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ローマ法王の中東歴訪。

この背景にはイラン問題があるのではないかと思っていたのですが、
やはりイスラエルのイラン核施設への奇襲攻撃が差し迫っていたようです。

緊迫する事態の中、
米中央情報局（ＣＩＡ）を使って攻撃阻止に動いているオバマ政権。

どうやらオバマ政権はバチカンと連動している可能性がある。
接点となっているのはカトリックのバイデン副大統領か。


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May 15, 2009
Leon Panetta's mission to stop Israel bombing Iranian nuclear plant
James Hider in Jerusalem
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America’s spy chief was sent on a secret mission to Israel to warn its leaders not to launch a surprise attack on Iran without notifying the US Administration.

As Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, prepares to visit Washington, it emerged yesterday that Leon Panetta, the head of the CIA, went to Israel two weeks ago. He sought assurances from Mr Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, the Defence Minister, that their hawkish new Government would not attack Iran without alerting Washington.

Concerns have been rising that Mr Netanyahu could launch a strike on Tehran’s atomic programme, in the same way that Israel hit Saddam Hussein’s Osirak reactor in 1981. Israel has been preparing for such an eventuality. It has carried out long-distance manoeuvres and is due to hold its largest civil defence drills this summer. The country’s leaders reportedly told Mr Panetta that they did not “intend to surprise the US on Iran”.

Mr Netanyahu will leave for Washington this weekend. He will meet Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, and Mr Obama, whom he will try to convince of the need for tougher action against Iran. Mr Obama favours trying to engage Tehran, but his efforts have been received coolly by President Ahmadinejad.

The Israeli leader is expected to insist that the US stays focused on Iran, rather than tackling stalled talks with the Palestinians.

Mr Netanyahu has held meetings with Arab leaders this week, including President Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan. Both Sunni leaders share Israel’s fears of a resurgent Shia Iran.

In Aqaba, Jordan, yesterday King Abdullah told Mr Netanyahu there could be no regional peace without a Palestinian state. So far Mr Netanyahu has refused to commit to a two-state solution. Instead, he has talked about developing the Palestinian economy, with Palestinians having only limited sovereignty. That view is likely to cause confrontation with Mr Obama.

Mr Netanyahu raised the issue of Iran during a private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Nazareth yesterday. “I asked him as a moral figure to make his voice heard loud and continuously against the declarations coming from Iran of their intention to destroy Israel,” he said. .

“I think we found in him an attentive ear.” The Pope, who reiterated his calls for peace yesterday, did not give an account of the meeting.


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イランを攻撃するな　イスラエルに警告　ＣＩＡ長官
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　１５日付のイスラエル紙ハーレツなどは、米中央情報局（ＣＩＡ）のパネッタ長官がイスラエルを最近ひそかに訪問し、イスラエルが米国の意向を無視してイランを攻撃しないよう要請、イスラエル側も同意したと報じた。

　米国は、イスラエルがイランの核施設破壊など電撃作戦を行うことを懸念。パネッタ長官はイスラエルでネタニヤフ首相、バラク国防相らと会談、イランに対話を通じて核武装放棄を促すオバマ政権の方針を説明し、イスラエルの攻撃は地域の安定に破滅的な結果を招くと伝えたという。

　ハーレツによると、イスラエルのオルメルト前政権は昨年、イランを攻撃したいとの意向を米国のブッシュ前政権に伝えたが、反対された。　　　（共同）