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El Baradei: Iran only months away from a bomb
Jerusalem Post ^ | Dec. 5, 2005 | JP
Posted on 12/04/2005 10:52:47 PM PST by FairOpinion
IAEA chairman Muhammad ElBaradei on Monday confirmed Israel's assessment that Iran is only a few months away from creating an atomic bomb.
"If Teheran indeed resumes its uranium enrichment in other plants, as threatened, it will take it only several months to produce a bomb," ElBaradei told The Independent, according to Army Radio.
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Iraq - French engineer abducted in Baghdad
AFP via Babelfish translation | December 5, 2005
Posted on 12/05/2005 12:05:28 AM PST by HAL9000
A French Engineer Removed In Baghdad
BAGHDAD - a French engineer working in Baghdad was removed Monday morning by the unknown ones armed in the west with the capital, indicated the Iraqi police force.
The French national circulated on board his car in the district of Mansour when armed men stopped it and taken along towards an unknown destination, according to this source.
The abduction took place towards 09H20 (06H20 GMT).
Documents proving the nationality of the victim were found in the car left on the spot. The French also rented a house with Mansour, whose owner confirmed nationality, added this source.
According to the police force, it worked as engineer in a station of purification of the water of the capital.
Contacted by AFP, the embassy from France in Baghdad could not confirm information in the immediate future.
Three French journalists were removed by groups armed in Iraq, before being released healthy and safe.
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Dec. 5, 2005 11:37 | Updated Dec. 5, 2005 11:45
"Explosion occurs outside Netanya mall; 4 dead"
By JPOST.COM STAFF
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Four people were reported dead and dozens wounded after an explosion rocked the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall on Herzl Street in Netanya on Monday at 11:30 a.m.
Police believe that the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber at the entrance to the mall after he was prevented from entering.
The explosion occurred near one of the main entrances. It was heard throughout the city."