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Mars 2006 / BBC Newsnight

Secret sale of UK plutonium to Israel



BBC NEWS

Secret sale of UK plutonium to Israel

By Meirion Jones

BBC Newsnight

The UK supplied Israel with quantities of

plutonium while Harold Wilson was prime minister, BBC Newsnight can

reveal.

The sale was made despite a warning from British

intelligence that it might "make a material

contribution to an Israeli weapons programme".

Under

Wilson, Britain also sold Israel tons of

chemicals used to make boosted atom bombs 20

times more powerful than Hiroshima or even Hydrogen (...)


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