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Desert Fantasy or Dark Reality? Kuwaiti Paper Says Obama Threatened to Fire on Israeli Jets Attacking IranKuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported Saturday that President Barack Obama blocked an Israeli air force attack on Irans nuclear facilities in 2014, Maan reported.
Al-Jarida quoted well-placed sources that said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had decided to carry out air strikes against Irans nuclear program after consultations with minister of defense Moshe Yaalon, foreign minister Avigdor Liberman and the IDF brass.
The decision came, according to al-Jarida, in response to U.S. and Iran secret talksbehind Israels backover Irans nuclear program.
According to the report, Netanyahu et al agreed after four nights of deliberations (not 1,000 nights, mind you) to assign IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz the preparation of an attack against Irans nuclear facilities.
The same sources said Gantz prepared the plan, for which Israeli fighter jets trained over several weeks, including test flights in Irans airspace, after breaking through its radar.
However, goes the Al-Jarida report, a certain Israeli minister who has good ties with the U.S. administration, revealed Netanyahus plans to Secretary of State John Kerry, and, as a result, Obama threatened to shoot down those pesky Israeli jets before they could reach their targets in Iran.
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Kuwaiti Paper Says Obama Threatened to Fire on Israeli Jets Attacking Iran (Original Post)
Purveyor
Mar 2015
OP
Not credible. Obama and Bibi hate each other, but to the point of threatening
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
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Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)1. The article, from Al-Jarida (Google translate)
At the time of the visions vary on the impact of the anticipated speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Congress, aims to warn lawmakers of the risks of reaching an agreement with Iran on its nuclear program on relationships, an informed source revealed to «Gazette» frustration of US President Barack Obama an Israeli plan to guide military strike against Iran's program in 2014.
After that Israel confirmed the direction of the White House to conclude an agreement with Iran on its program, and that secret talks were under way between the two sides, and after that Obama rejected Netanyahu informed on the progress of negotiations and insisted on the removal of Tel Aviv about the details, the collection of Israeli Prime Minister Security leaders in the presence of Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and discussed with them the options.
After deliberations and discussions four night meetings it was agreed to entrust the preparation of quality and unusual process to strike the Iranian nuclear project militarily to the chief of staff of the army Gants Benny continued, and on the other hand, work on obstruct the possibility of agreement sought by the White House with Tehran sees as Israel a threat to their interests and security.
The layout Gants preparations with «Mossad» and «Bet» and director of the Israeli National Security Council, made plans and alternatives to military plan and its consequences and everything related to the matter.
According to a source familiar with the exercises -week in order to ensure the success of the mission, adding that «the Israeli fighter jets and drones flew more than once in Iranian airspace from hidden bases in different countries, they managed to penetrate Iranian radars, and goals were drawn and the plan is ready, but that one of the Israeli cabinet was document management related to the US in that period divulges the secret to the Minister of Foreign Affairs John Kerry, prompting Obama contact Netanyahu threatened to drop the Israeli planes before they reach the Iranian airspace. » The source added that «Obama stressed that the United States will see in such a move would break all the red lines of what was Netanyahu's only cancel the operation and things started to go wrong between the two parties, and between Netanyahu and Minister lane to end mutual public criticism.» The source did not deny that the minister lane is Lieberman
After that Israel confirmed the direction of the White House to conclude an agreement with Iran on its program, and that secret talks were under way between the two sides, and after that Obama rejected Netanyahu informed on the progress of negotiations and insisted on the removal of Tel Aviv about the details, the collection of Israeli Prime Minister Security leaders in the presence of Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and discussed with them the options.
After deliberations and discussions four night meetings it was agreed to entrust the preparation of quality and unusual process to strike the Iranian nuclear project militarily to the chief of staff of the army Gants Benny continued, and on the other hand, work on obstruct the possibility of agreement sought by the White House with Tehran sees as Israel a threat to their interests and security.
The layout Gants preparations with «Mossad» and «Bet» and director of the Israeli National Security Council, made plans and alternatives to military plan and its consequences and everything related to the matter.
According to a source familiar with the exercises -week in order to ensure the success of the mission, adding that «the Israeli fighter jets and drones flew more than once in Iranian airspace from hidden bases in different countries, they managed to penetrate Iranian radars, and goals were drawn and the plan is ready, but that one of the Israeli cabinet was document management related to the US in that period divulges the secret to the Minister of Foreign Affairs John Kerry, prompting Obama contact Netanyahu threatened to drop the Israeli planes before they reach the Iranian airspace. » The source added that «Obama stressed that the United States will see in such a move would break all the red lines of what was Netanyahu's only cancel the operation and things started to go wrong between the two parties, and between Netanyahu and Minister lane to end mutual public criticism.» The source did not deny that the minister lane is Lieberman
Source (Arabic)
jpak
(41,759 posts)2. Thank you Mr. President
Nitwityahoo is a threat to world peace.
yup
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)3. Not credible. Obama and Bibi hate each other, but to the point of threatening
to shoot at Israeli planes?
Come on.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)4. Even Fox News is not picking up this Tall Tale
bt
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)5. Go ahead, make my day..
I wonder if Bibi feels lucky?
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)6. Ridiculous claim. Shoot them down with what and from where? Nt
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)7. Highly unlikely this is true
But *if* (huge, giant, unlikely *if) this is true, it's troublesome, at least IMO.
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)8. doubtful there is any truth to this
If it were, Faux would be covering it 24/7.