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[OH! The MOSSAD says Iran is developing NUKES! And other WEAPONS OF
MAS DESTRUCTION! Well, Israel sure knows what weapns of mass
destruction are... What IS the US waiting for? Another 911? Better
get right out there and bomb Tehran, Sheriff Bush....]
Iran working on nukes, says Mossad chief
JERUSALEM, Dec 17 (AP)--In a rare public speech, the head of Israel's
Mossad intelligence agency said Sunday that Iran was continuing its
attempt to develop nuclear and other non-conventional weapons, but
was also sending occasional hints that it could someday reconcile
with Israel.
Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy offered his assessment at a public
conference on security in Tel Aviv.
"There are Iranians in high-standing positions of influence that are
saying that if there is an Israeli-Palestinian agreement ... Iran
will not stand in the way of that agreement," Halevy said. "There are
even covert messages of the possibility of reconciliation" emanating
from Iran.
"These are lone chords at the moment, and they are in no way joining
to form a melody," Halevy added, without providing additional
details.
However, he also stressed that Iran was attempting to develop nuclear
and other weapons of mass destruction, as well as expanding its
long-range missile program.
Iran and Israel have been bitter enemies for years, with Iran
providing support for the militant Islamic group Hezbollah in
Lebanon. Hezbollah fought for years against Israeli troops in south
Lebanon.
Israel pulled its forces out of Lebanon last year, but Hezbollah
still wages sporadic attacks over a disputed patch of territory along
the border.
Meanwhile, Halevy described the US-led campaign against international
terrorism as an unprecedented development because of its focus on an
organisation -- Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network -- rather than a
sovereign state.
The campaign could eventually lead some countries, such as Iran and
Syria, to end their support of radical groups accused of carrying out
terrorism, Halevy said.
Halevy said that after the war in Afghanistan, international pressure
could mount on Syrian President Bashar Assad to "bite the bullet,"
and crack down on radical groups in his country.
The British-born Halevy is only the second Mossad chief to be
identified by name. Until recent years, Israel's military censor
prohibited publication of the Mossad chief's name or photograph.
Halevy spoke at a security conference in December of last year in
what was billed as the first ever public speech by the head of the
Israeli intelligence agency. (AP)
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