But many systems that were not deemed vital during a nuclear war, such as non-strategic command and control, were left unprotected.

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Mr Olmert, meanwhile, accused Iran of instructing Mr Nasrallah to start a war to distract world attention from Iran's apparent effort to flout the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and build a nuclear bomb.

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