Bolton: U.S. backs Israeli attack on Iran

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http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/104192.html

Published: 09/18/2007

A former U.S. diplomat said America would back Israeli strikes against neighboring nuclear aspirants.

The United States would stand behind any pre-emptive attack by Israel on neighboring countries believed to have nuclear weapons programs, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said in an interview published Tuesday in the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot.

Bolton's remarks following Israel's alleged air raid Sept. 6 in Syria is consistent with longstanding U.S. suspicions that Damascus had received nuclear material from North Korea.

Israel has not formally commented on the incident, which has stirred speculation that a pre-emptive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities could be next. Bolton said such actions would find support in Washington.

"The greatest concern is to prevent Iran and other countries in the region from acquiring nuclear weapons," Bolton said. "We're talking about a clear message to Iran -- Israel has the right to self-defense --and that includes offensive operations against WMD facilities that pose a threat to Israel.

Neocons and Israelis Condemn Iran for Vowing Self Defense

http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=173&a=3609

“Iran draws up plans to bomb Israel…. The deputy commander of Iran’s air force said Wednesday that plans have been drawn up to bomb Israel if the Jewish state attacks Iran, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency…. The announcement came amid rising tensions in the region, with the United States calling for a new round of U.N. sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program and Israeli planes having recently overflown, and perhaps even attacked, Iranian ally Syria.”

Imagine the shoe on the other foot: Syria bombs Israel’s nuclear facility at Dimona in the Negev, its German-built Dolphin-class submarines equipped with American-made Harpoon missiles modified to carry small nuclear warheads, and the Israel Institute for Biological Research at Ness Ziona, where Israel allegedly manufactures Sarin nerve gas, a weapon of mass destruction.

Now imagine the blood red 72 point headlines in the New York Times calling for turning Syria into a glass parking lot.