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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on May 01, 2018, 03:46:39 am
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'Mossad, CIA agree Iran has yet to decide to build nuclear weapon'
Haaretz Mar 18, 2012 8:53 AM
Israel’s intelligence services agree with American intelligence assessments that there is not enough proof to determine whether Iran is building a nuclear bomb, according to a report published Sunday in the New York Times.
The newspaper said that senior American officials believe there is little disagreement between the Mossad and U.S. intelligence agencies over Iran’s nuclear program, despite the fact that Israeli political leaders have been pushing for quick action to block Iran from becoming what they describe as an existential threat.
The report further quoted one former senior American intelligence official who states that the Mossad “does not disagree with the U.S. on the weapons program,†adding that there is “not a lot of dispute between the U.S. and Israeli intelligence communities on the facts.â€
Continued at: https://www.haaretz.com/1.5206174 (https://www.haaretz.com/1.5206174)
Haaretz is thought to be fairly liberal I believe.
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Good grief, that's stupid.
(Nothing you said, Tom, the conclusion that they can't conclude that Iran is building a nuclear bomb is stupid.)
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Here, most of us believe what Bibi said, in other areas of the web, not necessarily, dark areas, some are saying what Netanyahu is saying is not true (comments at Middle East Eye, they are moderated comments so there shouldn't be anything offensive there). UK wants to keep the deal still.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43957431 (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43957431)
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Teresa May just met with Netanyahu in February, so we will see where this goes.
It sounds like Macron might go with the US's side in this; but it also might be a bit of horse trading, we stay in Northern Syria, France might go along with this for the US and Israel.