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December 18, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/15/tehrans-nuclear-trigger/

The Mullahs Could Have the Bomb Any Day Now

(Washington Times) Editorial - A smoking-gun document has emerged that indicates Iran is closer than ever to developing a nuclear weapon. Top-secret technical notes leaked from deep within the Iranian nuclear program detail research on a neutron initiator, a device that sets off a nuclear detonation. It is the smoking gun's trigger. There is no peaceful use for the neutron initiator. It is not a "dual-use" technology; it only sets off bombs. Iran apparently has been working on the initiator since at least 2007, the same year that a National Intelligence Estimate from the U.S. intelligence community determined that Iran had no intention of seeking nuclear weapons.

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