"Arab news sources reported at week's end that an unidentified jet believed to be Israeli destroyed warehouses in southern Libya that held weapons bought by Iran for Hamas. According to the reports in Al Watan and other news outlets, the warehouses were completely destroyed. The weapons that were inside them had allegedly been purchased by Iran, by means of weapons dealers in Sudan and Chad, and were supposed to be smuggled to Hamas through Egypt, by means of the smuggling tunnels between Sinai ands Gaza. The report indicates that Egypt coordinated with Israel on the attack and opened its airspace to the Israeli jets flying to Libya."
Looks as if the more moderate Arabs see the benefits of aligning with the Israelis against their enemies, who our own president bids fair to arm with nuclear weapons. This will no doubt be only the first example of this sort of thing, but where it will ultimately lead no one can tell.
It is the kind of attack that does raise 'Coventry and Ultra' issues. They know they've been penetrated whenever you excise the threat before they get a chance to use it. It tends to compromise sources and methods.
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