U.S. Rejected Aid for Israeli Raid on Iranian Nuclear Site
From the New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Bush deflected a secret request by Israel last year for specialized bunker-busting bombs it wanted for an attack on Iran's main nuclear complex and told the Israelis that he had authorized new covert action intended to sabotage Iran's suspected effort to develop nuclear weapons, according to senior American and foreign officials.
White House officials never conclusively determined whether Israel had decided to go ahead with the strike before the United States protested, or whether Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel was trying to goad the White House into more decisive action before Mr. Bush left office. But the Bush administration was particularly alarmed by an Israeli request to fly over Iraq to reach Iran's major nuclear complex at Natanz, where the country's only known uranium enrichment plant is located.
The White House denied that request outright, American officials said, and the Israelis backed off their plans, at least temporarily. But the tense exchanges also prompted the White House to step up intelligence-sharing with Israel and brief Israeli officials on new American efforts to subtly sabotage Iran's nuclear infrastructure, a major covert program that Mr. Bush is about to hand off to President-elect Barack Obama.
4 comments:
This story could be also a deterrent in the case Iran plans something stupid.
This story could also be a deterrent . . .but for the fact the story is sourced from the treasonous NYT.
Scores will be seen ululating in the streets stomping on/burning it's final release when that treasonous rag goes into bankruptcy.
I don't believe a single air strike on Natanz is worth doing.
To do this will take a campaign not a strike.
Including Qom and Teheran's leadership
No one alluded to a "single air strike", and Tehran is on no one's "must bomb" list.
This is a continuation of an old story.....and making excuses for pro-Islamic politicians may confuse the masses, but will not change the facts.
A blast from the past...for those old enough to remember;
http://tinyurl.com/7cpzbv
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