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April 3, 2012

Are U.S. Leaks Deliberately Underming Israel?

Paul Koring, Globe and Mail

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A secret Israeli-Azerbaijan pact giving the Jewish state use of old Soviet air bases to attack Iran’s nuclear sites revealed by Foreign Policy magazine exposed a bold military option to the vexed problem of getting bomb-heavy warplanes to their distant targets.

Or was the story all part of a complex and devious disinformation campaign by the Obama administration to box Israel in, or one targeted at the president?

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TAGGED: Israel, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Azerbaijan

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