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Nuclear Redaction

Why won't Israel admit it has nukes?

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Correction, May 26, 2010: This article originally referred to Shimon Peres as the Israeli defense minister. He is the president of Israel but was defense minister at the time of the alleged attempted sale. (Return  to the corrected sentence.)

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