Sunday, June 29, 2008

Tinfoil Apocalypse Update

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk

A former head of Mossad has warned that Israel has 12 months in which to
destroy Iran's nuclear programme or risk coming under nuclear attack itself. He
also hinted that Israel might have to act sooner if Barack Obama wins the US
presidential election.



Shabtai Shavit, an influential adviser to the Israeli parliament's defence
and foreign affairs committee, told The Sunday Telegraph that time was
running out to prevent Iran's leaders getting the bomb.

Mr Shavit, who retired from the Israeli intelligence agency in 1996, warned
that he had no doubt Iran intended to use a nuclear weapon once it had the
capability, and that Israel must conduct itself accordingly.

"The time that is left to be ready is getting shorter all the time," he said
in an interview.