Obama's biggest concern could be how the U.S. will respond to the repercussions of an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities this coming January. My source — who has been in contact with officials in Israel, Washington, and Saudi Arabia recently, said that Israel had been planning the attack for June; however, my source said that in March figures in Washington asked Israel to wait until after the November election and Israel agreed. The plan of attack is fairly straightforward. Israel would launch a missile strike on Iran's nuclear sites using so-called bunker buster bombs provided by the U.S. Saudi Arabia would clear its airspace for the Israeli attack. Iran has seeded Southern Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank with millions of missiles. And Iran's hope is to use them to strike Israel in retaliation. To prevent that, my source says that the Israeli army would send tanks to take over those territories before those missiles could be fired. One unknown since February is
Raymond Clough dnomyar34@raymondclough.com
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