How far does the Iranian nuclear programme extend?

To follow up on Matt’s post, Caroline Glick has a fascinating piece out today on the latest developments in the Iran nuclear saga. She speculates that the purpose of the recent shuttle diplomacy of Olmert and Barak--taking in visits to Moscow, Paris, London and Washington--was to allow them to share new intelligence on Iran’s nuclear programme with these countries. As Glick points out, following the successful Israeli raid on what appears to have almost certainly been a nuclear facility in Syria, Israeli intelligence is once more renowned as the best in the region.

Worryingly, Glick believes that the Iranian nuclear programme may well be spread out well beyond that country’s borders itself. She even posits that “there is now a distinct possibility that Iran is not the only country that will have to be attacked to prevent Iran and its allied rogue states from acquiring nuclear weapons.” What is certain is that the window to stop Iran from going nuclear by non-military means is closing, if war is to be avoided sanctions needs to be stepped up immediately.