From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/829673.html

Let's hope this is wishful fantasy on behalf of the Israelis.

"Israel is negotiating with the United States over permission for an
"air corridor" over Iraq should an attack on that country's
nuclear facilities become necessary, the British newspaper The Daily
Telegraph reported Saturday.

Military authorities would need permission from the U.S. Department of
Defense for any such operation, the report said.

Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh (Labor) denied Saturday that Israel
was in negotiations with U.S. authorities on the issue."

""The only way to do this is to fly through U.S.-controlled air
space. If we don't sort these issues out now we could have a situation
where American and Israeli war planes start shooting at each other,"
he said."


Crikey so

(A) What is all this wrt "iraqi sovereignty" & the US being
there to "help protect it"

(B) Ummm as such what about Iraqi gov permission?

(C) Any such event with US OK but no Iraqi OK would mean the total collapse
of the US position in Iraq.

One hopes the dog will say "oy tail shut it!! I wag you.....".

Adam

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