Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak and his wife Nili Priel arrive for the TIME 100 Gala in New York April 21, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Reuters: Netanyahu pressed for Iran attacks, but was denied: ex-defense chief
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's political leaders pushed to attack Iran at least three times in the past few years but had to back down on the advice of the military and due to concerns about its ally the United States, former defense minister Ehud Barak said.
In interviews to his biographers aired late on Friday by Israel's Channel Two, Barak said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had wanted military operations against Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Israel has regularly hinted it could attack Iran to stop it getting nuclear weapons, something Teheran denies it is seeking.
In 2010, the Israeli leadership wanted an attack but the military said it did not have "operational capability," said Barak, defense minister between 2007 and 2013, and prime minister in 1999-2001.
WNU Editor: Israel's military capabilities/options have not changed that much in the past few years. In the meantime .... the same threats as usual from Iran.
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WNU Editor,
Tip, Foxtrot Alpha notes that there has been a massive explosion, with secondary explosions at a U.S. Army Depot in Japan.
Thank you Jay for the heads-up. I just got back to Montreal. Was in Europe for the past 2 weeks.
CNN now reporting launch device located outside base. http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/28/world/asia/japan-base-blasts/index.html
Thank you Bob. Preparing a post on this story right now.
Ugh, the editor of this Web is hideously biased. He sounds like a kid at times.
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