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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Haaretz: Israel air strike on Iran 'stupidest thing I have ever heard'

Former Mossad chief: Israel air strike on Iran 
'stupidest thing I have ever heard'

In first public appearance since leaving post as Mossad chief, Meir Dagan warns of regional war if Iran is attacked; says fall of Assad regime would benefit Israel.By Yossi MelmanTags: Iran Iran nuclear

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan referred to the possibility a future Israeli Air Force attack on Iranian nuclear facilities as "the stupidest thing I have ever heard."  he amde these comments during a conference held at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on Friday.

Dagan's presentation was his first public appearance since resigning as chief of the Mossad at the end of September 2010.

Dagan said that Iran has a clandestine nuclear infrastructure which functions alongside its legitimate, civil infrastructure. 

It is the legitimate infrastructure, he said, that is under international supervision by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Any strike on this legitimate infrastructure would be "patently illegal under international law," according to Dagan.

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