25-09-2006, 09:13
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חבר מתאריך: 06.04.02
הודעות: 634
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"מומחים צופים הסרת העמימות הגרעינית הישראלית"
זו הפתיחה לכתבת תחקיר של רוייטרס, שבה מרואיינים מומחים ישראליים כמו פרופ' גראלד שטיינברג מאוני' בר-אילן ופרופ' אבנר כהן, מחבר "ישראל והפצצה":
ISRAEL SEEN LIFTING NUCLEAR VEIL IN IRAN STAND-OFF
BY DAN WILLIAMS
TEL AVIV, SEPT 25 (REUTERS) - IN OCTOBER 1973, WITH ITS
FORCES BATTLING TO REPEL INVASIONS BY EGYPT AND SYRIA, ISRAEL
DID WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN UNTHINKABLE: IT BRIEFLY WHEELED ITS
NUCLEAR-CAPABLE JERICHO-1 MISSILES OUT OF THEIR SECRET SILOS.
THAT, HISTORIANS BELIEVE, WAS PICKED UP BY U.S. SPY
SATELLITES AND STIRRED UP FEARS IN WASHINGTON OF A CATASTROPHIC
FLARE-UP BETWEEN THE JEWISH STATE AND THE SOVIET-BACKED ARABS.
MESSAGE RECEIVED, AN URGENT AMERICAN SHIPMENT OF CONVENTIONAL
ARMS TO ISRAEL WAS QUICK TO FOLLOW, AND HELPED TURN THE WAR.
WITH ISRAEL'S CURRENT ARCH-FOE IRAN SEEN GAINING THE ABILITY
TO PRODUCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITHIN A FEW YEARS, AND PREVENTIVE
MILITARY OPTIONS LIMITED, SOME EXPERTS NOW ANTICIPATE ANOTHER
"LIFTING OF THE VEIL" ON THE ASSUMED ISRAELI ATOMIC ARSENAL.
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