Meir Dagan News
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Hezbollah’s launching of a pilotless spy plane, which was shot down by Israel’s air force in the southern part of the country in early October, has been seen as more evidence that the Lebanese militia is preparing for war.
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The last two U.S. presidents have misled voters on the cost of armed conflicts. Amid another election, the drumbeats of war are sounding again. This time the subject is Iran.
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In a country of hard men, Meir Dagan, the recently retired head of the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence service, is one of the hardest. He is the Siberian-born son of Holocaust survivors, an ex- commando who has arranged the assassinations of many of Israel’s enemies.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said international sanctions and technical difficulties have slowed Iran’s nuclear progress.
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U.K. Defense Secretary Liam Fox said the West should be prepared for Iran to develop a working nuclear weapon by next year.
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Meir Dagan, who retired yesterday as head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, said he did not believe that Iran would have the capability to develop nuclear weapons before 2015, Haaretz said.
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Concern that a new report on Iran’s nuclear program might spur an Israeli military strike ignores a central factor: Experts say the odds such an assault could succeed are slim.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in the United Arab Emirates today to emphasize that Gulf states can’t let down their guard against Iran, in spite of Israeli estimates that the Persian nation’s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons will take longer than expected.
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A New York-based advocacy group that has pressured companies and organizations to halt business with Iran because of its disputed nuclear program is urging the International Monetary Fund to close its account at Iran’s central bank and suspend Iran as a member.
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Technical glitches and sanctions that have delayed Iran’s nuclear program give the U.S. and its partners more time to exert pressure without resorting to military action, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.
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