[THS] Israel Plots Tehran Raid

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Israel "Plots Tehran Raid"

Preparations are underway to launch the military attack from Azerbaijan and Georgia,
reports our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej, quoting military sources.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=281041

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:

 'The U.S. will have to confront Iran or give up the Middle East':

Amitai Etzioni, professor of International Relations at George Washington University in
Washington, D.C., believes the only option available to contain Iran's atomic
ambitions is a series of assaults on its non-nuclear facilities.
http://tinyurl.com/2ef3bw7

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CIA's Panetta: Iran has enough uranium for 2 bombs:

CIA Director Leon Panetta says Iran probably has enough low-enriched uranium for
two nuclear weapons, but that it likely would take two years to build the bombs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100627/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_iran

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G-8 'fully believes' Israel will attack Iran, says Italy PM:

World leaders "believe absolutely" that Israel may decide to take military action
against Iran to prevent the latter from acquiring nuclear weapons, Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday.
http://tinyurl.com/29yykwb

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Sen. Kerry in Israel: Praise for Israel, Worried over Iran:

U.S. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, visited President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Sunday and said, "Iran
has not left anybody very much choice but to move down the road that we are
going."
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138279

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