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5 May 2013

No early warning for U.S. on Israeli strikes in Syria

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Israeli soldiers walk past signs in the Israeli-occupied Golan HeightsBy Tabassum Zakaria and Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States was not given any warning before air strikes in Syria against what Western and Israeli officials say were weapons headed for Hezbollah militants, a U.S. intelligence official said on Sunday. Without confirming that Israel was behind the attacks, the intelligence official said that the United States was essentially told of the air raids "after the fact" and was notified as the bombs went off. Israeli jets bombed Syria on Sunday for the second time in 48 hours. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-early-warning-u-israeli-strikes-syria-034614835.html