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timesonline.co.uk - 12/4/2008

Israel 'prepared to attack' Iran nuclear plants

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President Ahmadinejad of Iran announces an expansion of his country's nuclear programme at its Natanz enrichment facility

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Theo Spark — ... Israel 'prepared to attack' Iran nuclear plants. They had better get on with it. Obama is anti-Israel so support is about to dry up.

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