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The three-way tension between the United States, Israel, and Iran became tenser this week with a widely cited report that Israel is developing a “secret staging ground†in Iran’s neighbor to the north – Azerbaijan – for a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.Military strike on Iran: Are Obama and Netanyahu now on the same page? .Quoting unnamed senior US diplomats and military intelligence officials, a lengthy article in Foreign Policy magazine asserts that “Israel has recently been granted access to airbases on Iran's northern border.â€"The Israelis have bought an airfield," a senior administration official is quoted as saying, "and the airfield is called Azerbaijan."Why would US officials be talking about this? Likely to slow down any rush to war in an already volatile region, some speculate."I think this leak today is part of the administration's campaign against an Israeli attack," former US diplomat John Bolton said Thursday on Fox News. "Clearly, this is an administration-orchestrated leak," Mr. Bolton said, adding, "It's just unprecedented to reveal this kind of information about one of your own allies.â€The challenge for Israel in planning such a strike is the long distance to potential targets – some 2,000 miles round-trip – for its F-15 and F-16 fighters. Planning for such strikes always involves tradeoffs between fuel and bombs.<excerpted>
