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Barak: Iran could attack U.S. with nuclear bomb
By The Associated Press
Tags: Israel news, Iran, U.S. 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Wednesday that if Iran acquires a nuclear weapon, it could try to attack the United States.

Speaking at a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, the defense minister said the world should press Iran to stop it from building nuclear weapons.

"If it built even a primitive nuclear weapon like the type that destroyed Hiroshima, Iran would not hesitate to load it on a ship, arm it with a detonator operated by GPS and sail it into a vital port on the east coast of North America," Barak told the audience.
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Indicating the possibility of a military strike, Barak said, "We are not taking any option off the table, and we recommend to the world not to take any option off the table, and we mean what we say."

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      1.   right barak...why would it want to? 21:15  |  iran owns iraq 17/12/08
      2.   a whole nation of paranoid freaks 21:16  |  Michael 17/12/08
      3.   Could is the wrong word. 21:21  |  An American 17/12/08
      4.   The earth could be flat 21:29  |  Barak 17/12/08
      5.   Israel could win the World Cup 21:30  |  Barak 17/12/08
      6.   The Pope could be Jewish 21:30  |  Barak 17/12/08
      7.   Barak`s war 21:31  |  Boycott 17/12/08
      8.   Now, why would they want to do that? 21:40  |  Magnus K. 17/12/08
      9.   Israel never ceases to foment war. 21:43  |  Gabriel 17/12/08
      10.   Iran Could also 21:46  |  Jim 17/12/08
      11.   US doesn`t need advices from one unable to act against Qassams 21:49  |  Absolute Sweden 17/12/08
      12.   A New Level of Hysteria, Mister Defense Minister 21:49  |  Persian Kitty 17/12/08
      13.   Why ascribe suicidal tendencies to master chess players? 21:50  |  Samar 17/12/08
      14.   There is a possiblity that iran put a bomb on a camel and send it 21:55  |  kia 17/12/08
      15.   That is what sister Brigitte told us ... 21:56  |  Edith 17/12/08
      16.   yeh and the Iran could attack US with shoes 21:57  |  a friend 17/12/08
      17.   Iran could get Father Christmas to deliver it as well. 21:57  |  Michael 17/12/08
      18.   None Sense 22:04  |  Palestinian 17/12/08
      19.   The man lost his marbles 22:04  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 17/12/08
      20.   Oh ya 22:06  |  Farooq 17/12/08
      21.   OOO! Scary! 22:09  |  Jim 17/12/08
      22.   Ahmadinejad is smarter than Barak; Herwould FedEx it. 22:11  |  American in NY 17/12/08
      23.   Of course Iran is planning it,but Barak`s person damages credibil 22:17  |  Absolute Sweden 17/12/08
      24.   No Mr. Barak you`re do-nothing response invite attack to Israel 22:19  |  getting away with M. 17/12/08
      25.   BARAK`S WMD TRYING TO PANIC AMERICANS 22:41  |  Arik Silverman 17/12/08
      26.   SHUT UP BARAK 22:42  |  The Dude 17/12/08
      27.   Why would they do that? 22:42  |  Craig Silver 17/12/08
      28.   yea and north korea could attack micronesia with A-bomb 22:49  |  Is Surreal 17/12/08
      29.   it`s true,so US must leave Iran alone 22:53  |  sho 17/12/08
      30.   Like we can`t see straight through this one! 22:58  |  Silvienne 17/12/08
      31.   Barak`s transparent terrorizing of US to attack Iran a flop! 23:02  |  Ivar 17/12/08
      32.   Israeli leaders should offer hope, not peddle fear. 23:08  |  Samar 17/12/08
      33.   Barak the failure. Please learn the meaning of quiet... 23:10  |  bat yam 17/12/08
      34.   Barak`s fantasy 23:16  |  chris 17/12/08
      35.   Barak a man with empty threats,& crys wolf to many times 23:18  |  Judea 17/12/08
      36.   Iran more likely to attack a country that`s not near her 23:19  |  x-ray 17/12/08
      37.   Barak Also Said Iraq Had WMDs! His Nose Just Got Even Bigger! 23:24  |  Monitor 17/12/08
      38.   Hey Barak, did you hear about the caravan of camels? 23:25  |  Persian Kitty 17/12/08
      39.   One drink too many 23:26  |  Baz Mann 17/12/08
      40.   #25, Craig Silver.... 23:27  |  Silvienne 17/12/08
      41.   Victory 23:42  |  Baz Mann 17/12/08
