[Mb-civic] U.S. Lacks Reliable Data on Iran Arms

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NO RELIABLE INFO ON IRAN ARMS

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U.S. Lacks Reliable Data on Iran Arms 
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The dearth of quality intelligence complicates Washington's effort to persuade other nations to act on its suspicions of nuclear activity.

By Greg Miller
Times Staff Writer

November 27 2004

WASHINGTON — Although convinced that Iran is "vigorously" pursuing programs to produce nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, the U.S. intelligence community has few sources of reliable information on any illicit arms activities by the Islamic republic, current and former intelligence officials and Middle East experts say. 

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