the nuclear free zone issue, Turkey has to come clear of its stand on the US nuclear weapons stationed on its soil. That question becomes more precarious, considering the tension in Turkey -- Israel relations following the attack of Israelis against a Turkish ship in the Mediterranean Sea and killing of nine Turkish citizens, including one with dual American citizenship. Meanwhile, it is expected that Turkey play a more active role in the NFZ or WMDFZ plan since the country has the intention to launch an extensive nuclear energy program. Fourth, the Israeli confrontation with Iran; Israel, as a non-member of the NPT and in the possession of 200 plus nuclear weapons, has consistently taken the position over the years that a complete peace involving the region must precede any prohibition directed at the possession of nuclear weapons. To avoid any blame, Israel has adopted the policy of ambiguity on its nuclear arsenal that it obtained with the complicity of the West as documented in Seymour Hersh's 1991 "The Samson Option." In recent years, Israel has been involved in a dirty covert war against Iran with the backing of the United States in a destabilization program of Iran that is funded by the US Congress. That is while, Iran's enrichment activities, as its other nuclear programs, are under the supervision and safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Iran has consistently denied any ambition to acquire nuclear weapons, but has insisted on its rights under Article IV of the