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Israel Concerned About Reported Expansion of Iranian Uranium
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&c=667193&l=1009&ctl=14986F4:A6F02AD83191E160CC60931ADA7EE25A9574F7DCC14957C0 Iran's student
news agency reports nation has successfully started enriching uranium
in second network of centrifuges Israel is concerned about reports
that Iran is expanding its uranium enrichment program.  Iran's student
news agency, ISNA, reported Friday that the nation has successfully
started enriching uranium in a second network of centrifuges.







Iran's President Mahmoud AhmadinejadWith Iran reportedly increasing
its capacity for enriching uranium, Israel fears that time is running
out on efforts to stop the Islamic regime from building a nuclear
bomb.  Last week, Iran's president said Israel would soon disappear,
following up on a similar statement a year ago, when he threatened to
"wipe the Jewish state off the map."

Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisen says such bellicose
statements are a cause of deep concern in Jerusalem. 

"It's inconceivable that a country that calls for the destruction of
another country should also try to achieve nuclear capability," he
said.







Uranium conversion facility near Isfahan, Iran (file photo)Israel
believes the international community is moving too slowly, as Iran
stalls and continues to advance its nuclear program. Britain, France
and Germany have proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution
that would impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program and
refusal to suspend enrichment activities.

Eisen says the U.N. and world powers must take a two-pronged approach.

"That on the one hand, the international community won't only condemn
the president of Iran for what he says, but that he should be
sidelined, that he should not be part of the international community;
and at the same time, to continue, as strong as we can, to make sure
that they do not achieve nuclear capability," he added. 







Ehud Olmert (file photo)Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said repeatedly
that Israel cannot allow Iran to acquire a nuclear bomb. That has
aroused speculation that Israel could launch a pre-emptive strike
against Iran's nuclear facilities, as it did in 1981, when the air
force destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor.

But analysts say it would be much more difficult to knock out Iran's
nuclear facilities, which are spread out and fortified deep
underground in concrete. Since the military option is not an
attractive one strategically or diplomatically, Israel is urging the
international community to act against Iran before it's too late. Iran
says its nuclear program is peaceful and aims to produce electricity.