Israel Constructing Nuclear Shelter for Cabinet

[Times-UK] Uzi Mahnaimi - Amid mounting fears that Iran is planning to obliterate their country, the Israeli government insists the population has little to fear. "People building atomic shelters are wasting their money," said a security source. "The Iranians know very well that we'll bomb them back to the Stone Age before they've launched a single missile." However, Ephraim Sneh, the deputy defense minister, confirmed that a 300m pound nuclear shelter is being constructed in the Jerusalem hills for the Israeli war cabinet. "This will be a command and control center that will be able to run the State of Israel during a war, even after a nuclear strike," he said.


2006-10-30 01:00:00

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