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Israel has tacitly aligned itself with Washington, raising the specter of a war on Iran even if it has to go 'alone with the problem'.
In a Friday interview with the Yediot Aharonot, senior Israeli minister Ehud Barak made his newest accusations against Iran, claiming that Tehran is attempting to develop a nuclear bomb in two years.
"It's possible that it may take another two years, maybe four ...it's all the same if international pressure and other possibilities don't stop the process," claimed the official.
Barak then threatened Iran, suggesting that Israel is fully prepared to launch a military attack on Tehran but refrained to elaborate on the subject.
"Israel is the strongest country in the entire region, even at a range of 1,500 kilometers," Barak continued. Israel is 'prepared to be alone with the problem'.
His comments follow a burst of media speculation that the Tuesday entry of a second US aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf, in what the Pentagon had termed a 'reminder' of US power, was a tacit declaration of war on Iran.
Israel has been preparing for war for several months now. It recently launched a five-day preparation operation to 'test emergency response' against what it calls 'raining missiles' from countries like Iran and Syria.
This is while the Islamic Republic has never waged war on any other country and comments used by Israeli officials to demonize Tehran have been clearly manipulated to their benefit and according to Iran have been 'taken out of context'.
Political analysts say because 'Washington and allies' have failed to gain full-throated support against Iran over its nuclear program, they are now shifting their focus onto 'creating an illusion of Iranian provocation of violence' in the oil-rich Mideast to 'prepare the public for a war on Iran'.
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In a Friday interview with the Yediot Aharonot, senior Israeli minister Ehud Barak made his newest accusations against Iran, claiming that Tehran is attempting to develop a nuclear bomb in two years.
"It's possible that it may take another two years, maybe four ...it's all the same if international pressure and other possibilities don't stop the process," claimed the official.
Barak then threatened Iran, suggesting that Israel is fully prepared to launch a military attack on Tehran but refrained to elaborate on the subject.
"Israel is the strongest country in the entire region, even at a range of 1,500 kilometers," Barak continued. Israel is 'prepared to be alone with the problem'.
His comments follow a burst of media speculation that the Tuesday entry of a second US aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf, in what the Pentagon had termed a 'reminder' of US power, was a tacit declaration of war on Iran.
Israel has been preparing for war for several months now. It recently launched a five-day preparation operation to 'test emergency response' against what it calls 'raining missiles' from countries like Iran and Syria.
This is while the Islamic Republic has never waged war on any other country and comments used by Israeli officials to demonize Tehran have been clearly manipulated to their benefit and according to Iran have been 'taken out of context'.
Political analysts say because 'Washington and allies' have failed to gain full-throated support against Iran over its nuclear program, they are now shifting their focus onto 'creating an illusion of Iranian provocation of violence' in the oil-rich Mideast to 'prepare the public for a war on Iran'.
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