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M'sia Against Linking Islamic Countries' Nuclear Ambition To Terrorism KUANTAN, Nov 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has said that Islamic countries using nuclear technology as a source of energy should not be accused of being inclined towards terrorism. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis said Monday the world must respect the democratic right of Islamic nations to use modern technology for peaceful means. "We recently noticed certain articles in the international press that seem to misinterpret a renewed interest in nuclear power generation among Islamic countries in general as having an ulterior motive. "Such a tendency to misinterpret purely based on a religious profiling of countries is most unfortunate and should be properly addressed, lest it undermines the global nuclear weapons non-proliferation even more," he told reporters after opening the Seventh Ministerial Meeting Of The Forum For Nuclear Cooperation In Asia (FNCA), here. Also present were ministers and officials of science and technology from Asia, including Japan, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Bangladesh, as well as Australia. Jamaludin said Islamic countries should not be prevented from using nuclear technology as it was important for their development. Meanwhile, he said, the Malaysian government had yet to decide to use nuclear technology but was prepared to do so if the prices of fuel and electricity went up too high. The government, however, was carrying out research, increasing the skills of its experts in the field and listening to the opinions of the people before deciding to use nuclear technology, he added. He said his ministry was making efforts to enhance the scientific expertise it had by training youths in the field through cooperation with Universiti Sains Malaysia. The three-day meeting, which started last Saturday, is aimed at discussing cooperation among Asian countries and exchanging knowledge on the use of nuclear technology as a source of electricity. -- BERNAMA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
