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Netanyahu wants US to threaten attack on Iran
Wednesday February 29, 2012 07:41:14 PM,
AKI
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Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an upcoming visit
to Washington will ask US President Barack Obama to publicly
threaten Iran with an attack over its suspected nuclear weapons
programme, an official said.
According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, an unnamed senior Israeli
government official said Netanyahu wants Obama to go beyond his
ambiguous statement that "all options are on the table".
The Israeli prime minister will visit Washington March 5.
Netanyahu wants Obama to state unequivocally that Washington was
preparing for a military operation in the event that Iran crosses
certain "red lines", the official said.
Israel feels that by making clear that there exists a real US
threat, there will be increased pressure on Iran, the official
said.
Western powers and Israel suspect Iran of seeking to build nuclear
weapons, however, Iran strongly denies this, saying its programme
is of a civilian nature only.
Earlier this month, two attacks in New Delhi and Georgian capital
Tbilisi on Israeli missions were blamed on Iran. There was another
bombing incident in Bangkok where an Iranian national was
reportedly seen near the Israeli embassy.
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