by Gareth Porter, October 12, 2013
http://original.antiwar.com/porter/2013/10/11/israeli-claim-of-iranian-icbm-exploits-biased-us-intel/
In an effort to provoke any possible opposition in U.S. political circles to a nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to exploiting an old claim that Iran is building intercontinental ballistic missiles that could hit the United States.
The Netanyahu claim takes advantage of the extreme position that has been taken on the issue by Pentagon and Air Force intelligence organizations but goes even further.
In an Oct. 1 interview with Bob Schieffer of CBS News, Netanyahu said Iranians are “building ICBMs to reach…the American mainland within a few years”. And in an interview with Charlie Rose a week later, he said the Iranians “are developing ICBMs – not for us, but for you.”
Netanyahu added, “The American intelligence agency knows as well as we do that Iran is developing ICBMs.”
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