Iran ready for nuke.

EU warns Iran close to nuclear arms capacity
The Associated Press - 55 minutes ago
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran is nearing the ability to arm a nuclear warhead even if it insists its atomic activities are peaceful, the European Union warned ...

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Israeli intelligence revises estimate: Iran is progressing fast towards a nuclear bomb

DEBKAfile Special Report

September 21, 2008, 12:34 PM (GMT+02:00)

Israeli military intelligence chief of research, Brig. Yossi Baidatz

The director of research at Israeli military intelligence (AMAN), Brig. Yossi Baidatz, surprised the Israeli cabinet Sunday Sept. 21, with a new appreciation of Iran’s nuclear timetable. Tehran, he disclosed, has already stocked one-third or even half the quantity of enriched uranium needed for a nuclear bomb. He warned the ministers that Iran is dashing at top speed towards a nuclear weapons capability and nothing stands in the way of its headlong advance, including international sanctions. 
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Russia jilts six-power sanctions front against Iran’s nuclear defiance

DEBKAfile Special Report

September 24, 2008, 1:54 PM (GMT+02:00)

Russian Tor-M1 batteries delivered to shield Iran's nuclear sites

Moscow’s actions spoke louder than the Iranianpresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s anti-Semitic, anti-American rantings at the UN General Assembly Tuesday, Sept. 23 - despite the applause he won in the chamber.

A foreign ministry spokesman in Moscow said that Russia will not attend the meeting called for Thursday of the five UN Security Council permanent members’ foreign ministers plus Germany to approve more sanctions against Iran for its nuclear defiance.

Saturday, Sept. 19, official spokesmen did not rule out the sale to Iran of advanced S-300 anti-air missiles, having just completed the delivery to Iran of 29 Tor-M1 missile batteries for deployment at its nuclear sites. 
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