VANU-NUTS!

FIRST MORDECHAI VANUNU SPILLS ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR SECRETS TO THE WORLD.  HE'S ARRESTED AND GOES TO PRISON FOR TREASON.  THEN HE CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANTITY.  THEN HE'S RELEASED, AND AS A CONDITION OF HIS PROBATION, HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO THE PRESS.  SO.... HE GIVES AN INTERVIEW TO AN ARAB NEWSPAPER IN WHICH HE ASSERTS THAT ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS A GREAT THREAT TO THE PEACE OF THE MIDDLE EAST (WHEN IN FACT, IT ASSURES THE PEACE BY DETERRING AGRESSION.)

NOW... HE ASSERTS THAT ISRAEL KILLED JFK.  BRILLIANT.

 Vanunu: Israel behind JFK assassination
Comments by freed nuclear spy Mordechai Vanunu that Israel was behind the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy failed to bring smiles to government officials Sunday.  One would expect that such claims would portray Vanunu as a man with a credibility problem, but as far as the defense establishment is concern, the former nuclear technician still has secrets to reveal and a declared goal of ending Israel's nuclear program. He shouldn't be talking to the media and is actually barred from meeting with foreigners.

Nevertheless, the London-base al-Hayat published Sunday an interview is claims it had with Vanunu. According to the interview which appeared in its Arabic supplement Al-Wassat, Vanunu said that according to "near-certain indications", Kennedy was assassinated due to "pressure he exerted on then head of government, David Ben-Gurion, to shed light on Dimona's nuclear reactor."

"We do not know which irresponsible Israeli prime minister will take office and decide to use nuclear weapons in the struggle against neighboring Arab countries," Vanunu was quoted as saying. "What has already been exposed about the weapons Israel is holding can destroy the region and kill millions."

Vanunu also said that the reactor in Dimona, where he worked, could become a second "Chernobyl." He said that an earthquake could cause fissures to the core and that would cause a massive radiation leak threatening millions.

Vanunu warned that Jordan should test the residents along the border with Israel for exposure to radiation and give them pills just like Israel decided to do for its citizens.Vanunu also criticized the visit to Israel early this month by the head of the Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammed el-Baradei.  "He (Baradei) should have refused to have visited Israel (because) he was not allowed to inspect the nuclear reactor," Vanunu said.

According to al-Hayat, Vanunu now lives "with his Palestinian friends" in east Jerusalem.