Israeli PM Orders Investigation Into Iran Leak

[Purveyor]

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 said to have been persuaded to attack Netanyahu for "adventurism" and "gambling with Israel's national interest".

The paper suggested that the purpose of the leaks was to prevent an attack, which had moved from the stage of discussion to implementation. "Those who oppose the plan within the security establishment decided to leak it to the media and thwart the plan," it said.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/03/israeli-pm-investigation-iran-leak

[teddy51]

1. I hope that they have been successful in thwarting the plan. This would result

in a major disaster if it were to take place.

[AndyTiedye]

2. So the NuttyYahoo Was Getting Ready to Start World War III

and the former heads of Israeli intelligence leaked it in a desperate bid to stop it.

They be heroes if so.

[dtexdem]

3. Agreed. And, Bibi: the horse has escaped.

A bit late to close the barn door. And it was likely your own barn-door gatekeepers who shoved the horse out of the barn. ;-)

[classysassy]

4. The tail waging the dog

BiBi and his bullies are out of control,once upon a time America could control the behavior of our 51st state.

[bemildred]

5. You betcha, or trying hard anyhow. nt

[oberliner]

6. Interesting response

You seem to have no issue with Israel being referred to as "our 51st state" - that sort of surprises me.

[bemildred]

7. I ignore many things on this forum.

There is no need to try to correct them all. I suppose it deserves notice that the alllusion is intended as critical, an insult, not a complement; but on the other hand is not a cliche anti-semitic trope. If one wants to insult Israel, that's the way to do it.

I quite agree that all is not what it seems with the recent blather campaign against Iran, which is hardly the beneficiary of some wave of public esteem in the west, and that is all I was commenting about, that there are other agendas afoot.