Israel has made quite sure that no other nearby Arab country gets to try.

And herein lies the real issue of invading Iraq. Israel bombed Iraqs first attempt at setting up an Arab nuke facility in the 1980s. Gulf war was used to smash 2nd attempt in the 1990s. A US invasion will be the 3rd in the 2000s. I am inclined to doubt that Iraq just letting in inspectors (unless under extremely odious terms to Iraq) will sufice to prevent a US action against Iraq.

We live in interesting times.

Cheers - Doug Marker