US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon
Source: Press TV
US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has informed Israel
of Washington's ‘contingency plans’ for a possible attack on Iran, should the
negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 fail, an Israeli paper says.
The Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Sunday that US
President Barack Obama's national security adviser briefed Israel's Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the plan during his visit to Tel Aviv two
weeks ago.
Citing a senior American official who spoke on the condition
of anonymity, the report said Donilon has assured the Israeli premier that the
US “is seriously preparing for the possibility that negotiations will reach a
dead end and military action will become necessary.”
Donilon also shared information on US weaponry and military
capabilities for dealing with Iran's nuclear facilities.
Last week, Secretary of US Air Force Michael Donley said the force’s new bunker buster bombs, each weighing 15 tons, were ready to be used in an attack.
According to the report, these bombs are intended for fortified bunkers.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has told EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that the ‘stalled talks proved that the time had come to move from talk to action to stop Iran.’
However, Ashton, who is scheduled to meet Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in the coming days, said she was still hopeful the standoff could be resolved diplomatically.
Washington and Tel Aviv have repeatedly threatened Tehran with a military strike to force it to halt its nuclear energy program, claimed by the duo to have been directed towards the acquisition of military nuclear capability.
But Iran has dismissed the allegations and the threats, pledging a crushing response to any attack on its soil.
Last week, Secretary of US Air Force Michael Donley said the force’s new bunker buster bombs, each weighing 15 tons, were ready to be used in an attack.
According to the report, these bombs are intended for fortified bunkers.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has told EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that the ‘stalled talks proved that the time had come to move from talk to action to stop Iran.’
However, Ashton, who is scheduled to meet Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in the coming days, said she was still hopeful the standoff could be resolved diplomatically.
Washington and Tel Aviv have repeatedly threatened Tehran with a military strike to force it to halt its nuclear energy program, claimed by the duo to have been directed towards the acquisition of military nuclear capability.
But Iran has dismissed the allegations and the threats, pledging a crushing response to any attack on its soil.
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