      42.   and it would be a surprise 23:43  |  Yamin Salahi 17/12/08
      43.   Barak`s a fear monger 23:43  |  consorts 17/12/08
      44.   Yeah, and Hamas could attack Sderot with kassams 00:03  |  so what else is new 18/12/08
      45.   How sane! 00:05  |  Truth 18/12/08
      46.   Won`t work........ 00:06  |  William 18/12/08
      47.   Michael #2: Its very real... REMEMBER 9/11... 00:14  |  BF 18/12/08
      48.   Israel could attack US with Atom Bomb 00:15  |  Robert 18/12/08
      49.   barak could be also a standupcomedian. 00:19  |  aron 18/12/08
      50.   The Iranians are our misfortune 00:21  |  Julius Streicher 18/12/08
      51.   Mr. Barak Stop the fear mongering, your lies dont fly high 00:42  |  Jason 18/12/08
      52.   More likely Israel will destroy the US with its finance swindling 00:44  |  Chanalau, Tova 18/12/08
      53.   You guys need serious psychological help! 00:45  |  Joker 18/12/08
      54.   Barak...Is this guy for real... 00:58  |  ali 18/12/08
      55.   THE JEWS 01:06  |  Axel 18/12/08
      56.   iran 01:26  |  azad 18/12/08
      57.   Or 01:42  |  Axel 18/12/08
      58.   More Like Israel is planning false flag operation against US port 01:59  |  American Patriot 18/12/08
      59.   America would be a Prime Target, if Iran used a Terrorist Proxy 02:03  |  UsedToPostHere 18/12/08
      60.   America has woken up Israel 02:16  |  Arab American 18/12/08
      61.   BF 02:27  |  Persian Kitty 18/12/08
      62.   He is a Hipopotamus with toutou and Defense Portfolio. 02:46  |  Fortuna Benmayor 18/12/08
      63.   #12, What could happen to Iran ? 02:55  |  Gary 18/12/08
      64.   #48, Good piece of speculation,Robert 02:58  |  Gary 18/12/08
      65.   BF # 47 and remember The USS Liberty and Pollard 02:59  |  American in NY 18/12/08
      66.   WOW Barak the defense expert speaks 03:14  |  Eliezer 18/12/08
      67.   barak`s doctrine 03:27  |  m.a. 18/12/08
      68.   peace & peace 03:30  |  the one 18/12/08
      69.   Barak Please........ 03:43  |  American 18/12/08
      70.   All funny until you see the mushroom clouds in your city 03:53  |  Yuri 18/12/08
      71.   Obama and Hillary are ready to accept a nuclear Iran 03:53  |  Gregor 18/12/08
      72.   To everyone who thinks Iran wants to end its own existance 03:57  |  Magnus K. 18/12/08
      73.   #18 04:01  |  Abe 18/12/08
      74.   Iran`s religious fanatics 04:06  |  Gregor 18/12/08
      75.   Gary in Columbus Ohio 04:17  |  Persian Kitty 18/12/08
      76.   To Jim in Buffalo, #21, RE Syria, Jordan, Iraq 04:41  |  Jake 18/12/08
      77.   Robert: #48 It is unknown and unproven 04:46  |  Jake 18/12/08
      78.   Time for America to dump this friend called israel. 05:06  |  American 18/12/08
      79.   Samar, and a master chess player that believes in apocalypse now? 05:16  |  Jake 18/12/08
      80.   Palestinian #18, you are only telling half the truth 05:25  |  Jake 18/12/08
      81.   Jake 05:45  |  Persian Kitty 18/12/08
      82.   Next he`ll say that they could fly planes into the Twins in NY 05:51  |  Dan 18/12/08
      83.   Truer Words Were Never Spoken... 05:57  |  Tom Gallagher 18/12/08
      84.   More Worries 06:03  |  Mark of Lewiston 18/12/08
      85.   Persian Kitty, wrong 06:52  |  Jake 18/12/08
      86.   And we might be hit by an Astroid 07:14  |  Candida 18/12/08
      87.   barak: iran could attack US with nuclear bomb 07:16  |  nahum moses 18/12/08
      88.   At Saudi The Shi`ites All Got Together... 07:21  |  Yosemite 18/12/08
      89.   Pointless posts 07:38  |  Gordon 18/12/08
      90.   A puzzle 08:00  |  Jim 18/12/08
      91.   re #71 `Obama and Hillary are ready to accept a nuclear Iran ` 08:05  |  Colin Wright 18/12/08
      92.   Nukes on america 08:13  |  Avinash 18/12/08
      93.   Propaganda is dirt cheap 09:36  |  Clickfool 18/12/08
      94.   US/Israel capable of nuclear attack on Iran, but 09:59  |  JW 18/12/08
      95.   Colin Wright, that is pure unadulterated crap 10:02  |  Jake 18/12/08
      96.   Barak is absolutely right 10:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/12/08
      97.   Barak`s `analytical` strategy... 11:28  |  Esther 18/12/08
      98.   barak 11:36  |  Hassan 18/12/08
