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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/dagan-brought-a-possible-attack-on-iran-closer-1.338045
Controversy over Meir Dagan's 2015 Prediction on Iran Nukes
(Ha'aretz) Ari Shavit - Prime Minister Netanyahu thinks former Mossad chief Meir Dagan's statement that Iran will not produce a nuclear bomb before 2015 has sabotaged the diplomatic effort to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Iran already has enough fissionable material for one or two nuclear bombs. If the ayatollahs opt for high-grade uranium enrichment, Iran might obtain a military nuclear capability within a year or two. In the past year, the Western powers got the international community to adopt a firm approach to Iran that stemmed in part from the feeling of urgency Israel instilled in the powers. Now comes the former Israeli Mossad chief and blurs the sense of urgency. Senior American, British and French officials compared the damage done by Dagan to the damage caused by the complacent, unfounded American intelligence evaluation released at the end of 2007.