Global Issues: WMD ~ With Gaddafi Gone Libya is once again the West’s bogeyman

With Libya seemingly sewn up the international spotlight is shifting back to one of our favourite ‘rogue states’ Iran and the fact that their attempt to acquire nuclear weapons is back on track. Certainly the US’s reluctance to take a lead role over Libya can be seen in the light of the US having the prospect of facing up to Iran at some point over its nuclear agenda as an ultimately more pressing and ominous strategic priority.

Today’s Telegraph has a good article on Iran recent nuclear activity and attempt to proliferate: With Gaddafi gone, Iran is once again top of the West’s list of problems It asserts:The drumbeat of war against Iran is set to beat much louder when the UN’s nuclear watchdog publishes the findings of its long-awaited report next week that the country is well advanced in its attempts to build a nuclear bomb.

For background - BBC Q&A: Iran and the Nuclear Issue

It might be worth cross referencing with a few earlier blog posts on Iran: Global Issues: WMD and Rogue States - IRAN Global Issues: IRAN SPECIAL - Masters of enrichment?