Tuesday, July 10, 2007

DAR AL HARB/ISLAM - THE WEST/IRAN: SANCTIONS WILL ULTIMATELY FAIL TO STOP TEHERAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM

'Time running out for Iran strike'
By YAAKOV KATZ

Predicting that sanctions will ultimately fail to stop Teheran's nuclear program, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, former head of Military Intelligence's Research Division, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that time to launch an effective military strike against Iran's nuclear installations was running out.

According to Kuperwasser, who stepped down from his post last year, Iran is "very close" to the point that it will cross the technological threshold and have the capability to enrich uranium at an industrial level. Once they master the technology, the Iranians will have the ability to manufacture a nuclear device within two to three years, he added.

"The program's vulnerability to a military operation is diminishing as time passes," Kuperwasser said, "and they are very close to the point that they will be able to enrich uranium at an industrial level."

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1) 'Time running out for Iran strike'

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