israeli intelligence assesment states that iran is handling the un pressure well and is in final preparation for a necler weapon and had developed and developing missils to carry it for long ranges...also:ariel sharon(israeli prime minister) stated that israel is preparing for the situation of nuclear iran and will not stand that situation for long.also he mentioned that iran is a threat to not only the mid east but also to mediterenean countries.
the situation is infact extremely dangerous even more that nucler iraq..here is why:
saddam hussein was a horrible person,but he was nothing else than corrupted...all he wants is power....even if he did have nuclear missils(which that state turned vague a long time ago...plus israel bombared the only nucler base iraq had in 1981) he wouldn't have used them even not on israel for 2 reasons:isrrael has a second strike chice(secret) and it would bring the entire world on his country...saddam was surprised that america attacked because by international rules,it was unlogical...
but mahmud ahmed najad(iran's president) is not like hussein. he is more like osama bin laden.he is completely an islamic extremest and belives that the war between the christian and zionist "infidels" and the islamic nation is close......he is obviosly a threat to the entire world peace.

The Assessment is no doubt BS. The NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) suggests Iran will have nuclear weapons in no less than a decade.

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well......im just bringing what the israeli intiellige bring's.....but as long as they are no supervision's on iranian land...u can't know,and that is why u call it estimate.....but what i said about how dangerous nuclear iran is,remains.

If not for there president being insane, the threat wouldnt be that bad. I cant see them having long range by march? But I guess we'll wait and see what the US ends up reporting.

I have no doubt in my mind that if Iran develops a nuke then they would secretly use it on Israel via covert operations.

The fact is Iran is a country in which diplomacy can work. They are a democratic state and very much influenced by economic oppurtunities. Eventually Iran will be convinced to abandon the program, probably in a similar way to Libya.

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they alreasy did develop a long range......it's called sheeab 3,and it's capable to reach israel although im guessing west targtes in the persian gulf would suit them 2......israel is now developing a missile that is called the hezz....or arrow in english....it's prupose is to find sheeab after being launched and destroy before it hits israeli soil.....kinda like the patriot but the patriot sucks against missiles,only good against air crafts....trust me,i lived near a patriot launce place in the gulf war......fired so many,didn't hit once.