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Israel workings up for Iran attack
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Norway -- WikiLeaks documents published in a Norwegian newspaper signify that Israel would have 10-12 minutes' warning if Iran launched rockets alongside that country.
Norwegian daily Aftenposten cites a cable describing a Nov. 15, 2009, meeting among an American congressional delegation and Israel's military chief in which he allegedly said Israel was gearing up to defend itself alongside such attacks.
The paper on Sunday cited Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi as telling the delegation that Iran has 300 Shihab rockets which could reach Israel and that 1 million Israelis would be at risk from attacks from potential enemies in the area.
Last month, Aftenposten said it had obtained the entire trove of 250,
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Israel could hit Iran without US help
The United States has told France that Israel could strike Iran without US military support but the operation might not be winning,
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates gave his appraisal at a meeting on February 8 in Paris with former French defense minister Herve Morin, according to a secret précis of the session that was posted on WikiLeaks, part of a massive document dump of classified cables.
Asked by Morin if Israel had the ability to strike Iran without US assistance, Gates "responded that he didn't know if they would be victorious, but that Israel could carry out the operation,
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But Gates downplayed the value of any military operation alongside Iran, according to the document.
The American defense secretary told Morin that he "believed a conventional strike by any nation would only holdup Iranian plans by one to three years, while unifying the Iranian people to be forever disillusioned against the attacker,
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