Posted on 02/13/2008 3:58:05 PM PST by Flavius
Edited on 02/14/2008 6:33:33 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Iran still possesses the capacity to produce nuclear weapons even though it may have stopped its atomic arms development program, a senior US intelligence official said Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT
Thomas Fingar, deputy US director of national intelligence for analysis, told a Congressional hearing that the Islamic republic "continues to develop" capabilities that could be swiftly adopted for production of nuclear weapons.
"We judge it has the technical and industrial capability to produce nuclear weapons," he told the House of Representatives armed services committee which held the hearing to make a global security assessment.
(Excerpt) Read more at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080213/pl_afp/usirannuclearpolitics_080213211526
Yeah, they are making nukes and devising ways to deliver them. Why is the government telling us about it instead of wiping them off the face of the earth? Are they afraid that the New York Times will be angry with them?
If the Iranians had shrubbery, they'd be listening...
Many thanks to Perdogg, I’m reading his “in forums” listing...
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