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 Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:03 pm |
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Last update - 18:06 05/07/2009
Israel denies Saudis gave IDF airspace clearance for Iran strike
By Haaretz Service (www.haaretz.com)
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.
The Prime Minister's office issued a statement in response Sunday morning,
saying that "the Sunday Times report is fundamentally false and completely
baseless."
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.
The report also quoted John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United
Nations, as saying that it would be "entirely logical" for Israeli warplanes
to fly over Saudi Arabia en route to bombing nuclear targets in Iran.
Though any Israeli attack would be roundly condemned by Mideast leaders at
the UN, Bolton said Arab leaders have privately expressed trepidation at the
prospect of a nuclear-armed 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," Bolton told The Sunday Times. |
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