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We must bomb Iran - former Israeli intelligence chief


By Stan Goodenough
July 02, 2008

If Israel does not move with force against Iran, the Jewish state will pay a terrible price down the road.

Israel must not talk about attacking, but must launch its strike as a surprise when it believes it needs to do so.

These are the views of a former head of the Mossad, Israel's CIA, in an interview published Wednesday on World Net Daily.

According to the inline conservative news service, Meir Amit, who although retired is still described as one of the most highly-regarded figures in Israel's intelligence community, has made a 180 degree turn on the issue of whether or not to hit Iran.

A year ago he was apparently more in favor of the assassination of Iranian fanatical leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than of attacking his country.

Mounting evidence that Iran is racing to acquire an "A-bomb for Allah" - and this as Ahmadinejad intensifies his fiery rhetoric threatening Israel's destruction appear to have changed Amit's assessment of what the IDF needs to do.

According to WND, Amit is not overly concerned about Tehran's military response to an Israeli strike on its nuclearization program.

"I am not impressed by Iran's threats. We have to do what we think should be done and obviously plan for consequences. All my life I decided on the spot what to do according to the existing situation," he said.

Both conflicting and corroborating reports circulating in Israel this week indicate that something could happen soon, as both sides have increased their saber-rattling.

An ABC report Tuesday toyed with the idea, and quoted unnamed US officials as saying they feared Israel could hit Iran before the end of this year.

But Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki dismissed such a likelihood as slim.

Israel's present circumstances "will not allow it to engage in regional adventurism," Mottaki told NBC News according to The Jerusalem Post.

"Israel is still facing the post-trauma of the attack against Lebanon in 2006. So we don't believe that Israel... is in a position to be able to engage in another attack in the region."

Mottaki ominously warned the international community that it had better pressure Israel into backing away from any attack, because Iran's response would be widespread whether Israel or the US was behind an attack.

"It should be understood that all efforts should be made towards [getting] Israel [to avoid] a militaristic action in the region," he said, threateningly.

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