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Saturday, February 28, 2015
Al-Jarida (Kuwait) Obama threatened to shoot down an Israeli aircraft

Obama threatened to shoot down an Israeli aircraft that had planned to
strike Iranian nuclear sites
Al-Jarida (Kuwait) Saturday, February 28th, 2015 - 0:10 pm
http://www.aljarida.com/news/index/2012720274
[Google translation (
[IMRA: This story is interesting as a story coming out of Kuwait - not for
the truth of the story but for it being told]

At the time of that visions vary on the impact of the anticipated speech of
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Congress aimed to warn
lawmakers of the risks of reaching an agreement with Iran on its nuclear
program on relationships, an informed source revealed to Al-Jarida that US
President Barack Obama frustrated an Israeli plan to carry out a military
strike against Iran's program in 2014.

After 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 informing Netanyahu on
the progress of negotiations and insisted on keeping Tel Aviv isolated from
details, the Israeli Prime Minister gathered security leaders in the
presence of Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman and discussed with them the options.

After deliberations and discussions over four nights of meetings it was
agreed to entrust the preparation of plans to strike the Iranian nuclear
project militarily to the chief of staff of the army Benny Gantz, while at
the same time work was carried out to block the possibility of the agreement
sought by the White House with Tehran that was seen by Israel as a threat to
its interests and security.

The Gantz made preparations with the Mossad, Shin Bet and director of the
Israeli National Security Council, making plans and alternatives to a
military plan and its consequences and everything related to the matter.

According to a source familiar with matter exercises lasted weeks 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, managing to penetrate Iranian radars, and goals were
drawn and the plan is ready, but the one Israeli minister who was closely
linked to the US administration in that period divulged the secret to the
Secretary of State John Kerry, prompting Obama to contact Netanyahu and
threaten to shoot down 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 as crossing all the red lines. Netanyahu canceled the
operation and things started to go wrong between the two parties, and
between Netanyahu and the minister - ending in mutual public criticism.The
source did not deny that the minister is Lieberman.
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