ElBaradei Says Iran To Develop Atomic Weapons If Israel Attacks

Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the world’s atomic-energy watchdog, said an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would only persuade the Islamic republic to build a nuclear arsenal.

“You can bomb their facilities, but you cannot bomb their knowledge,” ElBaradei, former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said today in Hong Kong at a Credit Suisse Group AG conference. “If you were to bomb Iranian facilities, there will be a lesson for Iran -- to develop nuclear weapons.”