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Israel To Show US Hard Evidence On Iran’s Nukes

International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, 7 Dec 2007

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen Gabi Asklenazi plan to meet with US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Michael Mullen in his rare visit to Israel beginning Sunday, to present hard evidence that the Iranians are in fact developing nuclear weapons to counter last week's US intelligence report claiming Iran halted its drive for atomic arms four years ago.

IDF intelligence may support the stance that the White House took on Iran when last August Mike McConnell, the US director of national intelligence, informed President Bush of information showing that Iran does in fact have a covert weapons program, but it may have been suspended. The Bush administration could obtain from Israel the intelligence gaps discussed in the previous National Intelligent Estimate which led to the then assessment of "only moderate confidence" that the halt to some of Iran’s activities represents an entire halt of their nuclear weapons program.

The IDF also wants to discuss with Mullen the US’s commitment to helping Israel keep its military edge after last July the US sold Saudi Arabia thousands of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) - a guidance kit that truns existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurately guided "smart" weapons. Israel was disappointed in the Saudi JDAM sale as the IFD had expressed interest itself in purchasing the guidance kit and their request to acquire the F-22 stealth bomber from the US was also denied.

According to the IDF the JDAM sale to Saudi Arabia was enough to threaten the strategic military balance in the Middle East, granting Saudi Arabia the capability to accurately fire missiles at strategic sites and installations in southern Israel.

"We do not have a way to defend ourselves against this weapon," a senior Israeli Defense Ministry official told The Jerusalem Post, warning that American satellite guided missile weaponry posed a potential threat to the nation of Israel if it fell into the hands of Islamic extremists.