April 1st, 2009 // comments (0)

Patraeus: Israel May Bomb Iran

Here’ the full statement (.pdf download) if you want more context…

April 1 (Bloomberg) — Israel might choose to attack Iran to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said today.

Army General David Petraeus told Congress that “the Israeli government may ultimately see itself so threatened by the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon that it would take preemptive military action to derail or delay it.”

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