JERUSALEM, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. officials suspected Israel was preparing to launch an airstrike against Iran and warned them against it in June, sources say.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Wednesday that senior military sources say Bush administration officials became alarmed in May that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak were planning an imminent strike on Iran's uranium enrichment sites. Because of that, their request for certain equipment was turned down, the newspaper said.