08/11/2012 20:47kruijs

Israel's prime minister and defense minister would like to attack Iran's nuclear sites before the U.S. election in November but lack crucial support within their cabinet and military, an Israeli newspaper said on Friday.

The front-page report in the biggest-selling daily Yedioth Ahronoth came amid mounting speculation - fuelled by media leaks from both the government and its detractors at home and abroad - that war with Iran could be imminent even though it might rupture the bedrock ties between Israel and the United States.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/10/us-israel-iran-nuclear-idUSBRE8790IF20120810

   03/02/2012 22:48kruijs

President Obama, speaking days before a crucial meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, stiffened his pledge to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, even as he warned Israel of the negative consequences of a pre-emptive military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Mr. Obama, seeking to reassure a close American ally that contends it has reached a moment of reckoning with Iran, rejected suggestions that the United States was prepared to try to contain a nuclear-armed Iran. He declared explicitly that his administration would use force — a “military component,” he put it — as a last resort to prevent Tehran from acquiring a bomb.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/03/world/middleeast/obama-says-military-option-on-iran-not-a-bluff.html

   11/05/2011 20:42kruijs

Anxiety is rising in world capitals over possible pre-emptive military strikes by Israel against Iran over the threat posed by Tehran's nuclear program.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/11/04/Tensions-rise-over-an-Israel-Iran-conflict/UPI-68201320433014/

   11/05/2011 20:40kruijs

Is the US heading for war with Iran?
With an election coming and the economy struggling, conflict may not appeal to Obama, but the drumbeat is getting louder

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/02/us-heading-war-iran-obama

   01/02/2011 22:50kruijs

Israel preparing for 'large scale war': cable

Israel's army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked US diplomatic cables showed on Sunday.

"I am preparing the Israeli army for a large scale war, since it is easier to scale down to a smaller operation than to do the opposite," Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi was quoted as saying in a cable from the US embassy in Tel Aviv.

The document, dated November 15, 2009, was quoted Sunday in Norwegian by Oslo-based daily Aftenposten, which said it had obtained WikiLeaks' entire cache of 251,187 leaked US embassy cables.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwmDqdrKrkY5csBKn1BzzaL-mgJQ?docId=CNG.68f5e94c91d2e5bac59427d81c150711.671