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'Germany believes Iran could have nuclear bomb within 6 months'
By Assaf Uni, Haaretz Correspondent, and News Agencies
Tags: Germany, Israel News, Iran 

Iran is capable of assembling an atomic bomb within six months, German intelligence analysts told the German weekly newsmagazine Stern.

"If they want to, they will be able to set off a uranium bomb within six months," an analyst with Germany's intelligence service, Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), told the magazine.
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German intelligence officials told Stern believe Iran has "mastered" every stage of uranium enrichment and that they have activated enough centrifuges to produce sufficient quantities of weapons-grade uranium for at least one atomic bomb.

"Nobody would have thought this possible some years ago," an intelligence official told Stern.

The UN Security Council has imposed three sets of sanctions on Tehran for defying its demands to suspend uranium enrichment.

Some analysts say Iran may be close to having the required material for producing a bomb, but most say the weaponization process would then take one to two years due to technical and political hurdles.

"Weaponizing" enrichment would not escape the notice of UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), unless it was done at a secret location.

Until now there have been no indications of any such covert diversion, a point made by the IAEA's incoming director-general shortly after his election earlier this month.

Current IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei has said it is his "gut feeling" that Iran is seeking at least the capability to build nuclear weapons, in order to protect itself from perceived regional and U.S. threats.

Libyan leader: Peaceful nuclear program should be encouraged

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says Iran should be encouraged to pursue its nuclear program as long as it is for peaceful purposes.

Gadhafi was addressing Wednesday's opening session of a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik. The 118-nation group includes Iran.

He said it is "unjust" to stop Iran from enriching uranium for peaceful purposes, but that it must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

The United States and Israel say Iran is seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. Iran denies the charge, saying its program is for generating power.

Libya in 2003 abandoned its own program to develop nuclear and chemical weapons.

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  1.   Sure, sure 00:47  |  Axel 01/01/09
  2.   So What! 00:58  |  Cool B 01/01/09
  3.   The eminently reliable STERN Magazine 00:59  |  Clickfool 01/01/09
  4.   What German Intel says is not credible 00:05  |  Bitin Dawg 01/01/09
  5.   Let`s not forget ... 00:13  |  Observer 01/01/09
  6.   Good for them 00:14  |  Yaakov Weber 01/01/09
  7.   No, not Germany 00:20  |  sh 01/01/09
  8.   Weaponization. 00:29  |  sandra chitayat 01/01/09
  9.   Son Of Curveball? 00:37  |  Mark Lincoln 01/01/09
  10.   Germany`s warning 00:40  |  Brod 01/01/09
  11.   Seems like somebody bought in 00:47  |  Jan D. 01/01/09
  12.   Stern 00:47  |  Juge 01/01/09
  13.   Stern? 00:05  |  Lara 01/01/09
  14.   Germany believes? 00:13  |  David Nigel Braham 01/01/09
  15.   Sooner or later--they will get the Bomb 00:16  |  IW 01/01/09
  16.   "Germany" = Stern? 00:26  |  Andreas 01/01/09
  17.   So What !!! 00:34  |  chucky 01/01/09
  18.   Iran and Nukes 00:41  |  Scott L. Havsy 01/01/09
  19.   Iran and the bomb- who really knows ? 00:43  |  DT 01/01/09
  20.   Suicidal Iranian regime 00:53  |  Akiva P 01/01/09
  21.   Where do the Iranians intend to detonate their first nuclear bomb 00:54  |  Maronite 01/01/09
  22.   This would be good news, if true 00:14  |  Natallie Durson 01/01/09
  23.   # 14 david 00:17  |  Axel 01/01/09
  24.   observer # 5 00:38  |  American in NY 01/01/09
  25.   Those who sell anything to the Iranians, probably know better. 00:45  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/01/09
  26.   Get Smart: Control vs Kaos 00:48  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/01/09
  27.   Generalissimo Brod - Where to Pull Troops from 00:57  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/01/09
  28.   It?s time to act! 00:58  |  B. Gold 01/01/09
  29.   #.21. Fortuna Benmayor. 00:15  |  Stephen. 01/01/09
  30.   #26 Mark of Lewistan. heres the answer. 00:32  |  Sapper Joe 01/01/09
  31.   #26 Mark of Lewiston, carefull with Brod 00:34  |  Mark B. 01/01/09
  32.   Didnt the BND tell the US the Iraq had Weapons ofMassDestruction? 00:42  |  Jim 01/01/09
  33.   Mark of Lewiston 00:02  |  Brod 01/01/09
  34.   great news 00:17  |  ravi 01/01/09
  35.   To #24 00:53  |  Jan D. 01/01/09
  36.   To #32 00:00  |  Jan D. 01/01/09
  37.   30 Sapper Joe - Enough for one Iraqi Province 00:15  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/01/09
  38.   It would just as likely be Toronto Maronite... 00:15  |  BBSNews 01/01/09
  39.   Natallie Durson (#22) 00:42  |  Gil 01/01/09
  40.   #Natallie Durson 00:51  |  Igor 01/01/09
  41.   Iran is different 00:36  |  Dan 01/01/09
  42.   Iran Bomb 00:05  |  Ice 01/01/09
  43.   Strategic importance of Iran 00:01  |  Capt Black 01/01/09
  44.   Iran`s Nukes 00:37  |  Fred 01/01/09
  45.   #10 Okay Brod,hop to it! 00:38  |  ballistic 01/01/09
  46.   It Must Be Getting Crowded Over There In Iran 00:07  |  Jeff Northridge 01/01/09
  47.   Brilliant! 00:21  |  Veritas 01/01/09
  48.   For Stephen # 29 00:28  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/01/09
  49.   US Believed Iraq had a nuclear bomb !! 00:01  |  Lambo 01/01/09
  50.   Ice (#41) Iran never attacked any country, REALLY 00:29  |  Gil 01/01/09
  51.   Lambo 00:01  |  Brod 01/01/09
  52.   bomb 00:36  |  bethany 01/01/09
  53.   A scenario on missile war 00:10  |  Brod 01/01/09
  54.   Why is that a concern? 00:43  |  Wilson 01/01/09
  55.   Wilson 00:29  |  Brod 01/01/09
  56.   hard to tell 00:32  |  Ben Z 01/01/09
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