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Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent
Reuters ^ | Friday, March 23, 2012 | Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball

Posted on 03/24/2012 8:40:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

The United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran's nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear warhead.

Those conclusions, drawn from extensive interviews with current and former U.S. and European officials with access to intelligence on Iran, contrast starkly with the heated debate surrounding a possible Israeli strike on Tehran's nuclear facilities.

"They're keeping the soup warm but they are not cooking it," a U.S. administration official said.

Reuters has learned that in late 2006 or early 2007, U.S. intelligence intercepted telephone and email communications in which Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a leading figure in Iran's nuclear program, and other scientists complained that the weaponization program had been stopped.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; iran; israel; nato; whatmeworry
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in this April 8, 2008 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Presidential official website/Handout/Files

Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent

1 posted on 03/24/2012 8:40:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 03/24/2012 8:42:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
...in late 2006 or early 2007... Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a leading figure in Iran's nuclear program, and other scientists complained that the weaponization program had been stopped.
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3 posted on 03/24/2012 8:42:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: SunkenCiv

The lefties said that the Russians wouldn’t have the a-bomb for at least 10 years just one year before they detonated one.


4 posted on 03/24/2012 8:43:30 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: SunkenCiv

They already have enough junk to provide a dirty bomb to terrorists.

Oh...and did I mention these public “reports” are political props, with no basis in reality.


5 posted on 03/24/2012 8:46:18 AM PDT by G Larry (We are NOT obliged to carry the snake in our pocket and then dismiss the bites as natural behavior.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent

Boy, have I got a deal on real estate with a bayou view down in south Mississippi for these "intel" guys!

6 posted on 03/24/2012 8:47:25 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Brilliant

That’s because the lefties weren’t aware that the Manhattan Project had traitors passing info to Stalin. Well, other than the lefties not directly involved, anyway. ;’)


7 posted on 03/24/2012 8:47:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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8 posted on 03/24/2012 8:48:12 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: SunkenCiv

I would be worried If all three intelligence agency said the same thing.


9 posted on 03/24/2012 8:49:18 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: SunkenCiv
"...The United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran's nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear warhead..."


10 posted on 03/24/2012 8:50:42 AM PDT by rlmorel (A knife in the chest from a unapologetic liberal is preferable to a knife in the back from a RINO.)
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To: SunkenCiv
sounds like Neville Chamberlain and other pacifists before the Nazi invasion of France lead up into WWII
11 posted on 03/24/2012 8:51:47 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Exactly correct re: the picture. Our intel estimates seem to be leaning towards O’s view of the world. We won’t know what Iran is doing or planning until it is far to late


12 posted on 03/24/2012 8:53:44 AM PDT by Nifster
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To: G Larry; The Sons of Liberty
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13 posted on 03/24/2012 8:57:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: darkwing104

I’m not sure the meter even goes high enough in this case.


14 posted on 03/24/2012 8:58:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: Perdogg

Heh... the unnamed Euro, US, and Israeli sources agreeing was put just in the first sentence. The US source (who could be Obama himself for all we’re told) is sure there’s a few years to go; the Euro and Israeli sources say it won’t take that long; and Israel’s position about closing window of opportunity hasn’t changed.


15 posted on 03/24/2012 9:01:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: SunkenCiv

US Intelligence hasn’t gotten a single thing right on Iran since WW2.


16 posted on 03/24/2012 9:09:05 AM PDT by AU72
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To: AU72

Eh? What did we get right before WW2?


17 posted on 03/24/2012 9:28:41 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1159 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh c’mon, Reuters, the more we bury our heads in the sand over Iran’s nuclear efforts, the more leverage it gives the politicians to stare expressionlessly into a camera lens and claim they had no idea!

The REST of the world understands what’s going on, it’s only the press nd the politicians who are desperate to avoid having to DO something that seem to be clueless.

And, once Iran aims their nuke in somebody’s direction, the thousands of resulting dead people will be mute testimony to the ambivalence of today’s politicians.


18 posted on 03/24/2012 10:16:00 AM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - Another name for white collar criminals!!)
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To: SunkenCiv
"They're keeping the soup warm but they are not cooking it," a U.S. administration official said.

In other news...

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19 posted on 03/24/2012 10:44:07 AM PDT by mkjessup (0bama squats to pee.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Reuters thinks a 6 year old report is news.

And won't have one for years.

Guess what, it's been years since that was written.

20 posted on 03/24/2012 10:56:50 AM PDT by DManA
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