Israeli Warships Cross Red Sea

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Netanyahu mum on attacking IranIsraeli warships cross Red Sea in apparent signal to Tehran--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Posted: July 16, 200912:21 pm EasternBy Aaron Klein© 2009 WorldNetDaily Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office refused to respond to a report today purporting to quote an Israeli defense official stating the recent deployment of warships across the Red Sea should be seen as serious preparation for an attack on Iran. "It is not our policy to comment on such reports," Mark Regev, Netanyahu's spokesman, told WND. Earlier this week, two Israel Navy gunboats openly sailed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea with permission from Egypt. "This is preparation that should be taken seriously. Israel is investing time in preparing itself for the complexity of an attack on Iran. These maneuvers are a message to Iran that Israel will follow up on its threats," the Times of London today quoted what it said was an Israeli defense official as saying. The warship movements follow the passage last month of an Israeli Dolphin-class submarine through the canal, later returning the same way. (Story continues below)http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104156