John Bolton and Kenneth Timmerman Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

[ECH1969]

Two Americans who played a major role in exposing Iran's secret nuclear weapons plans have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

United Nations Ambassador John Bolton and longtime Iran investigator Kenneth R. Timmerman were nominated for their repeated warnings and documentation of Iran's secret nuclear buildup and revealing Iran's "repeated lying" and false reports to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Bolton was formerly U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security and was author of the Proliferation Security Initiative, an international effort to interdict shipments of weapons of mass destruction and related materials, which led to the eventual breakup of the secret nuclear network directed by Pakistan nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan. Bolton repeatedly warned of Iran's nuclear plans.

Timmerman, an independent researcher, has written extensively on Iran's nuclear activities for more than 20 years. His report for the Simon Wiesenthal Center in 1992 first detailed Iran's ties to A.Q. Khan. His most recent book, "Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran," was published last year.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=60668

[enid602]

1. Yeah . . . .

. . . and Barbara Bush has just been awarded the 'Magda Goebbels Homemaker of the Year' award.

[rpannier]

2. I guess if scrub can be nominated for the prize

it pretty well opens up the nominations to anyone.

[Jim Sagle]

3. At this rate, The Onion will go belly-up.

;)

[EFerrari]

4. So, if there was any doubt that this Iran thing is a POS

this should clear it right up.

[LittleClarkie]

5. My brain hurts now

Thanks alot.

Can we get any more 1984-esque?

[punpirate]

6. I would guess that Henry Kissinger...

... sort of set a precedent for warmongers and imperialists getting the prize.... :shrug: