US shared no plan for Iran strike, Israel says
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July 30, 2012, Monday
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AN Israeli newspaper reported yesterday that the Obama administration's top security official has briefed Israel on US plans for a possible attack on Iran, seeking to reassure it that Washington is prepared to act militarily should diplomacy and sanctions fail to pressure Tehran to abandon its nuclear enrichment program.
A senior Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the article in the Haaretz daily was incorrect.
Haaretz said IS National Security Adviser Tom Donilon laid out the plans before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a dinner at a visit to Israel earlier this month. It cited an unidentified senior American official as the source of its report, which came out as presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was telling Israel he would back an Israeli military strike against Iran.
The American official also said Donilon shared information on US weapons that could be used for such an attack, and on the US military's ability to reach Iranian nuclear facilities buried deep underground, the newspaper said. It cited another US official involved in the talks with Israel as concluding that "the time for a military operation against Iran has not yet come."
The Israeli official said, "Nothing in the article is correct. Donilon did not meet the prime minister for dinner, he did not meet him one-on-one, nor did he present operational plans to attack Iran."
In Jerusalem, a top Romney adviser said yesterday, "If Israel has to take action on its own, in order to stop Iran from developing the capability (to build a nuclear weapon), the governor would respect that decision."
A senior Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the article in the Haaretz daily was incorrect.
Haaretz said IS National Security Adviser Tom Donilon laid out the plans before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a dinner at a visit to Israel earlier this month. It cited an unidentified senior American official as the source of its report, which came out as presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was telling Israel he would back an Israeli military strike against Iran.
The American official also said Donilon shared information on US weapons that could be used for such an attack, and on the US military's ability to reach Iranian nuclear facilities buried deep underground, the newspaper said. It cited another US official involved in the talks with Israel as concluding that "the time for a military operation against Iran has not yet come."
The Israeli official said, "Nothing in the article is correct. Donilon did not meet the prime minister for dinner, he did not meet him one-on-one, nor did he present operational plans to attack Iran."
In Jerusalem, a top Romney adviser said yesterday, "If Israel has to take action on its own, in order to stop Iran from developing the capability (to build a nuclear weapon), the governor would respect that decision."
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