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| Colin Powell Admits Existence of Israeli Nukes, but State Department Stays Silent
Israel has 200 nuclear weapons "all targeted on Tehran," so Iran would not dare use a bomb even if it could make one, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a 2015 email, which has surfaced this week as part of a hacking scandal. Unknown hackers have compromised Powell's Gmail account, and the whistleblower website DCLeaks posted a trove of his emails on Wednesday. Powell's spokeswoman Peggy Cifrino confirmed that the emails were authentic. The email to Jeffrey Leeds, Powell's business associate and major Democratic donor, contained an admission that Israel had nuclear weapons – something the key US ally has carefully avoided confirming or denying for years, in a policy called "nuclear ambiguity." "Anyway, Iranians can't use one if they finally make one," Powell wrote to Leeds on March 3, 2015, regarding the ongoing talks about Tehran's nuclear program. "The boys in Tehran know Israel has 200, all targeted on Tehran, and we have thousands. As [Iranian President Mahmoudin