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Rumor: Saudis OK Israel use of airspace for hit on Iran
2009-07-05
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.

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.

"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.
Posted by:lord garth

#10  Interesting, even if coincidental, that such speculation comes out on the same day that Biden said this on ABC:

When asked whether the Obama administration would restrain Israeli military action against Iran, Biden responded: "Israel can determine for itself - it's a sovereign nation - what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else."

Stephanaopoulos posed the question three times, and each time Biden repeated that Israel was free to choose its actions. "If the Netanyahu government decides to take a course of action different than the one being pursued now, that is their sovereign right to do that. That is not our choice."

It seems that Iranian nukes, not North Korean missles, were seen as the most pressing geo-political worry by many world leaders this weekend.
Posted by: ryuge   2009-07-05 21:38  

#9  Wahabis despise Khomeinists more than Jews, but I don't believe Saudi leaders would make contacts with Israeli diplomats. Who remembers the reports from Gulf War 1 command center, of Saud personnel cheering when Saddam's scuds struck Israel? That is not to say that the Sauds might have obliquely signalled tacit approval, given deniability.
Posted by: Thrineque Lumplump8647   2009-07-05 15:25  

#8  Oh my, 3dc. Thank goodness the Iranians don't have you on their team.

Richard, I shall treasure that.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-07-05 13:34  

#7  So Iran will watch the sky while Subs rain death?
Posted by: 3dc   2009-07-05 10:20  

#6  I like the way you think, Richard. :-D

From your lips keyboard to the Israelis' ear eyes.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-07-05 08:30  

#5  Barbara.
Because apologizing afterwards, in this case, is an insult.
"Sorry we were so superior to your bassackwards version of air defense. We knew in advance we'd be taking advantage of you and we felt bad. We really did. We promise not to do it again, unless we really, really need to."
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2009-07-05 08:27  

#4  "Israelis could go through SA and apologize later on, presuming anybody found out about it"

I agree, Richard - except I don't see why they should apologize.

Israel needs to quit being nice to those who would destroy her.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-07-05 08:19  

#3  Considering the attack by the Israelis--which didn't happen--that destroyed a nuke facility in Syria--which didn't exist--that nobody can prove, and nobody saw coming, going, or happening, except for those explosions--which didn't happen, it strikes me the Israelis could go through SA and apologize later on, presuming anybody found out about it.
Remember? Syria IADS had not a clue. Not a clue.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2009-07-05 08:03  

#2  Even if the Saudis HAD made such an agreement it would never have been for public display. So somebody released a false statement in order to shake someone or something up. Or somebody released a true statement in order to get it denied and prevent such an attack from being made.
Posted by: Glenmore   2009-07-05 07:58  

#1  Now watch how this plays out
Posted by: Play4Keeps   2009-07-05 02:58  

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