Thursday, August 09, 2012

Israel: On Ground Updates - August 09, 2012


Israel: On Ground Updates
President Obama receives new U.S. National Intelligence Estimate Report that backs Israeli view that Iran has made Surprising, Significant Progress toward its Military Nuclear Capabilities and that the situation was much more urgent than previously thought
Thursday, August 09, 2012
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* HAARETZ brings us the following report this early Thursday afternoon and it starts off like this… Defense Minister Ehud Barak confirmed on Thursday Haaretz’s report that President Barack Obama recently received a new National Intelligence Estimate report on the Iranian nuclear program, which shares Israel’s view that Iran has made significant progress toward military nuclear capability, and said that the report has raised the urgency of the issue…
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* CBS News has this take on the HAARETZ report… Israel’s defense chief suggested Thursday that the U.S. has new intelligence that changes the American assessment of the imminent danger represented by Iran’s clandestine nuclear work, bringing its views closer to those held by the Jewish state… An article published Thursday by the Haaretz newspaper said Defense Minister Ehud Barak had “confirmed” the paper’s earlier report that Mr. Obama had received a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) “which shares Israel’s view that Iran has made surprising, significant progress toward military nuclear capability.”…
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* ABC News reports it this way… The White House refused to comment Thursday on a bombshell Israeli media report that President Barack Obama recently received an updated intelligence assessment that Iran has made surprising strides towards being able to build a nuclear weapon…
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* DEBKAfile reports…
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