US Intel Officials Publicly Contradict Netanyahu’s UN Speech On “New” Iran Atomic Facility
- US Intel Officials Publicly Contradict Netanyahu’s UN Speech On “New” Iran Atomic Facility
by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
Netanyahu’s Thursday UN General Assembly speech predictably included the familiar props and visuals condemning Iran over what the Israeli prime minister says is a continuing nuclear program it is hiding from the world’s view.
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Like pretty much all prior Netanyahu speeches focusing on Iran, he held up a physical “evidence” to illustrate his points as he spoke — this time it was a “proof” that Iran has yet another secret warehouse holding nuclear-related material in the form of an aerial photograph of the Iranian capital marked with a red arrow pointing to a large building.
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Though this was perhaps a step up from the cartoon bomb performance at the UNGA in 2012, the act is now a fixture and entirely predictable after many others spanning years, barely eliciting much media excitement compared to six years ago.
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But unlike the last number of similar speeches, US intelligence officials have told Reuters that the claims are not true.
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Jerusalem Post: “Netanyahu has made a name for himself as the “prop master,” using visual aids to underline his message.”
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