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In U.S., IDF chief warns: All Iran options are open By Haaretz staff and Reuters Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, on his first official visit to Washington, warned yesterday that Israel would not rule out any course of action regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israel Radio reported. "We are all united in the view that Iran needs to be prevented from obtaining a nuclear weapon. There is no doubt that diplomatic activity and sanctions are preferable, but we all understand -we and the Americans - that we need to prepare all options," the radio report quoted Ashkenazi stating after meeting with senior Bush administration officials. Advertisement Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of its civil nuclear program. On the first day of his trip, Wednesday, the IDF chief warned that it was crucial to block what he called "Iranian aggression" in the Middle East. "We are are witnessing, I believe, a paradigmatic change in the Middle East in which radical countries and elements are trying to [install] a new order to replace the traditional national, secular one that exists today," Ashkenazi said in a brief speech at the Israeli Embassy. Israel and Washington accuse Iran of fomenting violence in Iraq and of supplying arms to Palestinian militants and to Hezbollah. "At the center of this radical axis is Iran, which seeks to achieve its regional aspiration of hegemony by upsetting the existing balance of power," Ashkenazi said at the embassy, accusing Iran of backing "terror organizations and radical groups" and of pursuing nuclear arms "to project power within the region and beyond." Ashkenazi made no reference to speculation about the possibility of an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Former top spy speaks Ex-Mossad chief Halevy says a strike on Iran would affect Israel for 100 years. Trying Hitler Did a light sentence in a Munich trial pave the way for Hitler's rise to power?

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