How legitimate is Haaretz.com?????

[whosinpower]

Is this for real????!!!!?????

The U.S. removes the nuclear brakes

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/580533.html

snip - CONPLAN 8022 is a series of operational plans prepared by Startcom, the U.S. Army's Strategic Command, which calls for preemptive nuclear strikes against Iran and North Korea. One of the plan's major components is the use of nuclear weapons to destroy the underground facilities where North Korea and Iran are developing their nuclear weapons. The standard ordnance deployed by the Americans is not capable of destroying these facilities.

After the war in Afghanistan, it became clear that despite the widespread use of huge conventional bombs, "bunker-busters," some of the bunkers dug by Al-Qaida remained untouched. This discovery soon led to a decision to develop nuclear weapons that would be able to penetrate and destroy the underground shelters in which the two member states of the "axis of evil" are developing weapons of mass destruction.

The explanation given by administration experts calls these "small" bombs, which would have a moderate effect on the environment. The effect of the bomb would not be discernible above ground, the radioactive fallout would be negligible, and the "collateral damage" caused to civilians would be minimal.

Accordingly, America's deterrent credibility against the "rogue states" would grow, because it is clear that the U.S. would allow itself to make use of these "small bombs" - as they would destroy the weapon sites but not cause the death of many civilians

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. Very

Its one of Israel's top newspapers, it leans left, while the The Jerusalem Post leans right

and on edit: the mini-nukes have been thrown around for a while now by the bush administration. Its not secret information.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

2. It's legitimate.

It's an Israeli newspaper.

[LibInternationalist]

3. NYT of Israel, I would say

ugh... the idea of a "small" nuclear weapon is so vile -- one wonders what effect radiation would have on ground water, etc.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Ha'aretz is a major Israeli newspaper

Your link seems to be for the well known Haaretz but I can't say for sure.