Clinton criticized for dodging question on Israel nukes...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is criticized for dodging a question on Israel's nuclear arsenal during a "town hall" meeting at a Jeddah college.

Mariyam Alavi, a Saudi student, asked Clinton last Tuesday about Washington's stance on the existence of nuclear weapons in the Middle East.

"I did not get a straight answer," Alavi said in a letter published in Arab News, AFP reported.

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If the Americans "so vehemently oppose Iran's nuclear program," she had asked, "then why isn't the US asking Israel to give up their nuclear weapons?"

The student has questioned Washington's double standard toward Iran's nuclear program and accused Washington of hypocrisy. Full story...

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