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Sharon Rules Out Attacking Iran Over Nukes



JERUSALEM - Israel will not mount a unilateral attack aimed at destroying Iran's nuclear capability, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday in a CNN-TV interview.


Sharon said he did not see "unilateral action" as an option. He said Israel did not need to lead the way on the Iran nuclear weapons issue, calling for an international coalition to deal with it.

Iran is years away from possessing a nuclear weapon, Sharon said, but warned that Iran is only months away from solving "technical problems" toward building a nuclear weapon.

Sharon said, "Once they will solve it, that will be the point of no return."

Asked about Israel's own nuclear weapons program, Sharon repeated decades-old Israeli claims: "Israel will not be the first one to use or to possess a nuclear weapon."

He said that Iran should be prevented from acquiring such arms, because "One should avoid development of nuclear weapons by irresponsible countries."

During the funeral for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican on Friday, Israeli President Moshe Katsav shook hands with the presidents of Syria and Iran, but Sharon dismissed the gestures.

Iran and Syria continue to be enemies of Israel, Sharon said.

"If the moderates there (in Iran) speak about the elimination Israel as the Jewish nation, we don't see any changes," he said. "Syria continues to (sponsor) Hezbollah on the Lebanese border, so I don't see any change there."
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