Is Israel Preparing to Bomb Iran?

by via Democracy Now

Mon, Jun 23, 2008 5:40PM

Monday, June 23, 2008 :The New York Times reported Friday that Israel recently carried out a major military exercise that Pentagon officials say appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. More than 100 Israeli F-16 and F-15 fighter planes took part in the maneuvers over the eastern Mediterranean and Greece.

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Helena Cobban, blogger, Quaker activist and veteran journalist. She is a contributing editor for the Boston Review and writes regularly on the Middle East for the Christian Science Monitor and the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat. Her blog is at JustWorldNews.org and her latest book is called Re-Engage: America and the World after Bush.

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