NIE: Iran approaching immunity zone

NIE:Iranapproachingimmunityzone

US’NationalIntelligenceEstimatereportsaysTehranrapidlyapproachingcriticalpoint

afterwhichitsnuclearprogramwillnolongerbevulnerabletoamilitarystrike

AsthedebateoverapossiblestrikeagainstIran’snuclearfacilitiesgrows,

itseemsthatispossiblethatsuchamovewouldbeineffective.

AccordingtoaFridayreportbyYediothAhronoth,topUSofficials,

whoareprivytotherelevantintelligencesharedbyIsraelandtheUnitedStates,

saidthatTehranisrapidlyapproachingthe"immunityzone"?

thecriticalpointintimeafterwhichtheIslamicRepublic’snuclearprogram

willnolongerbevulnerabletoamilitarystrike.

TheNationalIntelligenceEstimate(NIE)report,recentlysubmittedtotheWhiteHouse,

paintsableakpicture,asitindicates"asignificantprogress"inIran‘s"armsgroup"?

thepeopleandfacilitiesfocusedonthemanufacturingofanuclearwarhead.

TheNIEreportsaidthatIranhasrecentlyinstalled5,000"twincentrifuges"

intheundergroundnuclearfacilityinFordo,nearQom.

TheFordofacility(Archives)

AsfarasIsraelisconcerned,introducingthecentrifugestoFordohasmade

thefacility"immune,"evenifpartially,againstanIsraelistrike

whichislikelytofinditdifficulttoramthroughthefortifiedmountain-sidefacility.

Accordingtothereport,whiletheUSandIsraelmaydisagreeonthetimeframeofapossibleattack

thereareincompleteagreementovertheintelligence.

"Thereisnothingthatweknowthatyoudon’tknow,"atopAmericanofficialsaid.

"Theoppositeistrueaswell?yourintelligenceshareseverythingwithus."

TheNIEreport,whichisbasedonthemostrecentintelligenceassessmentsofthesituationvis-?

-visIran,isconsideredoneofthemosttopsecretreportscompiledforWashington.

Israelisourcessaidthatbothcountriesknowthatthe"armsgroup"

hasreneweditsactivitiesinParchin?

amilitarybaseusedfornuclearresearchanddevelopment,

fromwhichIAEAinspectorshavebeenbarred.

Recentsatelliteimagesshowclearchangestothearea’sterrain,

mostlikelyinpreparationforatimewhenIranwouldnolongerbeabletopreventIAEAinspections.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4266931,00.html

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