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Cheney mulled Israeli strike on Iran -?Newsweek
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-24 09:42
Washington -- US Vice President Dick Cheney had at one point considered
asking Israel to launch limited missile strikes at an Iranian nuclear
site to provoke a retaliation, Newsweek magazine reported on Sunday.
Vice President Dick Cheney in the Rose Garden at the White House, April
3, 2007. [Reuters]
The news comes amid reports that Israel launched an air strike against
Syria this month over a suspected nuclear site.
Citing two unidentified sources, Newsweek said former Cheney Middle East
adviser David Wurmser told a small group several months ago that Cheney
was considering asking Israel to strike the Iranian nuclear site at
Natanz.
A military response by Iran could give Washington an excuse to then
launch airstrikes of its own, Newsweek said.
Wurmser's wife, Meyrav Wurmser of the neoconservative Hudson Institute
think tank, told Newsweek the claims were untrue.
Wurmser left Cheney's office last month, the magazine reported. The
steady departure of neoconservative hawks from the administration has
also helped tilt the balance against war, it said.
Washington has been pursuing diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to alter
its nuclear program. It has refused to take military options off the
table, even US resources are taxed by having 169,000 troops in Iraq.
Although some intelligence sources say Iran is years away from nuclear
capability, Israel believes that military action may be necessary as
early as 2008, Newsweek said.
Israel has declined to comment on the reported air strike, while Syria
has denied receiving North Korean nuclear aid and said it could retaliate
for the September 6 violation of its territory.
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