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Date: February 23, 2007 11:52:08 PM PST
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Subject: Israel Ready to Nuke Iran
Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike
By Con Coughlin in Tel Aviv
The Telegraph (UK), 1:46am GMT 24/02/2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/24/
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American armada prepares to take on Iran
Con Coughlin: Ready for war
In pictures: On board the USS Eisenhower
Audio: Damien McElroy on the deck of the US flagship
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.
"The only way to do this is to fly through US-controlled air space.
If we don't sort these issues out now we could have a situation
where American and Israeli war planes start shooting at each other."
As Iran continues to defy UN demands to stop producing material
which could be used to build a nuclear bomb, Israel's military
establishment is moving on to a war footing, with preparations now
well under way for the Jewish state to launch air strikes against
Teheran if diplomatic efforts fail to resolve the crisis.
The pace of military planning in Israel has accelerated markedly
since the start of this year after Mossad, the Israeli intelligence
service, provided a stark intelligence assessment that Iran, given
the current rate of progress being made on its uranium enrichment
programme, could have enough fissile material for a nuclear warhead
by 2009.
Last week Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, announced that
he had persuaded Meir Dagan, the head of Mossad for the past six
years and one of Israel's leading experts on Iran's nuclear
programme, to defer his retirement until at least the end of next
year.
Mr Olmert has also given overall control of the military aspects of
the Iran issue to Eliezer Shkedi, the head of the Israeli Air Force
and a former F-16 fighter pilot.
The international community will increase the pressure on Iran when
senior officials from the five permanent of the United Nations
Security Council and Germany meet at an emergency summit to be held
in London on Monday.
Iran ignored a UN deadline of last Wednesday to halt uranium
enrichment. Officials will discuss arms controls and whether to cut
back on the $25 billion-worth of export credits which are used by
European companies to trade with Iran.
A high-ranking British source said: "There is a debate within the
six countries on sanctions and economic measures."
British officials insist that this "incremental" approach of
tightening the pressure on Iran is starting to turn opinion within
Iran. One source said: "We are on the right track. There is time
for diplomacy to take effect."
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