Israel Matzav

Iran close to being able to make nuclear warheads?

I would take parts of this report with a grain of salt because the sole source of the nuclear warheads part of the report seems to be DEBKA, but there are also plenty of other worrisome details that we know to be true.

The Israeli website DEBKAfile, citing the weapons inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, reported that "Iran has crossed the critical nuclear threshold taking it nearer to being able to arm ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads."

"When this finding failed to elicit any response from the U.S. or Israel, NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen hurried over to Washington Sunday, Sept. 12 with a call to action for President Barack Obama: 'Based on their (Iranian) public statements we know that Iran already has missiles with a range sufficient to hit targets in Europe, and they don't hide the fact that they want to further develop their capability.'" the website added.

DEBKAfile went on to say that while "even Europe has roused itself to the menace from Iran, the fast encroaching threat to Israel remains unaddressed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak."

"They appear unmoved even in the face of the coming visit to Lebanon on Oct. 13-14 by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is coming specifically to clinch Iran's grip on Lebanon and its buildup as Iran's forward front for retaliation should Israel venture to strike its nuclear facilities."

The website said that the Iranian president would "exploit this vacuum by paying a visit to the South Lebanese-Israeli border village of Adeisseh, from which on Aug. 3, Lebanese army sniper soldiers were put up by Hizbullah to ambush Israeli troops and shoot dead Col. Dov Harari."

"Ahmadinejad is planning to use his visit to celebrate an Iranian-Lebanese defense pact coupled with a large-scale transaction to supply the Lebanese armed forces with the weapons needed to take on" the Israeli army, DEBKAfile added.

Note how well this story dovetails with the Caroline Glick column I blogged a couple of posts down.

Is everyone at the wheel asleep? Why was Bibi in Sharm today instead of at the Kirya in Tel Aviv (IDF headquarters) planning an attack on Iran?

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:31 AM