Friday, August 10, 2012

Israel And The U.S. Are Not On The Same Page When It Comes To Iran's Nuclear Program

Iran's Fordo facility (Archives)

U.S., Israel At Odds Over Iran Nuke Program Intelligence -- ABC News

The White House expressed confidence Friday that American intelligence will know if Iran escalates its nuclear program in a sprint to build an atomic bomb—a day after Israel's defense minister warned that the allies might not know "in time" to prevent it.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

"We have eyes, we have visibility into the program," press secretary Jay Carney told reporters at his daily briefing. "We feel confident that we would be able to detect a break-out move by Iran towards the acquisition of a nuclear weapon."

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More News On U.S. - Israeli Differences On Iran's Nuclear Program

US Contradicts Israeli Official on Iranian Weapons -- Voice of America
U.S. still believes Iran not on verge of nuclear weapon -- Reuters
US says has 'eyes' inside Iran nuclear program -- YNet News
Israeli leaders want to attack Iran before US election, says media report -- Irish Times
Iran's atomic project getting harder to foresee: Barak -- Reuters
Obama gets new U.S. NIE: Iran making surprising progress toward nuclear capability -- Haaretz

My Comment: The Iranians must be amused with this public display of disagreement.

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