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Date: August 16, 2007 5:41:25 PM PDT
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Subject: CIA's Woolsey Argues Need for Pre-Emptive Strike on Iran
"Within Months"
CIA's Woolsey Claims:
Iran Could Have Nuclear Bomb in ‘A Few Months’
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/15/woolsey-iran-nukes/
During an appearance on CNN’s Lou Dobbs last night, former CIA
director James Woolsey, one of the earliest advocates of invading
Iraq, claimed that Iran “could have” a nuclear bomb in “a few months.”
“The Iranians continue to work on getting enriched uranium,” said
Woolsey. “I’m afraid that within, at worst, a few months, they
could have a bomb.”
Woolsey is doing nothing more than fear-mongering when he says Iran
could have a nuclear bomb in “a few months.” In fact, his assertion
of an impending nuclear weapon in Iran is contradicted by experts
on nuclear weapons, including the CIA.
“Iran is still probably five to 10 years away from gaining the
ability to make nuclear fuel or nuclear bombs,” according to Joseph
Cirincione, the director for nuclear policy at the Center for
American Progress. In May, Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN’s
the International Atomic Energy Agency, said “even if Iran wanted
to go for a nuclear weapon, it would not be before the end of this
decade or sometime in the middle of the next decade,” an estimate
that echoed the view of the CIA.
Additionally, Woolsey is a suspect source for claims of urgency
when it comes to nuclear weapons, having repeatedly hyped Saddam
Hussein’s nuclear capability during the build up to war with Iraq:
“It is urgent that we begin this process of bringing democracy to
the Middle East before the region’s most dangerous dictator —
Saddam Hussein — gets nuclear weapons.” [5/21/02]
“I think it would be a lot easier to stop Saddam now than it would
be two or three years from now when he would be almost certain to
have nuclear weapons.” [1/10/03]
Unsatisfied with just invading Iraq, Woolsey is again pushing
specious claims of imminent nuclear bombs, hoping the U.S. will
move on to Iran next.
Transcript:
LOU DOBBS: Let’s begin with the issue of — the administration has
stated categorically, you know, our generals have stated
categorically that as many of the third of the deaths last month,
for example, were caused by Iranian support of the insurgency and
the provision of those shaped charges killing so many of our troops.
Why is there no reaction by this government and this military?
JAMES WOOLSEY: I don’t know. The Persians invented chess and the
Iranians are doing a pretty good job of moving their pieces —
Muqtada al-Sadr and those explosive devices, and Hamas and
Hezbollah around to protect their queen, which is their most lethal
piece — their nuclear weapons program.
And I suppose the administration is focused on that. But the way
it’s chosen to work on is to, for years, turn it over to the
Europeans, who have been stalled by the Iranians and the Iranians
continue to work on getting enriched uranium.
I’m afraid within, well, at worst, a few months; at best, a few
years; they could have a bomb.
Posted by Matt August 15, 2007 11:36 am
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