Waging Cyberwar on Iran's Nuclear Program
Potential for catastrophic loss of life ignored by those hailing disruption. [ analysis ] Ever since February 9, 2003, when the existence of the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz was formally announced by then President Mohammad Khatami of Iran, an unholy alliance of the Israel lobby in the United States, the neoconservatives, and the group of people that antiwar activists such as myself refer to as the War Party have suggested all sorts of ways to destroy Iran's nuclear program. Never mind that article IV of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, of which Iran was the very first signatory, recognizes its full right to nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment, for peaceful purposes. In a seven-part series that I began posting in October 2003 -- the first six parts of which are here, and the seventh here -- I have explained all the relevant issues regarding the program. I have also posted many more articles on the subject here. As I have explained in an article, ther...