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March 26, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1073816.html

Military Intelligence: Iran Has Crossed Nuclear Bomb Threshold

[Ha'aretz] Shahar Ilan - Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday that Iran has "crossed the technological threshold" for making a nuclear bomb. He also said Iran has developed surface-to-surface missiles that can carry nuclear warheads. According to Yadlin, the bottleneck in Iran's nuclear weapons program was in obtaining fissionable material. However, he said the "battle to prevent a nuclear Iran is not yet lost....The right combination of talks and sanctions, the carrot and the stick, could bring about a change in Iran's policies." Yadlin also said Hamas was preparing for another round of fighting, noting that weapons that Hamas lacked during Israel's Gaza operation, such as long-range rockets, and anti-aircraft and anti-tank weaponry, are being smuggled into Gaza. This was "the reason Hamas will not, under any circumstances, sign an agreement to end Gaza smuggling."

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