuclear ambitions, which are the real source of threat to international security and stability.
	www.heritage.org /Press/Commentary/ed100304c.cfm (1077 words)

	Nuclear blackmail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Mind you, the totally irresponsible statement has not been made by any fire-spewing politician speaking in some obscure mofussil town within the country but by the newly appointed Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr Munir Khan, who is supposed to know how to measure his words and their consequences.
		Ironically, despite India’s commitment to no first use of nuclear weapons western powers have been equating New Delhi with Islamabad while dispensing their advice to exercise restraint.
		But even that calculation should not be treated as an excuse for allowing him to hold the nuclear gun at India’s head.
	meaindia.nic.in /opinion/2002/06/01o03.htm (462 words)

	Fire Officer's Guide to Disaster Control
		In addition, if the apparent visits by alien beings and their space vehicles should pose any type of threat, it will, as always, be the fire service that is called upon to provide the first line of life-saving defense and disaster mitigation.
		On April 25,1991, radio station KSHE in St. Louis, Missouri was fined $25,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for broadcasting a mock warning of a nuclear attack during the Persian Gulf War.
		Nuclear Blackmail Emergency Response Plan for the State of California, Officer of Emergency Service, State of California, June 1976.
	photoulater.tripod.com /id32.html (5413 words)

	U.S. Bends to North Korea's Nuclear Blackmail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The agreement is on verge of nullification as North Korea recently renewed its nuclear ambitions.
		It claims its nuclear activity was aimed purely at producing electricity.
		He said Washington was willing to talk to North Korea "about their response to the international community" on the nuclear issue.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2003/1/13/91618.shtml (882 words)

	CNN.com - India accuses Musharraf of nuclear blackmail - June 19, 2002
		NEW DELHI, India -- India has accused President Pervez Musharraf of "nuclear flmail" after the Pakistani leader said that Islamabad's nuclear capabilities deterred New Delhi from launching a full-scale war during the Kashmir crisis.
		But the comments drew harsh criticism from India, which has said that war was averted because Pakistan promised to halt incursions of militants into Indian-controlled Kashmir.
		CNN's Ram Ramgopal reports on the decline in tourism in Kashmir as a result of the political instability in the region.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/19/india.pakistan (612 words)

	U.S. rejects nuclear blackmail at six-way talks - The Washington Times: World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The United States yesterday said it would not give in to flmail or threats by North Korea that it was ready to prove it had nuclear weapons, but instead would continue to work for a diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula.
		North Korea told U.S. delegates during six-way talks aimed at defusing the Korean nuclear face-off that it was considering announcing that it not only had nuclear arms but was ready to test them.
		The nuclear crisis erupted in late 2002, when North Korea acknowledged to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, the lead U.S. envoy to the Beijing talks this week, that it had an active nuclear arms program.
	washingtontimes.com /world/20030829-100947-5514r.htm (786 words)

	Pyongyang's Nuclear Blackmail
		Kim Jong Il's latest attempts at flmail only illustrate the dangers of waiting too long to stop any dictator from getting his hands on nuclear weapons.
		South Korean President-elect Roh Moo Hyun has been talking more sense about Pyongyang's nuclear program in recent days, suggesting that he is not quite as eager for the Yankees to go home as he has sometimes sounded.
		China is a historic friend of the Communist North, but it also knows that the fastest route to a nuclear Japan is to tolerate a nuclear Korea.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/815479/posts (1168 words)

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