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07/14/2008: "Bush gives Israel tentative 'OK' to strike Iran"
US President George W. Bush has given Israel the go-ahead to draw up a full plan of attack to take out Iran's main nuclear facilities and to present it to him for final approval, according to a senior Pentagon official who spokes to London's Sunday Times.
The official said the president had given Israel an "amber light," explaining that "amber means get on with your preparations, stand by for immediate attack and tell us when you're ready."
Israeli officials who had previously admitted to preparing for a possible strike on Iran's nuclear facilities said that such an attack would be impossible without a green light from Washington, as Israeli planes would need to travel through US-controlled Iraqi airspace. Israel would also need America's assistance in dealing with the diplomatic aftermath.
The Pentagon source said that the Bush Administration had already determined not to attack Iran, but noted that "the president is really preoccupied with the nuclear threat against Israel and I know he doesn't believe that anything but force will deter Iran."
[ Only a week or so has passed since Bush was reported to have urged Israel not to attack Iran. He is behaving as if he is on drugs. Leaving the G8 summit, Bush declared " Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter!" The above news comes from an Israeli source so perhaps it is only for them to know that Bush does in fact back up their plans to attack Iran. ]
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