Wizdom
05-12-07, 22:27
Israel publicly challenges US intelligence report that Iran’s nuclear weapons program is on hold
December 4, 2007, 11:32 AM (GMT+02:00)
Defense minister Ehud Barak won't be led
Defense minister Ehud Barak argued that Iran had in fact restarted its program.
“It’s apparently true that in 2003 Iran stopped its military nuclear program for a time. But in our opinion, since then, it has apparently continued that program,” Barak told Israel army radio. “We cannot afford to rest just because of an intelligence report from the other side of the globe, even if it is from our greatest friend,” said the defense minister.
Israel’s foreign missions were instructed to step up the international campaign for tough sanctions against Iran to repair the impression created by the US intelligence reassessment that Iran is off the hook on its military nuclear program.
December 4, 2007, 11:32 AM (GMT+02:00)
Defense minister Ehud Barak won't be led
Defense minister Ehud Barak argued that Iran had in fact restarted its program.
“It’s apparently true that in 2003 Iran stopped its military nuclear program for a time. But in our opinion, since then, it has apparently continued that program,” Barak told Israel army radio. “We cannot afford to rest just because of an intelligence report from the other side of the globe, even if it is from our greatest friend,” said the defense minister.
Israel’s foreign missions were instructed to step up the international campaign for tough sanctions against Iran to repair the impression created by the US intelligence reassessment that Iran is off the hook on its military nuclear program.