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| Saudis deny assisting Israel on Iran attack | |
| 2009-10-01 | |
The denial came after the Daily Express claimed that Saudi officials, in a closed-door meeting with British Intelligence Chief Sir John Scarlett and his Israeli counterpart Meir Dagan, had agreed to allow Israeli bombers use their airspace for a strike on Iranian nuclear sites. Saudi officials were quick to deny the reports on Wednesday, demanding that the newspaper print a correction and apologize by the means of compensation. Details of an Israeli attack on Iran through Saudi Arabia were first revealed by John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, who has vocally advocated war on Iran on countless occasions. Bolton, who says he held secret talks with Saudi officials during a recent visit to the Persian Gulf, recently told the Sunday Times that it would be "entirely logical" for the Israelis to use the Kingdom's airspace to attack Iran. "None of them would say anything about it publicly but they would certainly acquiesce in an overflight if the Israelis didn't trumpet it as a big success," he added. While Saudi officials deny having diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv, an Israeli defense source recently confirmed that the Mossad spy agency maintained "working relations" with the kingdom. Lebanon's Al-Manar TV station has also revealed that Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi Secretary General of the National Security Council, has played a leading role in securing cooperation between Saudi and Israeli intelligence agencies For years, Israel has threatened to bomb Iran's nuclear installations, but the likelihood of an attack has significantly increased after the country announced that it is laying the groundwork for its second enrichment facility in Fordu south of the central city of Qom. Dodging scrutiny over its own arsenal of up to 200 nuclear weapons, Israel accuses Iran of refining uranium for military purposes. Iran, however, continues to dismiss the allegation, saying its nuclear activities are solely aimed at peaceful energy production and under close monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 If Israel used the Saudi airspace and muddled up the Saudi military air com system the way they might be able to do,, there really wouldn't be much that the Saudis could do about it (other than deny that Saudi space was used and blame Syria and the Iraqis. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-10-01 11:19 |
| #1 STARS-N-STRIPES > NEW IRAN NUCLEAR SITE NEAR MILITARY BASE. Wihc again shows why an ISRAELI COMMANDO GROUND OPER WOULD BE BOTH LARGE-SCALE + PROBLEMATIC. * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM [07/2008?] > RUSSIA-CHINA WARN USA THAT ANY ISRAELI [nuclear] ATTACK AGZ IRAN MEANS "WORLD WAR". MEDVEDEV = "World War would be our response". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-01 00:54 |