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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGood To Know Before His Speech-Leaked cables show Netanyahu’s Iran bomb claim contradicted by Mossad
Leaked cables show Netanyahus Iran bomb claim contradicted by MossadGulf between Israeli secret service and PM revealed in documents shared with the Guardian along with other secrets including CIA bids to contact Hamas
LEAKED DOCs:
http://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1424713149380/Mossad-On-Iran-Nuclear-Stat.pdf
Brandishing a cartoon of a bomb with a red line to illustrate his point, the Israeli prime minister warned the UN in New York that Iran would be able to build nuclear weapons the following year and called for action to halt the process.
But in a secret report shared with South Africa a few weeks later, Israels intelligence agency concluded that Iran was not performing the activity necessary to produce weapons. The report highlights the gulf between the public claims and rhetoric of top Israeli politicians and the assessments of Israels military and intelligence establishment.
the rest:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/23/leaked-spy-cables-netanyahu-iran-bomb-mossad
IDemo
(16,926 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)Was Mossad responsible for this document dump?
salin
(48,955 posts)so I don't know about Mossad being responsible. However, the information and the timing does suggest that this might be the reason for the document dump.
aquart
(69,014 posts)And what's a little favor for a friend?
could be.
aquart
(69,014 posts)How harmless are these docs? Whose oxen get gored? Were they carefully selected?
salin
(48,955 posts)just like Wikileaks and Snowden.
DavidDvorkin
(19,481 posts)then the agency is probably trying to influence the Israeli election. That implies that Mossad considers Netanyahu a threat to the country.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)Besides, we've been doing quite well with the more surgical approach.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)This is exactly the kind of crap that is designed to rally the moneyed war profiteers as well as the pig ignorant "Kill a Commie/Islamist/Marxist/Whatever for Jesus" chickenhawks behind another Bush... Just in time for an election cycle.
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