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U.S. rebuffs Israeli request for arms geared toward Iran strike
Ha'artz ^ | Wed., August 13, 2008 Av 12, 5768 | By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent

Posted on 08/12/2008 5:17:13 PM PDT by Perdogg

The American administration has rejected an Israeli request for military equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

The Americans viewed the request, which was transmitted (and rejected) at the highest level, as a sign that Israel is in the advanced stages of preparations to attack Iran. They therefore warned Israel against attacking, saying such a strike would undermine American interests. They also demanded that Israel give them prior notice if it nevertheless decided to strike Iran.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; armstrade; bombiran; geopolitics; iran; iraniannukes; islam; israel; mohammedanism; proliferation
I am not really sure I can evaluate this without additional information. That is a rather subjected comment.

It is Ha'aretz.

1 posted on 08/12/2008 5:17:13 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: SJackson; Flavius; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Munz; GOPJ; Quix

ping


2 posted on 08/12/2008 5:17:48 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

An attack against Iran would be be a Tit for Tat and I can’t believe Bush is passing this up...


3 posted on 08/12/2008 5:21:58 PM PDT by tubebender (Why does a round pizza come in a square box?)
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To: Perdogg

The Americans viewed the request, which was transmitted (and rejected) at the highest level, as a sign that Israel is in the advanced stages of preparations to attack Iran.”

This story sounds contrived. There has been an unbelievable amount of traffic back and forth between Israel and the US over the past 6 weeks including Defense, Chairman of Joint Chiefs etc. Hard to believe we just got a request for hardware and based upon that request alone we determined Israel was in the advanced stages of preparation.


4 posted on 08/12/2008 5:27:13 PM PDT by bereanway
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To: Perdogg
Yeah right. Plausible deniability.
5 posted on 08/12/2008 5:28:42 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Perdogg

Could be disinformation. A smokescreen. (I sure hope so!)


6 posted on 08/12/2008 5:30:55 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Perdogg

Traitorous to God, Country and everything right to refuse such, imho.


7 posted on 08/12/2008 6:13:03 PM PDT by Quix (key QUOTES POLS 1900 ON #76 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2031425/posts?page=77#77)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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Don't think I'd lose any sleep over this.

8 posted on 08/12/2008 6:52:22 PM PDT by SJackson (Sell San Francisco to China to finance Obama health care, Bill O'Reilly)
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To: tubebender

I wonder...


9 posted on 08/12/2008 6:59:05 PM PDT by meema (I am a Conservative Traditional Republican, NOT an elitist, sexist, cynic or right wing extremist!)
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To: tubebender

If this is whats being reported publicly, think about whats taking place via back channels.


10 posted on 08/12/2008 7:33:16 PM PDT by TheGunny
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To: Perdogg
...saying such a strike would undermine American interests. They also demanded that Israel give them prior notice...

Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...

11 posted on 08/12/2008 8:53:54 PM PDT by Prince Caspian (Don't ask if it's risky... Ask if the reward is worth the risk)
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To: Perdogg

What is the USA doing so far from home.. in Iraq anyway?
Iran has threatened to destroy Israel.
Iran is much larger than Israel in terms of population and size and world support.
Who supports Israel? The USA? How? By denying Israel its natural right to defend itself and pre-emptive strikes?
Seems like the USA is more of an enemy to Israel actuall.
I’d say fly the IAF through Iraq and do what you need to do.
Have the guts and courage. Think of the Hebrew warriors of old, thousands of years old. America is only a few hundred years old and is nothing less than an advanced big bully.
Do what you must do, and shoot the U.S. airforce out of Iraq’s skies if necessary. By denying Israel access to Iran in terms of a strike, the USA is thus on the side of Iran.
Israel should refuse all U.S. support and the ties that hold it down. Rely on yourself and be strong.
It worked in 1967 in the six day war- U.S. weapons and banana republic ties came in droves after that.
Israel should develop ties with Japan, China etc and forget the U.S. which is a selfish dying empire the new Rome.
But the Israeli leaders are cowards, fools and in the pockets of the greedy Americans.
So Israel remains a little banana republic of a big greedy imploding new Rome. May it implode soon, and free Israel from its pathetic politics.


12 posted on 08/13/2008 2:18:59 AM PDT by Scubes
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Traitorous to God, Country and everything right to refuse such, imho.

I don't understand your post. Could you please clarify? Do you mean it is traitorous to God and our Country to support Israel, or traitorous to God and our Country not to support them?

Thanks.

13 posted on 08/13/2008 3:25:56 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I wasn't in church during the time when the statements were made.")
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To: Perdogg

Hmmmm. Could be a smokescreen. I’ll admit I’m biased. If I were in charge, I’d give Israel whatever they needed with no questions asked (my variation of Reagan’s reaction to the 1981 taking out of Osirak reactor.....boys will be boys).


14 posted on 08/13/2008 4:03:50 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA ("When I was a boy, America was a better place" - Dennis Prager)
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To: SkyPilot

ALMIGHTY GOD . . . CREATOR AND RULER OF ALL THAT IS

HAS SET IN PLACE A LAW . . .

ALL WHO BLESS THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB

SHALL BE BLESSED.

All who hurt them, shall be hurt . . . with interest.

Willfully causing one’s nation to be hurt instead of blessed, is traitorous.


15 posted on 08/13/2008 4:22:14 AM PDT by Quix (key QUOTES POLS 1900 ON #76 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2031425/posts?page=77#77)
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To: Scubes

Wow. I think you forgot the /s tag on your post. Either that, or you need to adjust the meds...........


16 posted on 08/13/2008 4:39:05 AM PDT by TnGOP (Petey the dog is my foriegn policy advisor. He's really quite good!)
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To: Quix

Thanks.


17 posted on 08/13/2008 6:42:13 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I wasn't in church during the time when the statements were made.")
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To: SkyPilot

Sure.

Bu Xie

De nada


18 posted on 08/13/2008 8:05:28 AM PDT by Quix (key QUOTES POLS 1900 ON #76 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2031425/posts?page=77#77)
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To: Perdogg

Thanks for the ping.


19 posted on 08/13/2008 5:23:28 PM PDT by GOPJ (If Hillary steals the nomination, blacks will sit home. The GOP can take it all. Go for it Hillary.)
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