CIA NIE did not say Iran had Stopped Seeking Nuclear Weapons!
December 15, 2007
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Estimate did not hint in any way Iraq had stopped its drive to acquire nuclear weapons.
It only indicated one component phase had stopped in 2003, namely the development of
the functional instrumentation of the many housing mechanisms necessary to launch it to its target.
However, they are proceeding as rapidly as possible to produce enough uranium to create a sufficient number of nuclear devices to put in an arsenal of rocket heads.
The purpose of this arsenal is: (1) to deter Israel from launching her massive nuclear arsenal again Arab nations attacking her, and (2) to keep the war’s intensity to a conventional war level, which greatly enhances the Islamic advantage against Israel.
Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Center for Public Information – Daily Alert
American Intelligence Reappraises the Iranian Nuclear Issue
Ephraim Kam and Ephraim Asculai
Institute for National Security Studies
Tel Aviv University
The new U.S. intelligence assessment does not negate the possibility that Iran will continue to seek nuclear weapons. On the contrary, the new assessment clearly states that:
1. Iran retains the option to develop nuclear weapons;
2. Iran is accelerating its civilian uranium enrichment program (which, under certain conditions, can also lead to the production of weapons-grade fissile materials);
3. Iran is liable to return to a secret program, which would be the preferred method to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons;
4. It will be difficult to convince Iran to abjure the development of nuclear weapons;
5. Iran has the technological infrastructure needed to develop nuclear weapons should it choose
to do so.
6, Iran has a lot of experience in hiding facilities and operations, so the statement that the nuclear weapons program was frozen has only limited value.
It is impossible to state whe ther
the freeze is total or partial, whether it is temporary or permanent, and whether activities were simply transferred to different sites and can be renewed at a later date.
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