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A nuclear Iran is likely to be attacked by Israel

TIMESONLINE September 16, 2009
Israel will attack a nuclear Iran, International Institute for Strategic Studies says Bronwen Maddox: Commentary

If Iran gets nuclear weapons, Israel will make a military attack on it. That was the most dramatic pronouncement from the launch of the strategic survey from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), its annual stocktaking of the world’s problems.

“Israel will not tolerate Iran having a nuclear weapon,” said Mark Fitzpatrick, its proliferation specialist and a well-known analyst of Iran.

Fitzpatrick, a former State Department official, has argued that Iran could be in a position to make a nuclear weapon within President Obama’s first term. He has also argued, sensibly, that efforts should focus on drawing a “red line” between being able to make a weapon and actually doing so.

Israel will attack a nuclear Iran, International Institute for Strategic Studies says | Bronwen Maddox: Commentary – Times Online

September 16, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Iran, Israel | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons