Gulf Daily News
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

JERUSALEM: Israel alone will have to confront the perceived nuclear threat from arch enemy Iran, the country's ultra-rightwing Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman said yesterday.

"We will have to face the Iranians alone, because Israel cannot remain with its arms folded, waiting patiently for Iran to develop non-conventional weapons," he said when asked about a possible Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear installations.

He criticised an EU report leaked to the Financial Times that said with Iran unlikely to negotiate seriously on its nuclear programme, the international community can do little to prevent Tehran from developing an atomic bomb.

"The Solana report illustrates the attitude 'we can do nothing, the Iranians will get non-conventional weapons, the international community doesn't have the means to stop the Iranians from reaching their objective,'" said Lieberman.

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