PENTAGON CONCERNED OVER PROBABLE ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
01.07.2008 17:58 GMT+04:00

Senior Pentagon officials are concerned that Israel could carry out
an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities before the end of the year,
an action that would have enormous security and economic repercussions
for the United States and the rest of the world.

A senior defense official said there is an "increasing likelihood"
that Israel will carry out such an attack, a move that likely would
prompt Iranian retaliation against, not just Israel, but against the
United States as well.

The official identified two "red lines" that could trigger an
Israeli offensive. The first is tied to when Iranâ~@~Ys Natanz
nuclear facility produces enough highly enriched uranium to make a
nuclear weapon. According to the latest U.S. and Israeli intelligence
assessments, that is likely to happen sometime in 2009, and could
happen by the end of this year.

"The red line is not when they get to that point, but before they get
to that point. We are in the window of vulnerability," the official
said, ABC News reports

Earlier, John Bolton, the former American ambassador to the United
Nations, has predicted that Israel could attack Iran after the November
presidential election but before George W. Bushâ~@~Ys successor is
sworn in.

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