What is Sharon going to do about Vanunu?

[RaulGroom]

I usually avoid this forum, but I'm fascinated by the prospect of Mordechai Vanunu getting out of prison on April 21 and talking to reporters about Israel's nuclear weapons. It seems that this is coming at a terrible time for Sharon with the Bush administration tied up defending itself on issues unrelated to the I/P question; I doubt they will be able to provide Israel with much cover, and even if Bush were willing to spend political capital on defending Israel from Vanunu's allegations, I'm not sure what exactly he would say, or if it would help.

So my question is, for those who know more about this region than I do, what is Sharon's plan for Vanunu? It seems unthinkable to me that he will just let Vanunu get out and run to Z magazine or wherever and just start spilling the beans. Will they assassinate him? Keep him under house arrest? What?

In case you don't know what on earth I'm talking about, check Robert Fisk's ZNet article.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=5222

[bluesoul]

1. They killed Rabin, didn't they?

The fundamentalists, extremists and likudniks are capable of everything...

[mmm]

3. Sharon and the IDF now act with impunity

they won't have to kill Vanunu.
Sharon will just act like Bush.
"Big deal, we got them and we plan to use them."
And that will be the end of that.

[mmm]

2. Vanunu will speak; UN will condemn; US will act as apologist

nothing will happen

corrupt business as usual