– U.S. denies Obama promised bunker busters to Netanyahu (Haaretz, Mar 8, 2012):
White House statement comes after Israeli media reports claim U.S. President agreed to give Israel the GBU-28 bombs; Netanyahu: Strike on Iran isn’t a matter of weeks, but also ‘not of years.’
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not discuss in their meetings this week a reported Israeli request for advanced U.S. military technology that could be used against Iran, the White House said on Thursday.
“In meetings the president had there was no such agreement proposed or reached,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters. Obama and Netanyahu meet in the Oval office for two hours on Monday and then had lunch together.
– US ‘offers to supply Israel with military means to destroy Iran’s nuclear plants’ (Telegraph, Mar 8, 2012):
The United States has offered to supply Israel with the military means of destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities, but only if it agrees to delay an attack until next year, an Israeli newspaper has claimed.
Under the terms of the deal, Israel would be provided with “the latest bunker busting bombs developed by the US army” and air-to-air refuelling planes, the Maariv newspaper quoted diplomatic sources and Western intelligence officials as saying.
See also:
– US Offers Israel Advanced Weaponry In Return For Not Attacking Iran THIS YEAR
– Senior Israeli Official: Netanyahu Considers Missiles On Tel Aviv Preferable To Nukes In Iran
– U.S. And Israel Have Prepared Military Options To Attack Iran:
Obama administration officials are escalating warnings that the U.S. could join Israel in attacking Iran if the Islamic republic doesn’t dispel concerns that its nuclear-research program is aimed at producing weapons.
Four days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Washington, Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz told reporters the Joint Chiefs of Staff have prepared military options to strike Iranian nuclear sites in the event of a conflict.
“What we can do, you wouldn’t want to be in the area,” Schwartz told reporters in Washington yesterday.
Pentagon officials said military options being prepared start with providing aerial refueling for Israeli planes and include attacking the pillars of the clerical regime, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its elite Qods Force, regular Iranian military bases and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Pentagon plans are classified.