Iran has not been deterred from its march to the nuclear bomb, and one-time ally Turkey is drawing closer to the side of Islamic radicals and further from Israel and the West, OC Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin warned on Tuesday.
Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin advises FADC on Turkey, Iran | Israel | Jerusalem Post

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An attack last week on an Israeli diplomatic convoy in Jordan was apparently carried out on instructions from Iran, the Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to Jordan’s General Intelligence Department.
The sources told the daily that the Jordanian agency was investigating the possibility that the explosives used in last week’s failed attempt were [...]

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A Taiwanese company agreed to a request from a firm in China to procure sensitive components with nuclear uses, then shipped them to Iran, the firm’s head said Friday. Such transactions violate UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic.
Taiwan company: China provided Iran with nuclear part | Iranian – Iran News | Jerusalem Post

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A Lebanese Web site on Sunday quoted Saudi newspaper al-Madina as reporting that Iran nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili met with Hamas and Hizbullah officials, including Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal, in Damasucs and asked them to orchestrate “operations” against Israel.

The report said that Jalili also traveled to Beirut and urged Hizbullah and Amal representatives to [...]

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Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday. Diplomats said the assessment was heightening international concern about Teheran’s nuclear activities.
Such a purified uranium ore deal would be significant because Teheran appears to be [...]

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Syria and Hezbollah are receiving marching orders from Iran in the event that Israel attacks Iranian nuclear sites.
Several individuals will be targeted for assasination located in Israel, UK, France, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Sayissa reported Wednesday that Iran has urgently summoned either Syrian Vice President Farouk Sharaa or Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem [...]

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Israel will have until June 2010 at the latest to decide on a response to Iran’s nuclear program, said the Jerusalem Post’s military correspondent recently.
Jewish Tribune – Time ticking on Israel’s response to Iran, correspondent says

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Since Operation Cast Lead ended almost a year ago, Hamas has increased its weapons smuggling and today operates hundreds of tunnels along the Philadelphi Corridor. It has smuggled in dozens of long-range Iranian-made rockets that can reach Tel Aviv as well as advanced anti-aircraft missiles and anti-tank missiles.
Hamas is believed to have a significant number [...]

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Iran has a stockpile of low-enriched uranium that with continued refinement could fuel roughly “one-and-a-half nuclear bombs,” the head of research for Israeli military intelligence told lawmakers in Jerusalem yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 7).
Iran has amassed nearly 4,000 pounds of low-enriched uranium, the Jerusalem Post quoted Maj. Gen. Yossi Baidatz as saying.
NTI: Global Security Newswire [...]

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Iran now has the technical capability to build a nuclear bomb and the only thing separating it from the bomb is the decision to go ahead and build one, said Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, head of Military Intelligence’s research division, on Monday.
Iran capable of producting a nuclear bomb, says Baidatz | Iranian – Iran News [...]

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