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Nuclear chief warns against strike on Iran
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June 23, 2008
DUBAI: The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog has warned that an attack on Iran over its nuclear program would turn the region into a fireball..
Mohamed ElBaradei also warned he would not be able to continue in his role as director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agencyif the Islamic republic were attacked.
"A military strike [against Iran] would in my opinion be worse than anything else … It would transform the Middle East region into a ball of fire," he said in an interview with Al-Arabiya television.
The New York Times on Friday quoted US officials as saying a big Israeli military exercise this month, involving more than 100 fighter jets in the Mediterranean, seemed to be a preparation for a potential strike against Iran's nuclear facilities.
In Athens, an official with the Greek Air Force's central command confirmed the substance of the report, stating that Greek units had taken part in "joint training exercises" with Israel off the Mediterranean island of Crete.
However, Israeli officials and independent experts said on Saturday that Israel's air force might be too small to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.
The officials, who declined to be identified, said the air force would be unlikely to deliver more than a one-time blow to an Iranian nuclear program, which international experts believe may require as many as 1000 strikes to be destroyed.
"A hundred war planes are enough for a raid but they do not make for an air campaign, and that is what is needed to deal conclusively with Iran's capabilities," one official said.
Dr ElBaradei said any attack would simply harden Iran's position in its row with the West over its nuclear program.
"A military strike would spark the launch of an emergency program to make atomic weapons, with the support of all Iranians, including those living abroad," he said.
His stark comments came as Tehran stressed again that it would not negotiate with world powers over its nuclear program if it was required to suspend its uranium enrichment.
Dr ElBaradei did not believe there was an imminent risk of proliferation given the present status of Iran's nuclear program, and made it clear he would "not have a place" as the agency's head in the event of a military strike.
In other developments, a German magazine is reporting that a suspected nuclear site in Syria, built with the aid of North Korea and destroyed by Israel last September, was intended to support Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Der Spiegel says the Al-Kibar plant was to have been used as a temporary site for Iran to develop a nuclear bomb until it was able to do so on its own territory.
But the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, is considering withdrawing his support for the Iranian program, the magazine reports in its next edition, due out today, quoting German secret service reports.
The site - to be inspected by the International Atomic Energy Agency next week - was destroyed by Israeli war planes with Washington's support. Syria denied it had military purposes.
Agence France Presse, Reuters
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Nuclear chief warns against strike on Iran
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June 23, 2008
DUBAI: The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog has warned that an attack on Iran over its nuclear program would turn the region into a fireball..
Mohamed ElBaradei also warned he would not be able to continue in his role as director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agencyif the Islamic republic were attacked.
"A military strike [against Iran] would in my opinion be worse than anything else … It would transform the Middle East region into a ball of fire," he said in an interview with Al-Arabiya television.
The New York Times on Friday quoted US officials as saying a big Israeli military exercise this month, involving more than 100 fighter jets in the Mediterranean, seemed to be a preparation for a potential strike against Iran's nuclear facilities.
In Athens, an official with the Greek Air Force's central command confirmed the substance of the report, stating that Greek units had taken part in "joint training exercises" with Israel off the Mediterranean island of Crete.
However, Israeli officials and independent experts said on Saturday that Israel's air force might be too small to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.
The officials, who declined to be identified, said the air force would be unlikely to deliver more than a one-time blow to an Iranian nuclear program, which international experts believe may require as many as 1000 strikes to be destroyed.
"A hundred war planes are enough for a raid but they do not make for an air campaign, and that is what is needed to deal conclusively with Iran's capabilities," one official said.
Dr ElBaradei said any attack would simply harden Iran's position in its row with the West over its nuclear program.
"A military strike would spark the launch of an emergency program to make atomic weapons, with the support of all Iranians, including those living abroad," he said.
His stark comments came as Tehran stressed again that it would not negotiate with world powers over its nuclear program if it was required to suspend its uranium enrichment.
Dr ElBaradei did not believe there was an imminent risk of proliferation given the present status of Iran's nuclear program, and made it clear he would "not have a place" as the agency's head in the event of a military strike.
In other developments, a German magazine is reporting that a suspected nuclear site in Syria, built with the aid of North Korea and destroyed by Israel last September, was intended to support Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Der Spiegel says the Al-Kibar plant was to have been used as a temporary site for Iran to develop a nuclear bomb until it was able to do so on its own territory.
But the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, is considering withdrawing his support for the Iranian program, the magazine reports in its next edition, due out today, quoting German secret service reports.
The site - to be inspected by the International Atomic Energy Agency next week - was destroyed by Israeli war planes with Washington's support. Syria denied it had military purposes.
Agence France Presse, Reuters
