An Iranian Kavoshgar rocket carrying a live monkey in a capsule launches from an unknown location on January 28, 2013, according to Iranian state media. The suborbital missile launch touched concerns that Iran could use this accomplishment to launch nuclear missiles, but there has been no immediately confirmation of Iran’s claim. UPI
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 4 (UPI) — A former head of Israel’s military intelligence, Amos Yadlin, warned Monday Iran will have the ability to manufacture a nuclear bomb in four to six months.
“Iran completed all of the steps that would allow it to make a nuclear bomb when it decides to … ,” the Hebrew language daily Maariv quoted Yadlin as saying.
Yadlin is director of the Institute for National Security Studies and former head of the army’s intelligence unit.
He made the comment while giving the institute’s strategic assessment for 2013.
If Israel conducts a surgical strike on Iranian nuclear sites, the Islamic republic will respond in a restricted manner in order to prevent a regional war, Yadlin said.
“It is possible that in 2013 they [Iran] will decide to operate and that will necessitate an Israeli operation and possibly also the United States, and we must decide what our red line will be. If Iran is attacked, there will be a Middle East war but we believe the Middle East won’t want a regional war and Iran’s response will be a limited one,” he said.
Yadlin stressed that Iran’s nuclear program has yet to reach the point of no return and said Israel must give diplomacy a chance.
“They don’t have enough centrifuges. When they have over 10,000 centrifuges, it will justify an Israeli and American action,” he said.
Copyright 2013 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
Maybe if we hadn’t help overthrow the democraticaly elected government and kill their president and then back the shah for thirty years while he murdered, raped and tortured his own people they would like us more. Funny how we like democracy and free elections until the people elected don’t do what we want.
Leave it to the jews. first they try to take land that isn’t theirs. second they want the whole world to help them out since they can’t make it on their own, and third, now they’re trying to tell other countries how to run themselves. When are the jews going to face reality. The majority of people would love to see the US stop sending billions to israel and keep that money here to help out ourselves.
I love this! The 2nd amendment boys think no one can tell them that can’t own a gun but they can tell a whole country they can’t!
Israel has the bomb. Why shouldn’t Iran? What makes the jews so special?
So what? A bomb never hurt anybody! It’s an inanimate object. Leave them alone!
The Iranians are as GOOFY as the North Koreans. Watch out people. They will make the bomb and they will use it unless the Israeli’s stop them.
Monkey see -Monkey do !