[AP/Washington Post] Amy Teibel - Israeli intelligence officials are in the U.S. trying to convince the Bush administration that Iran is still trying to develop nuclear weapons - contrary to the findings of a recent U.S. intelligence report, security officials said. On Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Barak said Israel was in contact with the U.S. on the report, "to try to better understand its intelligence content, and to examine the public and political implications." Israeli intelligence experts have concluded that Iran did in fact suspend its atomic weapons development in 2003, after the U.S. invaded Iraq. But Israel is convinced the Iranians set up a new production line whose details aren't known fully to Western intelligence agencies.
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