Vanunu among record 173 Nobel nominees

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/394062.html

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"Jailed Israeli atomic whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, the head of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei and former Czech President Vaclav Havel are among a record 173 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize.


The Norwegian Nobel Institute said on Friday that the number of nominees - 129 individuals and 44 organizations - beat a former record of 165 for 2003 when the award went to Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman laureate.

"I'm speculating about Vanunu , although I don't think that the Nobel Committee will be sufficiently daring to provoke Israel," said Stein Toennesson, director of the Peace Research Institute, Oslo.

Vanunu will be freed in April after an 18-year jail term for treason for leaking details of Israel's secret nuclear program."

[drdon326]

1. Probably....

nominated by the same idiot who nominated THE WEASEL.

[BlueEyedSon]

2. You must be kidding.

Vanunu committed treason for the greater good and safety of the world (i.e. less nukes), putting himself at great personal risk.

Bush committed treason for economic and political gain, making the world far less safe in the process.

[methinks2]

3. Bravo!

:toast:

[Jim Sagle]

4. Vanunu ain't nuthin' but shit.