Gen. Gilad: Iran Not Existential Threat Yet

(Jerusalem Post) Head of the diplomacy-security branch of the Defense Ministry Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad told Army Radio that the Iranians are determined to obtain nuclear arms capabilities and that they would deceive the world in any way they can to attain that goal. Today they are surprised at the intensity of the world's determination to stop them, Gilad said. He noted that the security establishment refers to Iran as a severe or a strategic threat, but not an existential one.


2006-03-01 00:00:00

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