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US: Iran year away from atom bomb
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 15.05.13, 19:45
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1. Lol
John   (05.15.13)
They've been a year away from a bomb for 7 years now!
2. US prediction of Iranian unclear bomb
Dr Alan howard ,   Encino, California   (05.15.13)
Please remind me about the US predictions on the Pakistan, and North Korean nuclear bombs? I sort of remember that the U.S intel were a litte off on those. Is this a Political prediction or real intel. Doesn't Obama still claim that Fort Hood was not terrorism? This gives me a lot of confidence?
3. The only "breakthrough" will B Megaton Bunker Buster Bomb
Alan ,   SA   (05.15.13)
4. Mrs.W.Sherman How Did You Come To
(05.15.13)
The conclusion that it won't take less time than a year? Do you rely soley on u.s. intelligence? I agree with you one statement that Diplomacy Hasn't work AND WON'T WORK AND WE ALL KNOW THIS!!! The Only Way To Stop tehran From Achiving Goal Of Extermination Of Jewish Nation Is THE VERY LAST OPTION ON THE TABLE: To Destroy All nuc installations and Commnication and military apparatus before summer of 2013!
5. Is the next assessment in the pipe-line ?
Roland Seener ,   London England   (05.15.13)
6. Another US weapon for mass destruction prediction...
BdI ,   Haifa, IL   (05.15.13)
...when we will learn that it is all about a game.
7. I wouldn't stake my life on the opinion of the Obama
administration ,   Israel wake up   (05.15.13)
8. Let's all play waitnsee with crossed fingers!
B. E. ,   Whangarei, NZ   (05.15.13)
9. # 4 don't forget a bomb or more for the big Satan
Jerome ,   Basalt, Colorado   (05.15.13)
I wouldn't count out the crazy mullahs from targeting the U.S. at the same time they want to nuke Israel. I'm sure they know how easily our border can be breached.
10. too much talk, too little action
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Z   (05.15.13)
while obama has declared half of america as his enemies, america's real enemies are building nuclear weapons and threatening america and its allies.
11. How would this ditzy looking woman know...
Malone ,   Hfx   (05.16.13)
..what's going on in Iran?..I doubt she could find her way to bingo on her own,but she feels qualified to comment on the state of Irans nuclear arming?? The US sure ain't what it used to be...for sure.
12. Mindless drivel
George ,   San Francisco   (05.16.13)
So, "Tehran has yet to decide to assemble an atomic bomb." This statement is utterly stupid. It is like saying my neighbor hasn't decided to shoot me yet. There is zero evidence that Iran has any interest in nukes. Iran has also no interest in going to Mars. So, we can say that haven't decided to go to Mars either, with the implication that they may do so in the future. This is total drivel. All this talk about Iranian nukes is totally manufactured. Netanyahu has been claiming since 1992 that Iran will have nukes in a couple of years. We are still waiting. Yet, stupid Americans and some Israelis still take him seriously.
13. We've heard that for 10 years. Destroy Iran's nukes NOW!
Chaim ,   Israel   (05.16.13)
No matter how much time goes by, Iran is always "about a year from the bomb". Destroy Iran's nukes NOW! We have a Holocaust to prevent.
14. Remember Saddam's wms
X   (05.16.13)
After the costly war, nothing was found. Next.
15. I wouldn't worry too much
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.16.13)
Iran is far less than a year away from being entirely demolished. We aren't going to wait for Obama's "sanctions" to take effect. Sorry, but that's just how it is. It's okay. As we did with Syria, we'll let Obama know ..... considerably after the fact.
16. The Jewish lobby and its appointees...
Avi ,   NYC, US   (05.16.13)
If anyone needs a proof what a menace we have become to America it needs only to look at these two "experts", Cohen and Sherman, advocating a war where none of their relatives will risk a limb, but many will make a treasure.
17. Understand, Obamba wants Iran to go nuclear
Yosi ,   Gilo-Jerusalem   (05.16.13)
This way he hopes to get rid of Israel without raising a hand. Get it through your heads, he hates Israel, hates the US and was glad when the 2 brothers attacked in Boston. He comes from the twisted, radical left.
