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French FM warns of Israeli strike on Iran's nuke sites

AFP, Jerusalem
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned in comments published yesterday that Israel would strike archfoe Iran before it was able to develop nuclear weapons.
"I honestly don't believe (a nuclear weapon) will give any immunity to Iran," Kouchner said in an interview conducted in English with Israel's Haaretz newspaper during a two-day visit to the region.
"First, because you will hit them before. And this is the danger. Israel has always said it will not wait for the bomb to be ready. I think that (the Iranians) know. Everyone knows."
The newspaper's print edition quoted Kouchner as saying that Israel would "eat" Iran, but in a written statement the foreign minister said he had used the word hit," and that he regretted any "phonetic confusion".
Kouchner told Haaretz he hoped tough diplomacy and sanctions would persuade Iran to halt its uranium enrichment programme, which Israel and many Western countries believe is
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aimed at developing nuclear weap-
"Iran with an atomic bomb is unacceptable at all... Talking, talking talking, and offering dialogue. sanctions, sanctions, sanctions. Is the alternative to bomb first-I think not."
Iran has always insisted its atomic drive is entirely peaceful. Israel is widely regarded as the only nuclear armed state in the Middle East but it has never confirmed or denied havingan arsenal.
Kouchner is set to meet outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni --who is trying to form a new coalition government to succeed Olmert’s administratin -- on Sunday.
France currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, which has been sponsoring Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as part of the Middle East Quartet, which also includes the United States, the United Nations, and Russia.
On Saturday Kouchner toured the West Bank town of Jenin, the focus of a months-old Palestinian security crackdown that has been praised by Israel and the United States -- and met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
Kouchner hailed the peace talks, which were formally relaunched last November but saic they were unlikely to meet theii stated goal of a comprehensive | agreement by the end ofthe year.