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Israel said to be working with Saudi Arabia on Iran strike plan
Times of Israel ^ | 17 Nov 2013 | Staff

Posted on 11/16/2013 8:55:54 PM PST by BlackVeil

Israel is working on coordinating plans for a possible military strike with Saudi Arabia, with Riyadh prepared to provide tactical support to Jerusalem, a British newspaper reported early Sunday.

The two countries have both united in worry that the West may come to terms with Iran ...

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bombbombbombbombiran; iran; iraq; israel; israeliran; jordan; lebanon; military; nucleariran; saudiarabia; syria
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It all seems highly unlikely, and more examples of rumours and bluff. However, some writers who are Saudi watchers say that the sources, although anonymous, are real and high placed.
1 posted on 11/16/2013 8:55:54 PM PST by BlackVeil
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IMO, it’s weird enough to be true. What the Israelis really need is forward basing, though - be interesting to see if and how the Saudis supply that.


2 posted on 11/16/2013 9:00:32 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

It’s a truism: politics makes strange bedfellows.


3 posted on 11/16/2013 9:03:34 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: Slings and Arrows
weird enough to be true ...

That is quite a sound guiding sentiment, in Middle East politics ...

4 posted on 11/16/2013 9:05:49 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

ato say. The Saudis never do their own fighting.


5 posted on 11/16/2013 9:06:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BlackVeil

Must have been leaked from our administration with their close ties to the Saudis.


6 posted on 11/16/2013 9:09:25 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: Bernard Marx

the enemy of my enemy is my friend


7 posted on 11/16/2013 9:11:31 PM PST by Kansas58
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To: BlackVeil

its amazing that our fly infested Belshazzar has presented such an incompetent appeasement toward the evil that is the leadership of Iran,

that this could actually be some new form of mideast reality taking shape,


8 posted on 11/16/2013 9:12:44 PM PST by captmar-vell
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To: Bernard Marx; BlackVeil

Agreed, to both of you; e.g., in the First Gulf War we were allied with Syria, which was probably hiding Saddam’s WMDs.


9 posted on 11/16/2013 9:13:23 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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There is a lot of bluff, bluster, psych warfare and covert operations involved in Israel’s handling of Iran because an overt military attack would cause military and diplomatic hostilities against Israel.

The truth about what’s really going on will come out in the
end.

We’ll know if Bibi Netanyahu is a Reagan or a Boehner on Iran and the Palestinian talks now going on alongside the Iran issue.


10 posted on 11/16/2013 9:14:44 PM PST by Nextrush (BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN)
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To: captmar-vell
fly infested Belshazzar

Nice!

11 posted on 11/16/2013 9:15:00 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
What the Israelis really need is forward basing, though

Step 1: Saudi Arabia and Israel reach an agreement.
Step 2: The Saudis allow Israel to establish a secret airfield in the desert.
Step 3: Israel strikes Iran.
Step 4: The Saudis publicly condemn Israel.
Step 5: The Saudis privately congratulate Israel.

I wouldn't be surprised if Steps 1 and 2 were already in place.

12 posted on 11/16/2013 9:15:45 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: BlackVeil

We’ll be the last to know anything. I’m sure the world knows to keep Obama outta the loop.


13 posted on 11/16/2013 9:17:50 PM PST by ToastedHead
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*chuckle* Yeah, that’s about how it’ll go down, IMO.


14 posted on 11/16/2013 9:19:00 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Bernard Marx

The Saudis are trying to get an increase in fuel usage by any means necessary. Military aircraft burn hundreds of gallons per hour. And it won’t be Saudi citizens coming home in pieces either.


15 posted on 11/16/2013 9:20:59 PM PST by B4Ranch (Name the illness that you have and Google it with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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I want to see Obama’s face when he finds out, should this go down as reported!
16 posted on 11/16/2013 9:32:13 PM PST by Kansas58
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It appears the Israelis may consider the Saudi’s a more reliable ally that the USA...


17 posted on 11/16/2013 9:35:25 PM PST by montanajoe
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To: BlackVeil

This is like the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.


18 posted on 11/16/2013 9:40:16 PM PST by Praxeologue
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“It appears the entire world may consider the Saudi’s a more reliable ally that the USA under the Obama administration...” - There.....Fixed it.


19 posted on 11/16/2013 9:57:43 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: BlackVeil

I don’t find this strange at all. The last thing Saudi Arabia wants is a nuclear armed Iran. Everyone on the planet is subject to blackmail then.

Terrorists getting nuclear tech direct from the terrorist state. Man, that is a worst case scenario if there very was one.


20 posted on 11/16/2013 10:02:59 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Obama, the Democrat Party, the Left in the U. S., have essentially become the 4th Reich.)
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