Thursday, November 3, 2011

Is Israel's Intelligence Services Undercuting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's Iran Strategy?

Israel has successfully test-fired a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and striking Iran. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

Israeli PM Orders Investigation Into Iran Leak -- The Guardian

Kuwaiti paper says Binyamin Netanyahu believes the heads of the Mossad and Shin Bet may have leaked plans for attack.

Israel's prime minister has ordered an investigation into alleged leaks of plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, it has been reported.

According to the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jarida, the main suspects are the former heads of the Mossad and the Shin Bet, respectively Israel's foreign and domestic intelligence agencies.

Netanyahu is said to believe that the two, Meir Dagan and Yuval Diskin, wanted to torpedo plans being drawn up by him and Ehud Barak, the defence minister, to hit Iranian nuclear sites. Tzipi Livni, leader of the opposition Kadima party, is also http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifsaid to have been persuaded to attack Netanyahu for "adventurism" and "gambling with Israel's national interest".

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My Comment
: More news on dissention in the Israeli government on what to do with Iran can be read here.

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