UK Telegraph: Israel Seeks All Clear for Iran Air Strikes

[mod mom]

Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike
By Con Coughlin in Tel Aviv
Last Updated: 3:31pm GMT 24/02/2007



Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

To conduct surgical air strikes against Iran's nuclear programme, Israeli war planes would need to fly across Iraq. But to do so the Israeli military authorities in Tel Aviv need permission from the Pentagon.



A senior Israeli defence official said negotiations were now underway between the two countries for the US-led coalition in Iraq to provide an "air corridor" in the event of the Israeli government deciding on unilateral military action to prevent Teheran developing nuclear weapons.

"We are planning for every eventuality, and sorting out issues such as these are crucially important," said the official, who asked not to be named.



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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/24/wiran124.xml


:scared:

[Turbineguy]

1. Negotiating for permission

wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

[originalpckelly]

2. This is the second conservative newspaper to put this out...

first the Times and now the Telegraph.

Interesting.