Iran nuclear

• Israels prime minister sets off this week on a U.S. visit clouded by a deepening rift with Washington, which is pressing Israel to hold off on any attack against Irans suspect nuclear program.
(AP - msnbc.com)
• The Iranian foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, said in a statement to the Conference on Disarmament here that there were two ways to engage with Iran on its nuclear program: engagement or confrontation.
(New York Times)
• JAY CARNEY, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: We are committed, as Israel is, to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. And we had pursuit of this policy that we believe theres time and space at this point to allow -- to have an effect.
(FOX News)
• Just 19 percent of Israelis believe that Israel should strike Irans nuclear facilities if it must do so without American support. A significantly higher number -- 42 percent -- support a military strike if Israel has American support.
(Huffington Post)
• What does last Fridays International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Irans nuclear program tell us?  The inescapable conclusion is:  international efforts to prevent Tehran from drawing closer to a nuclear weapons capability are failing.
(Foreign Policy)
• If the U.S. ever bombs Iran's nuclear facilities, it'll be Gen. Norton Schwartz's planes and pilots that pull off the attack.
(Wired News)
• Go do it and crack down completely." Woolsey is not ready to say that Iran's nuclear program should be taken out now.
(NewsMax.com)
• India, The Wall Street Journal claimed recently, is the Iranian mullahs' "last best friend" for continuing to buy oil from, and trade with, Iran.
(Miami Herald)
• Western spy agencies for years have kept watch on a craggy peak in northwest Iran that houses of one the world's most unusual nuclear sites. Known as Fordow, the facility is built into mountain bunkers designed to withstand aerial attack.
(Washington Post)
• CONTRARY to common perceptions about Irans nuclear weapons capabilities, the country has not reached the threat threshold. To meet the threshold, Iran must meet three principal standards: political will, military capability and intent.
(Winnipeg Free Press)