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 [Iran Daily Opinion Service] Guns of August: Despite that American intelligence finding, neither Israel nor many other governments believe that Iran has given up its interest in nuclear weapons.Yes, the UN has passed resolutions and imposed some mild sanctions, but Iran has spent two years disregarding them, continuing to spin its centrifuges and to call for the destruction of Israel. It may well be true that Mr Bush is disinclined to bomb Iran now that he is a lame duck, but the possible advent of a President Obama might just make Israel more inclined to do so itself.

 [Homeland Security National Terror Alert - Homeland Security News] Iran Could Have Nuclear Weapon In 6 Months - IAEA Chief: “If Iran wants to turn to the production of nuclear weapons, it must leave the NPT, expel the IAEA inspectors, and then it would need at least, considering the number of centrifuges and the quantity of uranium Iran has…It would need at least six months to one year,” ElBaradei said.

[J6D Newsblog] IAEA Chief: Iran Could Make Nuke In 6 Months.: said CBS News Foreign Affairs Pamela Falk, who is based at the U.N., “because atomic energy chief ElBaradei has been pleading with Iran to accept a new package of incentives before another round of sanctions would be imposed.”

 [Flopping Aces] Christmas Bombs for Iran? [Reader Post]: But waiting for either Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, or his Republican opponent John McCain to be installed in the White House could preclude military action happening for the next four years or at least delay it.

[UK Politics - Political Blogs Aggregator Aggravator] Comment on Assign Iran to Israel? by Mark T. Clark: For a number of reasons, short of Iran declaring its nuclear weapons capability publicly through announcement or testing, or by some new IAEA discovery, the United States will remain constrained in its ability to tackle the problem on .

 [Just Flight Forum] Just Chat - General Discussion : Israel Prepares To Strike Iran: Regardless who attacks first, Israel will be blamed, shouldn't be of course, as they have all the rights to live as any others. And the Jews have been fighting this and its land issues for over 4,000 years, and it will not be resolved within this century.

[Iran Affairs] NUKES: Why Iran is not North Korea: Israel sees any potential improvement of US relations with Iran as a threat to its own strategic position and value. That (and not a threat of hypothetical Iranian nukes) is the real reason why Israel has been pushing for a war on Iran.

 [blog of bile] Ron Paul floor speech on possible war with Iran: Leaders on both sides of the isle, and in the administration, have all said so often, ”˜No options should be taken off the table ”” including a nuclear first strike on Iran.’ The fear is, they say, maybe some day [Iran is] going to get a nuclear weapon, even though our own CIA’s National Intelligence Estimate has said that the Iranians have not been working on a nuclear weapon since 2003. They say they’re enriching uranium, but they have no evidence whatsoever that they’re enriching uranium for weapons purposes.

 [Danger Room] IAEA Chief: Iran Could Have Nukes in 'Six Months': ElBaradei says that Iran's nuclear program is NOT a threat and should not be bombed, but if Iran is bombed then at that time Iram may decide to withdraw from the NPT and build nukes, possibly taking a minimum of 6 months to manufacture the necessary uranium for one bomb.

 [B!LLicus !LLicus_____ __ _ _ _] Israeli Threats Stiffen Iran's Resolve: This is completely overlooked by pro-Israel US politicians, such as former US envoy to the United Nations, John Bolton, who is nowadays prodding the Israelis to launch their attack before the end of President George W Bush's presidency in a matter of months. Bolton seems not to address the "day after", that is, how Iranians will shed their stated aversion toward nuclear weapons and go full nuclear if they are subjected to an unprovoked warfare.

 [Wired: Danger Room] IAEA Chief: Iran Could Have Nukes in 'Six Months': Mohamed ElBaradei: "If Iran wants to turn to the production of nuclear weapons, it must leave the NPT , expel the IAEA inspectors, and then it would need at least... six months to one year.

 [Chrisy58's Weblog] ”˜Ball of Fire’ if Iran Attacked: IAEA Chief: The goal was for more than 100 Israeli F-16 and F-15 fighter jets to prepare for long-range strikes and demonstrate Israel’s serious concern over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Times reported.

[Battalion Of Deborah] New Evidence of Iran Nuclear Threat: If Iran decides to expel IAEA inspectors and withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty the Isalmic nation could produce nuclear weapons in as little as six months. So says Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, whose recent comments on Iran's nuclear capabilities surprised many.

 [Biodun Iginla's Weblog] Iran dismisses ”˜attack by Israel’: The newspaper cited US Pentagon officials as saying that the Israeli exercise - involving more than 100 Israeli fighter jets - was intended to demonstrate the seriousness of Israel’s concern over Iran’s nuclear activities, and its willingness to act unilaterally.

[The Reid Report [blog]] Happy happy Jong Jong: Meanwhile, we await a similar softening when it comes to Iran, which has repeatedly insisted (with back-up from the IAEA,) that it has no nuclear weapons program. Ironic, ain't it?

 [B!llicus !llicus_____ __ _ _ _] The Myth of 'Weapons-Grade' Enrichment: Thus, for instance, in a front-page article in the New York Times, [3] dated June 20, Michael Gordon and Eric Schmitt break the sensational news about Israel's extensive maneuvers in preparation for an attack on Iran, indirectly rationalizing Israel's belligerency by omitting any mention of the IAEA's latest report confirming the absence of any evidence of military nuclear diversion and, instead, confining themselves to the following comment: "In late May, the IAEA reported that Iran's suspected work on nuclear matters was a 'matter of serious concern' and that the Iranians owed the agency 'substantial explanation'."

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