Ex-Mossad chief says strike on Iran could 'affect us for 100 years'

                   
indymedia.org.uk     26-Jul-2008            

Report: Ex-Mossad chief says strike on Iran could 'affect us for 100 years' By Haaretz Service Tags: Iran, nuclear, U.S., Mossad Former Mossad Chief Ephraim Halevy told Time magazine in an interview published Thursday that an Israeli attack on Iran "could have an impact on us for the next 100 years" and should only be considered as a last resort. Halevy, who currently heads the Center for Strategic and Policy Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, added that an Iranian attack on Israel would probably have little impact, because Iranian missiles would largely be intercepted by Israel's advanced anti-missile defense system. (Don't count on it. These systems have NEVER performed successful tests on the type of missile which would be used in a counter-attack by Iran or Russia.) Another former senior Mossad official, who... [read full story]                    

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Joschka Fischer: Serious Negotiations or Hot Confrontation with Iran?

project-syndicate.org     27-Jul-2008          

Berlin – For two weeks, it looked like the regime in Iran had finally gotten the message that, if it continues to pursue its nuclear program, serious military confrontation is likely to result. Indeed, there were interesting –...                    

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Neocons Lash Out at White House for Diplomatic Overtures to Iran

indymedia.org.uk     26-Jul-2008          

Neocons Lash Out at White House for Diplomatic Overtures to Iran By Marc Perelman The Bush administration’s recent diplomatic overtures toward Iran have unleashed a torrent of criticism from neoconservatives and have fueled...                    

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Robert Skidelsky: Re-Thinking the Iranian Nuclear Threat

project-syndicate.org     27-Jul-2008          

Would it be a great disaster if Iran had nuclear weapons? As a habitual contrarian, I pose the question because almost everyone seems to believe that it would, and that it must be prevented at all costs. But is that true?                    

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