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Israel denies Saudis gave IDF airspace clearance for Iran strike
Haaretz ^ | 05/06/09 | Haaretz Service

Posted on 07/06/2009 5:32:24 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220

Saudi Arabia has indicated to Israel that it would not protest use of its airspace by Israeli fighter jets in the event the government resolves to launch a military assault against Iran, according to a report which appeared in the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The Prime Minister's office issued a statement in response Sunday morning, saying that "the Sunday Times report is fundamentally false and completely baseless." According to The Sunday Times, Mossad chief Meir Dagan held secret meetings with Saudi officials, who gave their tacit approval to Israel's use of the kingdom's airspace. Advertisement "The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia," The Sunday Times quoted a diplomatic source as saying last week. The report also quoted John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, as saying that it would be "entirely logical" for Israeli warplanes to fly over Saudi Arabia en route to bombing nuclear targets in Iran.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; saudiarabia

1 posted on 07/06/2009 5:32:24 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220
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To: Sig Sauer P220
Things like this, both true and false, wouldn't go public. Except if is just to sow confusion.

The Saudi's sure as heck wouldn't open their cake traps, and the Israelis even less.

2 posted on 07/06/2009 5:33:39 AM PDT by SolidWood (Palin isn't retreating, but taking the fight in another direction.)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

Pretty bad when Saudi Arabia will provide more help for Israel than the U.S. Of course Saudi Arabia is led by a different tribe of Muslim than the United State’s Muslim “leader”.


3 posted on 07/06/2009 5:35:09 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (Forget going Galt. Its time to go Braveheart.)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

Iran is shiite muslim and the saudi’s are sunni muslim. I’m guessing hussein is a shiite muslim or a shiithead muslim.


4 posted on 07/06/2009 5:36:24 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (Forget going Galt. Its time to go Braveheart.)
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5 posted on 07/06/2009 2:42:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Ping!
6 posted on 07/06/2009 2:42:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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