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Purveyor

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Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:56 AM Sep 2012

Israeli Strike On Iran May Wreck Arab Treaties: U.S. Officials

Source: Agence France-Presse

Egypt and Jordan could annul their peace treaties with Israel if it carries out a preemptive strike against Iran, US officials have warned the Jewish state, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday.

Quoting a high-level Israeli official, Yediot Aharonot said Washington had warned the Jewish state that Arab leaders would not be able to control an angry public backlash if Israel were to mount an attack on Iran.

The newspaper said the US official pointed to the violent response in several Middle Eastern countries to a film insulting Islam, saying: “Today the Arab leaders do not control their peoples, the streets control the leaders.

“An Israeli strike is just what the Iranians need. The entire Arab and Muslim street will take to the streets to demonstrate,” the official said.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/20/israeli-strike-on-iran-may-wreck-arab-treaties-u-s-officials/



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Israeli Strike On Iran May Wreck Arab Treaties: U.S. Officials (Original Post) Purveyor Sep 2012 OP
MAY???? hobbit709 Sep 2012 #1
Treaties would be the least of things 'wrecked" I should think. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #3
World War 3 - brought to you by the Nuclear Industry bananas Sep 2012 #2
Couild start a war, even. bemildred Sep 2012 #4
Paging Dr. Strangelove iandhr Sep 2012 #5
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