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Is Iran the Next Neocon Target? |
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The Iranian Nuclear Program
Iran assures us it is not building nuclear weapons, but its nuclear program is clearly increasing its capability to do so. Inspections should continue while pressure and diplomatic efforts are increased. Attacking Iran's nuclear facilities should not be ruled out, but it would be far better to terminate Iran's weapons’ program diplomatically.
Israel's heavy reliance on weapons of mass destruction, i.e. its sizable nuclear arsenal, and its refusal to allow inspections for chemical and biological weapons greatly complicates the situation for the U.S.
Currently, the U.S. is moving closer to peaceful European initiatives, while the neocons are pushing hard for an attack on Iran. This is the same split as before the Iraq war, but currently the neocons would be in a weaker position, if it were not for a recent end run. The Defense Department has just supplied Israel with the technology to do it themselves. This approach benefits only Israel. It gives them control while making the U.S. an accomplice. Once again, Israel's interests are the key to understanding the neocons' strategy.
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U.S. Gives Israel Technology to Attack Iran's Nuclear Program
The JDAM deal is worth $319 million but it will not cost Israel a cent – it will be paid for through US military aid to Israel. It will upgrade a range of Israeli weaponry: 500 one–ton earth–penetrating bombs, 2,500 conventional one–ton bombs, etc. for a total of 5,000 bombs. The upgrades, which make them hugely more accurate, are particularly useful when fitted to earth–penetrating bombs designed to attack heavily–protected bunkers.
The addition of these forces gives Israel a greater capacity to attack the dispersed and protected facilities that are reported to be at the heart of the Iranian nuclear industry. From "Defense News," 4 October 2004. (full story )
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Key Supporter of Iran Regime Change May Be Spy for Israel
The disclosure this week of an FBI investigation into the activities of a Defense Department official involved in Iran policy is being seen as a blow to advocates of regime change in Tehran. A key Pentagon supporter of such a policy, Lawrence Franklin, is reportedly under investigation for allegedly passing classified information about American policy on Iran to Israel through officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
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Israeli Nuclear Peace Activist to be Released
Pundits are speculating that the government's real concern is not what Vanunu will reveal, but that his mere public presence would focus unwanted attention on Israel's nuclear weapons program, at a time when Iran, North Korea and other countries are being pressured to abandon theirs. There is already pressure on Israel as the only state in the region that refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or allow international inspections of its nuclear, chemical and biological facilities.
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