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Originally Posted by Polar
The article given in your blog link is from the UK and provides no source for the 'information' included.
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It does. See the green passage, "engage in a preemptive nuclear strike"? That's a link to the source:
Revealed: Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran - Times Online
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Originally Posted by Polar
"The plans, disclosed to The Sunday Times last week..." Provided by whom?
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In journalism, you sometimes finding yourself having to quote anonymous sources to protect their identities. This is one of those cases.
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You aren't the least bit concerned about the honesty/veracity of the source? It could even be Israel planting disinformation to further dissuade Iran BECAUSE they have no intention of nuking them first. This is the standard of proof you use?
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I know the Sunday Times to be reliable.
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Tell me, why would this be given to a news outlet in the UK, but not the US? Why haven't any of the US news outlets picked up on it and presented it as fact?
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The same reason many stories break on BBC News before they reach MSNBC, CNN and Fox News. They've got plenty of good journalists over there.