| 日本語 |
English |
独裁者の野望を阻止した |
The Ambitions of a Dictator Thwarted |
| イラクで大量破壊兵器の捜索にあたってきた米国調査団が、「備蓄を示す証拠は得られなかった」との最終報告書を米議会に提出した。しかし、イラクの独裁者が核兵器開発にのめり込もうとしていたことは明らかで、イラク攻撃によってフセイン元大統領の野望が阻止されたことは揺るがない。 | The Iraq Survey Group (ISG), a group charged with the task of investigating the existence of WMD in Iraq, released its final report to Congress, stating there was no evidence of any stockpiles. However, the report revealed that Sadaam Hussein had never abandoned his intent to develop nuclear weapons, so the offensive on Iraq put a stop to the dictator’s ambitions. |
| 最終報告の結論は、調査団の中間報告やケイ前団長が米議会の公聴会で語った見解とほぼ同じだ。パウエル国務長官もすでに、「備蓄は見つからず、発見される見通しは少ない」と述べていた。わずかな量で大量殺戮（さつりく）が可能な化学兵器などを、砂漠地帯から発見することは至難の業なのだ。 | The results of the final report coincided with the ISG's “Interim Progress Report” and the views expressed by David Kay, former head of the ISG, at a public congressional hearing. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has also already stated, “It turned out that we have not found any stockpiles (of weapons of mass destruction). I think it is unlikely that we will find any stockpiles.”The ISG was charged with the impossible task of scouring the Iraqi desert regions in an attempt to uncover chemical weapons, which have the potential to decimate an entire nation even with just a small amount. |
| 他方で報告書は、湾岸戦争ではじまった経済制裁が解除された時点で、フセイン政権が開発を再開させようとしていたと結論付けた。 | Even though no WMD were discovered, the report concluded that Sadaam Hussein had full intentions of reinitiating his weapons program the moment sanctions, which started from the Gulf War, were lifted. |
| 九一年にいったん核計画を放棄した後も、フセイン政権は核兵器専門家を手元に残し、また神経ガスが製造できるよう技術を残した。フセイン政権の核開発責任者オベイディ氏が、「必要ならいつでも核計画を開始できた」と証言していることからも、技術の温存が裏付けられている。 | After the Gulf War in 1991, Hussein dismantled his nuclear weapons program, but nuclear weapons specialists were kept on hand, and Hussein possessed technology to manufacture nerve gases. Mahdi Obeidi, chief of nuclear development for the Sadaam regime, confirmed the preservation of this nuclear technology and concurred that Iraq’s nuclear weapons program could have been reinitiated “at the snap of Saddam Hussein’s fingers”. |
| 今なお、イラクの核関連の科学者や技術が近隣国やテロ組織に流出しないよう阻止する必要がある。過去にソ連の核技術が北朝鮮やイランに持ち出された疑いがあり、出国禁止や流出に罰則を設けることが求められる。 | Even now, it is necessary to prevent the flow of Iraqi nuclear scientists and technology into neighboring countries or terrorist organizations. Due to suspicions of nuclear technology being carried out of the Soviet Union and into Iran or North Korea in the past, there is a need to establish laws regulating the outflow of any nuclear scientists or technologies. |