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29 Jun 08
liveinfreedom .A former head of Mossad has warned that Israel has 12 months in which to destroy Iran's nuclear programme or risk coming under nuclear attack itself. He also hinted that Israel might have to act sooner if Barack Obama wins the US presidential election.
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"As an intelligence officer working with the worst-case scenario, I can tell you we should be prepared. We should do whatever necessary on the defensive side, on the offensive side, on the public opinion side for the West, in case sanctions don't work. What's left is a military action
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Iran's military said it might hit the Jewish state with missiles and stop Gulf oil exports if it came under attack. Israel "is completely within the range of the Islamic republic's missiles,"
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More than 40 per cent of all globally traded oil passes through the 35-mile-wide Strait of Hormuz, putting tankers entering or leaving the Gulf at risk from Iranian mines, rockets and artillery
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Israeli officials believe the diplomatic process is useless and have been pressing President Bush to launch air strikes before he leaves office on January 20 next year.
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"If [Republican candidate John] McCain gets elected, he could really easily make a decision to go for it.
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If it's Obama: no. My prediction is that he won't go for it, at least not in his first term in the White House."
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He warned that while it would be preferable to have American support and participation in a strike on Iran, Israel will not be afraid to go it alone.
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we may update the Americans that we are intending or planning or going to do something. It's not a precondition, [getting] an American agreement," he said.
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