الرئيسية
The US
government is concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action
against Iran over US objections, and has stepped up contingency
planning to safeguard US facilities in the region, The Wall Street
Journal reported.
The newspaper said President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta and other top officials have delivered a series of private
messages to Israeli leaders, warning about the dire consequences of a
strike.
Obama spoke by telephone on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, will meet with Israeli military officials in Tel Aviv
next week, the report said.
The Journal noted that the US military was preparing for a number of
possible responses to an Israeli strike, including assaults by
pro-Iranian Shiite militias in Iraq against the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Up to 15,000 US diplomats, federal employees and contractors still remain in Iraq.
To deter Iran, the United States is maintaining 15,000 troops in
Kuwait, and has moved a second aircraft carrier strike group to the
Persian Gulf area, the paper said.
government is concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action
against Iran over US objections, and has stepped up contingency
planning to safeguard US facilities in the region, The Wall Street
Journal reported.
The newspaper said President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta and other top officials have delivered a series of private
messages to Israeli leaders, warning about the dire consequences of a
strike.
Obama spoke by telephone on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, will meet with Israeli military officials in Tel Aviv
next week, the report said.
The Journal noted that the US military was preparing for a number of
possible responses to an Israeli strike, including assaults by
pro-Iranian Shiite militias in Iraq against the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Up to 15,000 US diplomats, federal employees and contractors still remain in Iraq.
To deter Iran, the United States is maintaining 15,000 troops in
Kuwait, and has moved a second aircraft carrier strike group to the
Persian Gulf area, the paper said.