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July 9, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/signs-increasingly-point-to-sabotage-in-fiery-explosion-at-iranian-nuclear-complex/2020/07/06/d1035e84-bfce-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html

Signs Increasingly Point to Sabotage in Explosion at Iranian Nuclear Complex

(Washington Post) Joby Warrick - A massive explosion and fire at an Iranian nuclear facility last week was probably an act of sabotage, intelligence officials and weapons experts said Monday. A Middle Eastern security official said in an interview that the damage was caused by a "huge explosive device" planted by Israeli operatives to "send a signal" to Tehran. "There was an opportunity, and someone in Israel calculated the risk and took the opportunity." The official described the building as having been "completely destroyed." Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, former national security adviser and head of Israel's National Security Council, applauded the attack as a necessary check on Iran's ongoing progress toward nuclear and strategic weapons capability.

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