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Report: 3 Gulf states agree to IAF overflights en route to Iran
2007-02-25
By Yoav Stern and Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondents

Three Arab states in the Persian Gulf would be willing to allow the Israel Air force to enter their airspace in order to reach Iran in case of an attack on its nuclear facilities, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa reported on Sunday.

According to the report, a diplomat from one of the gulf states visiting Washington on Saturday said the three states, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, have told the United States that they would not object to Israel using their airspace, despite their fear of an Iranian response.

Al-Siyasa further reported that NATO leaders are urging Turkey to open its airspace for an Attack on Iran as well and to also open its airports and borders in case of a ground attack.

According to a British diplomat who spoke to an Al-Siyasa correspondent, Turkey will not repeat the mistake it made in 2003, when it refused to open its airspace to U.S. Air Force overflights en route to attacking Iraq.

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

Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh on Saturday denied the reports and said Israel has no such plans.
Posted by:anonymous5089

#23  EGYPT is in trouble becuz Radical Iran wants to be THE regional superpower and sole source of Muslim Islamist thought, power and divine interpretation - Cairo, Mecca, Damascus, and Instanbul, etc are all in Iran's sights.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-02-25 21:52  

#22  prepare to have your mind expanded

I used to do that religiously during my teen years.

Thomas, my advice to you is, do not admit that you've expanded your mind on a website that your father visits. ;-)
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-02-25 20:51  

#21  Welcome Thomas (my grandson's name too)Prepare to have your mind expanded considerably.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-02-25 18:03  

#20  That report is laughable. Notwithstanding what it is the Ayaterror republic could do serious damage to Qatar and Oman. They will be neutal in public, while privately supporting attacks on the Shiite tyranny. About half of the south Persian Gulf coast area has a majority Arab Shiite population. Shiites need to be disempowered; then we go after the Sunnis.
Posted by: Sneaze   2007-02-25 17:24  

#19  Though I agree with you, Ex, I also think that if Bush did exact a p[rice he would do so quietly. But I doubt he did.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2007-02-25 17:23  

#18  Turkey will not repeat the mistake it made in 2003, when it refused to open its airspace to U.S. Air Force overflights en route to attacking Iraq.

In what sense was it a mistake for Turkey? It is difficult to think of any particular price they have paid for their insolence.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-02-25 17:09  

#17  P.S. Try placing pins on the chair, she won't sit on it for long!

But then neither would I! A conundrum, that one is.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-02-25 17:07  

#16  Lol, TW. And thank you.

Bandwidth open.

Back on topic: As Tomas observed, plans always being updated, this is the final "tweaking" stage.

Just need to "tweak" them Turkish mo-fo's. Have I said too much?
Posted by: rhodesiafever   2007-02-25 16:59  

#15   overflight time
Posted by: Phineter Thraviger   2007-02-25 16:46  

#14  Alas, I only have the dog to read Rantburg with. She keeps pawing my shoulder wanting to play tug-o-war, though.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2007-02-25 16:31  

#13  TW I think you'll find I have returned to the arms of my innocent mother. who is safe;y in the other room.
Nice intro dad... very nice
P.S. Try placing pins on the chair, she won't sit on it for long!
Posted by: devilstoenail   2007-02-25 16:16  

#12  Welcome, devilstoenail! Always glad when an intelligent newcomer pops up... and we do like your father. :-)

rhodesiafever dear, did you say, "Hey! You gotta see this!", or did he look over your shoulder like trailing daughter #1 does sometimes, just before she takes over the mouse... and then somehow my chair? ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-02-25 16:08  

#11  Er! May I have a small time-out on Fred's bandwidth to introduce my son Devilstoenail, aka Tomas. Be kind.

Thanks!
Posted by: rhodesiafever   2007-02-25 15:14  

#10  "denied the plans" = BS
to point out there was an entire program on the bbc about a year ago on how the Isreali air force did it last time and on that program they talked about how the plans are constantly being updated.

Posted by: devilstoenail   2007-02-25 14:17  

#9  I can't remember who said it but it was a great quote: "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
Posted by: mac   2007-02-25 11:27  

#8  Yeah, RJ, you probably meant Iran and not Iraq in the second go-round too.

But we knew who ya' meant.

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2007-02-25 10:49  

#7  Maky years ago a friend said something that certainly fits here, He said" My mind is like a large Swiss Cheese, it's the right size, shape and weight, but there's holes here and there, and every now and then something falls into one of those holes, and it's GONE.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-02-25 10:39  

#6  Pardon, minor mind bump, you're right Iraq, not Egypt
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-02-25 10:33  

#5  Egypt?
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-02-25 10:29  

#4  UUmmm, Egypt, you've pissed off your neighbors. Be warned, you're in deep shit.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-02-25 10:16  

#3  That is certainly unprecedented. Any news about lions and lambs lying together without anyone being nibbled upon?
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-02-25 09:57  

#2  heh heh
Posted by: Frank G   2007-02-25 08:54  

#1  pressure, pressure, pressure
Posted by: 3dc   2007-02-25 08:32  

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