Posted on 11/12/2005 11:45:17 PM PST by Colonial Warrior
American intelligence believe that Iran has advanced on its march toward development of nuclear weapons, a major US newspaper reported Sunday.
The newspaper The New York Times said that the CIA passed intelligence to the International Atomic Energy Committee that had been recovered from a computer stolen from a top Iranian official. The documents contained descriptions of experiments and blueprints of Iranian nuclear facilities.
The US intelligence agency claimed that this new information was the strongest evidence yet that Iran is trying to develop a compact nuclear warhead to fit atop its lauded Shahab missile, which can reach Israel.
Speaking recently about Iran's nuclear development, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz said that "it can present an existential threat. Iran is determined to obtain nuclear weapons because that is in its national interest. I'm convinced that the level of international pressure that is applied, and that will be applied, can slow down this process, but I doubt it can stop it. The State of Israel ....
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And this would be....ground zero....we presume!
Hopefully, it will be as reliable as Chernobyl.
Be it Israel or the United States. That plant has to be made a smokestack soon...
So to be playing....by the Smouldering AHoles...
What has the CIA gotten right lately?
Yeah, right. And Iraq had a nuke program going too according to these guys. Ambassador Wilson where are you when we need you?
Has anyone checked with co-commanders-in-chief Reid and Kennedy? Can we trust the CIA to get it right this time?
CIA has consistently tried to undermine President Bush's administration. Security for America and freedom in Iran is not on the agenda of the CIA as long as our President is in power.
Has this intel been approved by the demonrats? We will need their double-secret, super-duper okie dokie assurance this is good intel. Our CIA wouldn't rope-a-dope Bush would they?
Don't worry, around Nov. 2006 they'll tell us Bush messed with the info and lied about it.
The RATS are on it!
It's "tool time".
I think they should send Wilson to Iran to fully investigaye this....He's so thorough and trustfull in these type of matters.....I wonder when Mr. wilson is going to file that slander suit against Gen. Valley
Oh please. That would pollute Iraq too.
It's going to be a loooong time before any administration trusts the CIA enough to act on their intelligence reports.
Exactly, and who are we to trust the NYSlimes?
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