11/11/2004 Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, released in April after 18 years in jail, has been re-arrested. His supporters said that the police had used the death of Yassir Arafat as cover to make the arrest, in the hope that it would be ignored. Mr Vanunu was seized by some 30 armed police officers who stormed the Anglican Cathedral in East Jerusalem to make the arrest. "Analysts said the arrest of Vanunu -- who has repeatedly defied orders not to give interviews -- may be an Israeli attempt to suppress discussion of its nuclear program at a time of increasing international efforts to block Iran from going nuclear."
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