Ehud Barak at Davos: U.S. Could Strike Iran to Block Nuclear Progress

‘Surgical Operation’

If sanctions against Tehran fail, the U.S. plans a “surgical operation,” the Israeli minister said at Davos.

Published Jan. 25 2013 11:23AM EST

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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is confident, he says, that the United States has plans for surgical strikes against Iran as a last-ditch measure if Tehran refuses to stop its development of a nuclear-weapons capability.

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Ehud Barak at Davos: U.S. Could Strike Iran to Block Nuclear Progress

If sanctions against Tehran fail, the U.S. plans a “surgical operation,” the Israeli minister said at Davos.

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