Putin briefs Israeli leader on Iran trip

Israeli President Shimon Peres, whose position is largely ceremonial, issued a statement on Thursday comparing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Hitler and saying there was proof Iran was manufacturing nuclear weapons.

"Even if President Putin says he's not sure that Iran is developing nuclear power for war... many intelligence services around the world have proof that Iran is looking to make nuclear arms for war and death."
Posted Oct 19, 2007 07:45 AM PST
Category: IRAN

Memo to Shimon Peres: Putin has not said that he "...is not sure that Iran is developing nuclear power for war": he has stated firmly that they are not.

It is Russian technicians doing the work on installing the power plant, so Putin is, let us say, in a rather decent position to know.

El Baradei of the IAEA has stated that the Iranians are not building a weapons plant.

And if you are going to make the claim that "....many intelligence services around the world have proof that Iran is looking to make nuclear arms for war and death", why have these intelligence services not come forth and told the world the facts of what they have found?

The bottom line is, you have utterly no proof of these allegations, or you would have presented it in this statement. (MR)