18. West Crying Wolf since 1984
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (05.16.13)
"1984: West German intelligence sources claim that Iran’s production of a bomb “is entering its final stages.” US Senator Alan Cranston claims Iran is seven years away from making a weapon. 1992: Israeli parliamentarian Benjamin Netanyahu tells the Knesset that Iran is 3 to 5 years from being able to produce a nuclear weapon. 1995: The New York Times reports that US and Israeli officials fear “Iran is much closer to producing nuclear weapons than previously thought” – less than five years away. Netanyahu claims the time frame is three to five years. 1996: Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres claims Iran will have nuclear weapons in four years. 1998: Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld claims Iran could build an ICBM capable of reaching the US within five years. 1999: An Israeli military official claims that Iran will have a nuclear weapon within five years. 2001: The Israeli Minister of Defence claims that Iran will be ready to launch a nuclear weapon in less than four years. 2002: The CIA warns that the danger of nuclear weapons from Iran is higher than during the Cold War, because its missile capability has grown more quickly than expected since 2000 – putting it on par with North Korea. 2003: A high-ranking Israeli military officer tells the Knesset that Iran will have the bomb by 2005 — 17 months away. 2006: A State Department official claims that Iran may be capable of building a nuclear weapon in 16 days. 2008: An Israeli general tells the Cabinet that Iran is “half-way” to enriching enough uranium to build a nuclear weapon and will have a working weapon no later than the end of 2010. 2009: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak estimates that Iran is 6-18 months away from building an operative nuclear weapon. 2010: Israeli decision-makers believe that Iran is at most 1-3 years away from being able to assemble a nuclear weapon. 2011: An IAEA report indicates that Iran could build a nuclear weapon within months. 2013: Israeli intelligence officials claim that Iran could have the bomb by 2015 or 2016."
19. George of the S.F. Jungle
Jerome ,   Basalt, Colorado   (05.16.13)
I' m sure a genius like you would not have thought hitler was a threat! There is tons of obvious evidence that Iran is going to if they haven't already develop nukes. Maybe even one for S.F. Then you will believe!
20. And for how many MORE years will we hear this?
Israeli ,   Haifa   (05.16.13)
"Iran is a year away from a bomb", "2 years away from a bomb", "6 months away from a bomb", " 3 months away from a bomb"......
21. And What If She Is Wrong?
Ariel ben Yochanan ,   Kfar Tapuah, Efraim   (05.16.13)
B"H - How is it possible to let them come so close? This already is a scandal no one wants to pick up on!
22. #14 They were moved to Syria
Benji ,   US   (05.16.13)
Now the Syrians are frothing at the mouth.
23. Do this Woman have Direct Rapport from -
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (05.16.13)
- Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei who decides Iran's nuclear policy. I Quote - WASHINGTON - Tehran has yet to decide to assemble an atomic bomb, but should it decide to do so, it would take the Islamic Republic a year in the least to accomplish the task, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman said Wednesday in a written testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington. Comment - Amazing what good contacts this Woman has. Arn.Sweden.
24. #13
(05.16.13)
What are you talking about? Iran doesn't have nukes. How can it be destroyed "NOW"
25. Diplomacy is the ONLY option available
spyguy ,   seattle, usa   (05.16.13)
If someone attacked New York would Americans just roll over and surrender? Iranians will react in the same way as Americans when Israel and/or the US attack Iran. Iranians will defend their homeland fiercely and make no mistake, they are a lot more powerful than many Israelis and Americans understand. Iran has spend the last 35 years and lots of their wealth developing defensive technology and tactics. While many Iranians will die in the process, so will lots of Israelis and Americans. Starting this war could be the END of Israel and the severe crippling of the US.
26. #25. Israel is fully capable of destroying Iran's nukes.
Chaim ,   Israel   (05.16.13)
#25. You'd like to believe Israel must negotiate with Iran's Mad Mullahs. But it is far from the truth. Israel is fully capable of destroying Iran's nukes. Just as we were fully capable of great victory in all our wars and of Entebbe. Destroy Iran's nukes NOW!
27. KEEP DAY-DREAMING SARAH.........#15
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (05.16.13)
It should now come to an end...........Sarah.Your statement of Israel will do and wanting to do is now becoming boring indeed.Why can't you think of something else?
28. Barking mad Israel
Butros ,   London, england   (05.16.13)
Nice one Steve. Loved you're comments re: Iran and nukes. Israel is using the Iranian nuclear threat as a way of acquiring more Palestinian land. Wants the west to do its dirty work so it can rule as the premier defensive power in the Middle East. Crazy world we live in eh!
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