Iraq Wants to Go Nuclear

Iraq is asking other countries if it can become a nuclear player again nineteen years after American and British war planes blew up Saddam Hussein's last two reactors, The Guardian reported Tuesday. The Iraqi government has approached a French company about rebuilding one reactor while other have contacted the International Atomic Energy Agency about joining the nuclear club again. "We have become more and more conscious of the need for nuclear technology," Iraq's science and technology minister told the British newspaper. Iraq maintains the program would be used for industry and development and not military purposes.