Two Israeli news publications have reported receiving details from the
Obama administration on blueprints for a potential aerial campaign
against atomic installations in Iran, the London Times reported on Monday (see GSN, Aug. 3).
The alleged battle map's circulation to Maariv and Yediot Aharonot apparently followed the conclusion of U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's trip to Israel last week, according to the Times.
Washington and Tel Aviv both suspect Iranian nuclear activities are geared toward development of a weapon capability; Tehran insists its atomic ambitions are strictly peaceful. The Obama administration has said it is ready to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions through military force should a strategy of intensified sanctions and diplomatic engagement fail to resolve the longstanding impasse, but Israeli officials have voiced concern that delaying action would give Tehran time to render key atomic assets less vulnerable to attack by transferring them to better protected sites (see GSN, March 20).
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The alleged battle map's circulation to Maariv and Yediot Aharonot apparently followed the conclusion of U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's trip to Israel last week, according to the Times.
Washington and Tel Aviv both suspect Iranian nuclear activities are geared toward development of a weapon capability; Tehran insists its atomic ambitions are strictly peaceful. The Obama administration has said it is ready to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions through military force should a strategy of intensified sanctions and diplomatic engagement fail to resolve the longstanding impasse, but Israeli officials have voiced concern that delaying action would give Tehran time to render key atomic assets less vulnerable to attack by transferring them to better protected sites (see GSN, March 20).
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