Israeli Intelligence Contradicts U.S. Intelligence Reports
December 7, 2007 by pulkit
Many might think that the fresh U.S. intelligence reports concerning the Iranian nuclear program signal its coda, but not the Israelis. They don’t have any reason to think that Iran has shut its nuclear program, or put it in a freezer, as only a nuclear weapons program can afford a state like Iran the temerity to talk of the destruction of a small but callous state like Israel.
The Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, agrees that the Iranians had indeed suspended their nuclear program in 2003 but it is now again out of the cold storage. He said that Iran could not be taken lightly even after the new report.
One reason for Iran to suspend its nuclear program in 2003 could have been the U.S led invasion of Iraq, which might have made Iran apprehensive. But it doesn’t seem to be fearsome when its leader goes on record, time and again, and talks about the wipe-out of an entire country.
“It’s apparently true that in 2003 Iran stopped its military nuclear program for a time. But in our opinion, since then, it has apparently continued that program,” Barak told Israel army radio. [source]