      99.   Barak 2nd Hand WMD-Trick won`t work on Barack!!! 11:40  |  Barack is not Barak! 18/12/08
      100.   Barak sounds like Bush! 13:37  |  Jeannie Smith 18/12/08
      101.   what could this bring for us 14:13  |  fk 18/12/08
      102.   Bah! Civilized Nations Don`t Commit Suicide. But Germany Did. 14:13  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 18/12/08
      103.   Why Would They? Deterence Says They Would Be Mad to Do It. 14:18  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 18/12/08
      104.   Well Known that Iran can Launch Shahib Missile from Ships 14:26  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 18/12/08
      105.   It`s much more likely that Israel will nuke Iran. 14:59  |  John K 18/12/08
      106.   Blah ... Blah .. Blah .... 15:13  |  American Mike 18/12/08
      107.   Iran Has Never Attacked Anyone. Wrong: Hizbullah. 15:14  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 18/12/08
      108.   So could Israel 15:35  |  Mark Marshall 18/12/08
      109.   We Have Nothing to Fear but...Barak 15:37  |  Frances 18/12/08
      110.   God bless the Somalis 15:48  |  Jake 18/12/08
      111.   Barak! r u convinced or just selling it to the crowd?. 16:00  |  sinalco 18/12/08
      112.   High time that Israel is stripped of wmd`s. 17:30  |  Jens 18/12/08
      113.   Betting on Fear 17:36  |  Cyrus 18/12/08
      114.   #112, Jens makes an excellent point... 17:42  |  Silvienne 18/12/08
      115.   Fabricated fear... Too old an approach 17:53  |  Ameer 18/12/08
      116.   jens "strip israel of nukes" 17:59  |  harzion 18/12/08
      117.   Gotta love him 18:15  |  Baz Mann 18/12/08
      118.   #18 - Palestinian 18:16  |  Maurice 18/12/08
      119.   58, American Patriot 18:48  |  Harry 18/12/08
      120.   Barak Discounts US Security Efforts 18:50  |  Mark of Lewiston 18/12/08
      121.   Really 19:08  |  J 18/12/08
      122.   #113, Cyrus, Fabricating claims due to lack of success 19:36  |  Jake 18/12/08
      123.   Barak does not take US security for idiots Mark of Lewiston 19:46  |  Mark Lincoln 18/12/08
      124.   Barak`s no idiot... 20:03  |  Aaron Levitt 18/12/08
      125.   And so goes the legacy of the modern state of Israel 20:15  |  Ibrahim 18/12/08
      126.   #125, Absolutely Correct,Ibrahim. 20:29  |  Gary 18/12/08
      127.   Harzion 20:31  |  Lucio 18/12/08
      128.   re: Arab American 20:41  |  UsedToPostHere 18/12/08
      129.   re: Lucio 20:44  |  UsedToPostHere 18/12/08
      130.   Not MORE WMD`s!!!!!!!!! 21:36  |  Mick 18/12/08
      131.   Jake, No, You`re Wrong 21:45  |  Persian Kitty 18/12/08
      132.   #31 - Beanie 22:07  |  Daniel 18/12/08
      133.   Radiation detectors 22:14  |  Baz Mann 18/12/08
      134.   The joke of the day 00:02  |  Axel 19/12/08
      135.   Kia 00:05  |  rich 19/12/08
      136.   Arik Silverman 00:09  |  rich 19/12/08
      137.   Jim in Buffalo 00:12  |  rich 19/12/08
      138.   #96 But you are completely wrong, Cipora 00:25  |  Johnboy 19/12/08
      139.   #131 Detectors: And Suppose Missile Is Launched from Ship At Sea? 00:40  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 19/12/08
      140.   So should the U.S. volunteer like Sderot to get hit only? 01:46  |  EBark 2 Barak O. ? 19/12/08
      141.   #131, The US has radiation detectors ..... 02:27  |  Gary 19/12/08
      142.   Barak Talk of US Nuclear Strike 04:08  |  Absolute Truth 0 19/12/08
      143.   Ibrahim #125 05:22  |  Yechiel 19/12/08
      144.   How many Nukes doe Iran have? 05:43  |  Mark Lincoln 19/12/08
      145.   Has the world ever seen 06:20  |  Mark Lincoln 19/12/08
      146.   #134, Axel, no 06:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/12/08
      147.   Mark Lincoln - And the Answer is . . . . . . 08:33  |  Mark of Lewiston 19/12/08
      148.   and pigs might fly 10:33  |  matt 19/12/08
      149.   re: Mick 00:39  |  UsedToPostHere 20/12/08
      150.   You 00:43  |  l\ 20/12/08
      151.   For the many of you who make fun of Barak`s statement. 17:56  |  S 20/12/08
      152.   My God the stupidity of people never ends 18:01  |  Ari 20/12/08
      153.   It`s obvious what`s going on here 20:23  |  American 20/12/08
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