Report: 3 Gulf states agree to IAF overflights en route to Iran

By Yoav Stern and Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondents

Three Arab states in the Persian Gulf would be willing to allow the Israel
Air force to enter their airspace in order to reach Iran in case of an
attack on its nuclear facilities, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa reported
on Sunday.
According to the report, a diplomat from one of the gulf states visiting
Washington on Saturday said the three states, Qatar, Oman and the United
Arab Emirates, have told the United States that they would not object to
Israel using their airspace, despite their fear of an Iranian response.
Al-Siyasa further reported that NATO leaders are urging Turkey to open its
airspace for an Attack on Iran as well and to also open its airports and
borders in case of a ground attack. According to a British diplomat who
spoke to an Al-Siyasa correspondent, Turkey will not repeat the mistake it
made in 2003, when it refused to open its airspace to U.S. Air Force
overflights en route to attacking Iraq.
British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday that Israel is
negotiating with the U.S. over permission for an "air corridor" over Iraq,
should an attack on Irans nuclear facilities become necessary.
Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh on Saturday denied the reports and
said Israel has no such plans.

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