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Israel says Iran closer to atom bomb than thought
Reuters ^ | Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:12pm EST | Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Andrew Heavens

Posted on 11/13/2011 3:06:37 PM PST by Olog-hai

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the full extent of Iran's nuclear program was not reflected in a recent U.N. report, which said that Tehran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic bomb.

"Iran is closer to getting an (atomic) bomb than is thought," Netanyahu said in remarks to cabinet ministers, quoted by an official from his office.

"Only things that could be proven were written (in the U.N. report), but in reality there are many other things that we see," Netanyahu said, according to the official.

The Israeli leader did not specify what additional information he had about Iran's nuclear program during his cabinet's discussion on the report by the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released last week.

At the start of meeting, Netanyahu made a broadcast repeating his call for the world "to stop Iran's race to arm itself with a nuclear weapon before it is too late." …

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; waronterror
No, Israel (and the world) cannot live with Iranian nukes.
1 posted on 11/13/2011 3:06:38 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

But, but, but...all the pointy-headed intellectual liberals said Iran stopped working on the bomb years ago...


2 posted on 11/13/2011 3:18:17 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: PLMerite
But, but, but...all the pointy-headed intellectual liberals said Iran stopped working on the bomb years ago...

Yeah, that was our first clue as to their intentions.

3 posted on 11/13/2011 3:23:23 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Olog-hai

This may actually be good news, since the Iranians really don’t seem very close to having thought.

Cheers,
Jim


4 posted on 11/13/2011 3:26:23 PM PST by gymbeau (Free Tibet! (limit two per customer))
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To: Olog-hai

My prayers are for Bibi and Israel.

In my view, PM Netanyahu is the true leader of the free world at this time.


5 posted on 11/13/2011 3:26:40 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: Olog-hai

We’re getting ready to hit the trifecta — socialized medicine, an entitlement-addicted population, and the nuclear bomb in Iran.

Thank you, Mr. Obama. Thank you liberals. Thank you compassionate conservatives.

Thank you all very much.


6 posted on 11/13/2011 3:54:49 PM PST by heye2monn
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To: gymbeau

This may actually be good news, since the Iranians really don’t seem very close to having thought
Maybe it’s better that they have thought, because then they could work on conscience . . .
7 posted on 11/13/2011 4:01:29 PM PST by Olog-hai
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Thanks Olog-hai.
8 posted on 11/13/2011 4:03:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Olog-hai
"Iran is closer to getting an (atomic) bomb than is thought,"

How close did they initially think, and how much closer are they?

9 posted on 11/13/2011 4:07:40 PM PST by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Olog-hai

Israel will visit Iran before the end of this year!


10 posted on 11/13/2011 4:10:20 PM PST by IrishPennant (We don't want to work so we go to work to make enough money not to work...Huh?)
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To: Olog-hai

So, I’m guessing this would not be a good year to visit Tehran for the holidays.


11 posted on 11/13/2011 4:18:44 PM PST by Random Access
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To: Olog-hai

Time to shift my ETF from gold to oil?


12 posted on 11/13/2011 4:36:09 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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13 posted on 11/13/2011 5:34:32 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: PLMerite
..all the pointy-headed intellectual liberals said Iran stopped working on the bomb years ago...

Yeah, but that was after they began working on the bomb. Apparently the coneheads assumed that their incredible diplomatic skills were able to persuade the Iranians from pursuing nuclear weapons. It was going to be one of their greatest feats. In fact, Hollywood had already done movies about their brilliant negotiating skills.

Unfortunately, the reality of situation is that according to some of the released documents from Iraq, the Iraqi's had resorted to biological and chemical attacks to stop the wave of Iranian Mujaheddin suicide attackers. So the Iranians knew the power of WMD's more so then perhaps any other civilization on the planet. And we are dealing with one of the oldest civilizations on the planet. And one that had been completely overrun by the Mongols. The prevailing Mongol tactic at the time was to only leave people alive that the Mongols wanted alive.

14 posted on 11/13/2011 9:44:03 PM PST by justa-hairyape
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15 posted on 11/14/2011 5:27:58 AM PST by SJackson (Haven't changed the environment, just take a bath. Eat a piece of chocolate. You need one. Michelle)
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To: Olog-hai

‘Twould be nice. Shan’t hold my breath, alas.

cheers
Jim


16 posted on 11/14/2011 6:06:43 AM PST by gymbeau (Free Tibet! (limit two per customer))
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