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08-03-09 Yadlin:Iran has crossed nuclear technological threshold

Iran had "crossed the technological threshold" and its attainment of nuclear military capability is now a matter of "incorporating the goal of producing an atomic bomb into its strategy," OC Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin told the cabinet on Sunday."Iran is continuing to amass hundreds of kilograms of low-level enriched uranium, and it hopes to exploit the dialogue with the West and Washington to advance toward the production of an atomic bomb," he said."Iran's plan for the continuation of its nuclear program while simultaneously holding talks with the new Washington administration is being received with caution in the Middle East,"continued the Intelligence chief."The moderates are worried that this approach will come at their expense and will be used by the radical axis to continue to carry out terror activities and rearm. In contrast, those in the radical axis are saying that despite the change in the Americans' stance,they will continue to act against them."Last week,Adm. Mike Mullen,the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff,said that Teheran probably already had the material necessary to make a nuclear weapon,but Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the Iranians were not yet close to attaining a weapon