Friday, March 27. 2009
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Haaretz is reporting that Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin disclosed to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that
Iran has crossed the nuclear bomb threshold:
...Yadlin told... the Committee on Wednesday that Iran has "crossed the technological threshold" for making a nuclear bomb. He also said Iran has developed surface-to-surface missiles that can carry nuclear warheads.
Yadlin said achieving a military nuclear capacity "was mainly dependent on a political decision by Iran."
According to Yadlin, the bottleneck in Iran's nuclear weapons program was in obtaining fissionable material.
...The MI chief claimed that the "battle to prevent a nuclear Iran is not yet lost."
Yadlin also said Hamas was preparing for another round of fighting, noting that weapons that Hamas lacked during Israel's Gaza operation, such as long-range rockets, and anti-aircraft and anti-tank weaponry, are being smuggled into Gaza.
Weapons that Hamas lacked during Operation Cast Lead, such as long-range rockets, and anti-aircraft and anti-tank weaponry, are being smuggled into Gaza, Yadlin said, adding that it was "the reason Hamas will not, under any circumstances, sign an agreement to end Gaza smuggling."
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