|
Trending Topics
|
Jerusalem Dismisses Iran's Nuclear Boasting
[Jerusalem Post] Herb Keinon - Senior officials in Israel brushed off Ahmadinejad's claim that Teheran had begun enriching uranium with 3,000 centrifuges, sufficient to produce a nuclear weapon, as "nuclear boasting." "He is a dangerous man," one official said, "but let's not downplay the fact that what he is trying to do is convince the Europeans that there is nothing they can do to stop him because he has already passed the nuclear threshold. He is not there." The official said Israel knows that Ahmadinejad "does not have what he is boasting about." Israel's assessment is that Iran has still not passed the "preliminary threshold, and that Ahmadinejad can still be stopped. Sanctions are effective, and need to be continued," the official said.