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Date: 2007-10-28 (Sunday)
"We have information that there has been maybe some studies about possible weaponization." [...]
"That's why we have said that we cannot give Iran a pass right now, because there is still a lot of question marks."
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"But have we seen Iran having the nuclear material that can readily be used into a weapon? No. Have we seen an active weaponization program? No."
-- Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaking at CNN's "Late Edition"






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