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Defense Minister Ehud Barak. (Jini) Last update - 21:53 10/07/2008 Barak: Israel is not afraid to take action against Iran By Reuters and Haaretz Service Tags: Israel, Arrow, Ehud Barak  Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday he favored the use of diplomatic pressure and sanctions against Iran's nuclear program but cautioned that Israel was "not afraid to take action". "Currently, the focus is international sanctions and vigorous diplomatic activity, and these avenues should be exhausted," Barak said during his speech at a Labor Party meeting, adding: "Israel is the strongest country in the region and has proved in the past it is not afraid to take action when its vital security interests are at stake." Barak's comments were made in the wake of Iran's provocative missile test launch on Wednesday, in which the Islamic republic test fired missiles it said could hit Israel. An image surfaced in all the major media outlets, depicting four missiles being fired simultaneously. Advertisement Israeli experts have said that the missile launched as part of large-scale military exercise was not a more capable version of the Shahab-3 ballistic missile. Related articles: Iran tests new round of missiles as U.S. vows to defend allies Did Iran doctor an image of its missile test launch? (2006) Israeli defense sources: Iran missile test not an advanced Shahab-3 as Tehran claims Bookmark to del.icio.us   Photoshopped launch Did Iran doctor an image of its provocative missile test launch? 'Hitler was a good boss' Nazi bodyguard describes the fuhrer's last moments in a Berlin bunker.   1.   Where the Iranian tests doctored? 21:05  |  Michael Durson 10/07/08   2.   We Might Not Go With Him 21:14  |  Max 10/07/08   3.   Ehud...Go for it....Your Bluff will get .... 21:27  |  ali 10/07/08   4.   Has anybody suggested that Israel is afraid to attack? 21:32  |  Natallie Durson 10/07/08   5.   #4 NUTallie Durson - Israel isn`t dumb enuf to wait 02:08  |  * BEN JABO 11/07/08

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