Posted on 04/30/2008 3:59:50 PM PDT by mojito
Iran has taken command of its nuclear technology and could have an atomic bomb in a year, Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz was quoted as saying Wednesday, citing Israeli intelligence.
According to Channel 10, Mofaz made the comments during talks with US officials in Washington where he leading an Israeli delegation holding meetings within the framework of the Israel-US Strategic Dialogue.
In the past, the general consensus in the intelligence community has been that Iran had hit some technical difficulties with enrichment and that its attainment of nuclear capability was much further off.
Late Sunday night, as Mofaz headed to Washington, he said that Iran must be prevented from attaining nuclear weapons and that all the options were on the table in order to stop that from happening.
"Teheran leads the axis of evil, poses a threat to the entire world, is up to its neck in the Middle East and is even trying to get a foothold in the West Bank," he said.
Meanwhile, as a second US aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf, CBS reported Tuesday that the Pentagon had ordered military commanders to develop new options for attacking Iran.
According to the report, the planning was being driven by what one officer called the "increasingly hostile role" Iran is playing in Iraq - smuggling weapons into Iraq for use against American troops.
Targets would include everything from the plants where weapons are made to the headquarters of the organization known as the Quds Force which directs operations in Iraq, CBS reported.
It depends.If something definitive is done to prevent them from getting a nuke it could actually prove to be good news.Imagine the reaction of the followers of the Religion of Pieces throughout the world if they saw photos of a mushroom cloud over one or more Iranian "research facilities".
I guess this is news mostly because the ‘Raelis decided to talk about it. The Truman and the Lincoln have been there for awhile. The Stennis could easily be there pronto if it’s not actually nearby. I’ve been saying for a year the Iranians should duck when they see the third carrier show up. The math is simple: 3 X carriers = @ 240 ground attack capable planes—minus @ 900 nuclear related targets. Result: Iran will be out of the bomb business in 48 hours after “execute”. It’s something we shouldn’t have to do but looks like it is going to happen.
The question to ask is where are the F22’s? I would expect them to be doing workups to cover any attack. This is what they were built for.
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