Following Israel’s bombing of the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq on June 7, 1981, “Israel was condemned by the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency], and in a resolution unanimously adopted on June 19, 1981, the [UN] Security Council described the action as ‘a serious threat to the entire [Non-Proliferation Treaty] safeguards system.’ “
– Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 19