Vanunu Release Delayed Over Dispute, Israeli Official Says

[muriel_volestrangler]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4889124§ion=news

Israeli prison authorities put the release of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu on hold on Wednesday in a dispute over conditions for setting him free after 18 years in jail, officials said.
"He has refused to give us his place of residence (after his release) and until he does so he will not be freed," a Prisons Authority spokesman said.

Vanunu, 49, was due to be released in the southern coastal city of Ashkelon at 11 am (4 a.m. EDT) on Wednesday after serving his full prison term for revealing Israel's nuclear secrets to a British newspaper.

[Jim Sagle]

1. Fuck'm.

[not systems]

4. Mordechai RAWKS!

Thanks to him we know that the madman serial killer
Sharon has his finger poised on the trigger blackmailing
the world with nuclear war.

That RAWKS big time.

He is out just in time for Armageddon that RAWKS too.

[0007]

9. Good news does indeed rock

This man is a hero. Now the story will be told to rock the sheep herders and their sheep.

[Jim Sagle]

10. I don't know shit about sheep, but I do know Va Neenee Nana Nana Nunu

sucks.

[0007]

12. Yeah Jim, you indeed know a lot!

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[Matilda]

2. And so it begins .....

What will they think up next to keep him inside?

[Jim Sagle]

16. Whatever it takes, I hope.

[anarchy1999]

3. go figure!

bastardes.........

Who among us should be surprised? 12 of 18 years in solitary confinement. This man is a hero, he stands on principle alone, along with faith. Faith in doing what is right for humankind, and he believes in a God. How can he be faulted and how will we fail him by not protecting him?

We have no room to stand if we do not take care of this man.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. but not delayed for long, it seems

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=Z1BPXPVEKYEW2CRBAE0CFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=4890170

"Israel Nuke Whistleblower Vanunu Freed from Prison"

[KurtNilsen]

6. I must admit to be a strong defender of Israel, but to watch

Vanunu being released today was heartbreaking.

God bless him, and may he find peace and happiness in the remainder of his life.

[dudeness]

7. just saw him on TV..

delivering a blistering polemic....

[Minstrel Boy]

8. Vanunu is Israel's Mandela.

He's a hero who, if only it would listen to him, could save his country.

[Jim Sagle]

11. More like Israel's Lord Haw Haw.

[Zhade]

14. Jim, you are clearly not well-informed about him.

This man is a hero, and the fact that he's now free RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Thank God this brave man is free. Justice at last!

[rooboy]

15. Nukes for everyone, as long as it's us!!!! n/t

[Jim Sagle]

17. Reality !A - Israel needs nukes to avoid genocide, the Arab states don't.

[rooboy]

18. Ummm. Right now, I'd say it's the Arabs who should be fearing genocide. nt

[Jim Sagle]

19. Because they iced one jagoff? Riiiiiiight.

[anarchy1999]

20. Jim, you just haven't seemed to be yourself the last few days.

Or maybe we never really knew you. Hope you feel better soon.

"Jagoff"???? What the hell........

[Jim Sagle]

22. Once Kerry is in the WH I'll be fine, and so will you.

[SHRED]

21. Hero

Hats off to him.

Tortured and brutalized.
Nice touch Israel.

Why the heck do we back that government so much? Oh that's right...we do the same in our prisons.

They once were victims and are now turning into perpetrators. Happens often with individuals and societies.

[daleo]

23. I have never really understood this

Did he actually leak nuclear secrets that would help any other country build a bomb, or did he just verify that Israel has the bomb. If it is only the latter, I would have thought this wasn't such a bad thing from Israel's point of view. After all, deterrent theory assumes that people know that you do indeed possess a deterrent. The U.S. made no secret of the fact, once they went nuclear, nor did any of the other nuclear powers.

I know there could be a bit of a problem with some types of U.S. aid, which are not supposed to go to possessors of WMD, but I would think that would be easy enough for the U.S. to rectify through legislation.

It would be nice to get a reasoned response to this question.