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Report: U.S. pressures Israel to halt assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists
Israel has never acknowledged assassination campaign 'aimed at Iran's top nuclear scientists,' which article says has lasted for several years.By Haaretz | Mar. 2, 2014
The Obama Administration is pressuring Israel's intelligence agencies to stop carrying out assassinations inside Iran, CBS News reported Saturday.
Written by CBS national correspondent Dan Raviv, co-author with Israeli journalist Yossi Melman of the book "Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel's Secret Wars," the article is based on information from "sources close to Israel's intelligence agencies."
The issue could come up during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington this week, according to CBS.
Israel has never acknowledged a clandestine campaign to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientists. Nevertheless, Raviv maintains that the Mossad "ran an assassination campaign for several years aimed at Iran's top nuclear scientists. The purpose was to slow the progress made by Iran, which Israel feels certain is aimed at developing nuclear weapons; and to deter trained and educated Iranians from joining their country's nuclear program."
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.577360