Top Israeli Officials Diverge on Iran Statements

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept up his hawkish, pro-war rhetoric on Thursday, but other top Israeli officials issued more careful statements regarding Iran's nuclear program, indicating a rift in Israel's senior leadership. Netanyahu had previously...

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Panetta: Iran is Not Developing Nuclear Weapons

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that Iran is enriching uranium in a peaceful nuclear program but that Tehran has not decided to develop an atomic bomb. Top U.S. military and intelligence officials gave separate testimonies in congressional hearings on...

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Top US Official: Iran Unlikely to Attack the West

Iran is very unlikely to intentionally provoke a conflict with the West and almost certainly would not initiate a first strike on the U.S. or its allies, including Israel, according to the top U.S. military intelligence official. Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess,...

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US Continues to Provoke Iran in Persian Gulf

The massive fleet of U.S. Navy warships continue to engage provocatively in the Persian Gulf, just south of Iran, while the U.S. media present Iranian patrols as deliberate threats. The Persian Gulf has been the focal point of grandstanding militarism in recent...

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