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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (Tess Scheflan / BauBau) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 23:01 28/10/2007 PM makes first public hint at alleged IAF operation in Syria By The Associated Press In the closest that Israel has come to confirming an air raid it allegedly carried out in Syria last month, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his cabinet Sunday that Turkish airspace might have been violated during the operation. Israel has not officially commented on the raid or acknowledged carrying it out. But at Sunday's cabinet meeting, Olmert offered an ambiguous apology to Turkey, which has complained to Israel that its aircraft dropped fuel tanks on Turkish territory during the incursion. "If Israeli planes indeed penetrated Turkish airspace, then it was without prior intent or any intent to infringe upon or undermine Turkish sovereignty, which we respect," a statement from Olmert's office cited him as telling the Cabinet. Advertisement In a conversation with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan last week, Olmert "expressed Israel's apologies to the Turkish government and the Turkish people for any harm that might have been caused," the statement said. Meanwhile, Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Sunday criticized the United States and Israel for failing to provide the UN watchdog with intelligence about Syria's purported nuclear program. ElBaradei told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that the IAEA had not received any information about a Syrian program until after the bombing, which he called distressing. "We have a system. If countries have information that a country is working on a nuclear-related program, they should come to us," said ElBaradai. "But to bomb first and then ask questions later, I think it undermines the system and it doesn't lead to any solution to any suspicion." Israel has not given details on the alleged September 6 air strike, which some analysts speculated may have targeted a nascent nuclear reactor. Syria has denied having such a facility, saying the attack targeted an unused military building. But reports following the incident have contradicted that account, and commercial satellite images have indicated a nuclear reactor site might have been destroyed. Syria has denied developing a nuclear reactor. Related articles: IAEA chief: World must avoid confrontational rhetoric on Iran Pictures suggest construction of Syrian nuclear reactor was underway in 2001 Syria denies it confirmed target of IAF strike was nuclear facility Syria denies it confirmed target of IAF strike was nuclear facility Syrian VP says Damascus' response to IAF action will come quickly More from Haaretz: Minister Majadele: Israel is ready to return Golan for peace Syria complains to UN about Israel felling cherry trees on Golan Bookmark to del.icio.us The killing files A binder in a German office holds details of the systematic mass murder of Jews. Save the children One third of recent sexual assault complaints emerged from Haredi communities.   1.   THERE IS NO DOUBT AS TO WHY TURKEY ACCEPTED APOLOGY. 17:02  |  Mitch Iginer 28/10/07   2.   The attack 17:06  |  Arrow6 28/10/07   3.   Olmert`s faux apology 17:29  |  Steve 28/10/07   4.   How Olmert will apologize for not informing the IAEA 17:45  |  Tosefta 28/10/07   5.   The World Says THANK YOU 17:52  |  IsraFan 28/10/07   6.   I guess the El Al passenger plane pilot 17:57  |  Yonatan 28/10/07   7.   Cute Ehud 18:01  |  little Israel 28/10/07   8.   Apologies 18:54  |  Frank 28/10/07   9.   #4Tos-IAEA OWS WORLD A[POLOGY FOR AIDING IRAN IN NUCLEAR AMBITION 19:26  |  Mitch Iginer 28/10/07   10.   What would the IAEA have done with the complaint? 19:43  |  Ben 28/10/07   11.   #3 Steve of Minneapolis, "We`re Israel, and we do what we want" 19:53  |  Murray of Montreal 28/10/07   12.   #10 Ben v. IAEA 20:35  |  Tosefta 28/10/07   13.   Curious words 20:45  |  Mark Lincoln 28/10/07   14.   Steve of Minneapolis 21:20  |  Lynn 28/10/07   15.   raid in syria. 21:25  |  ljf-canada 28/10/07   16.   IAF RAID 21:30  |  LJF-CANADA 28/10/07   17.   no. 11 Montreal Murray 21:40  |  Steve 28/10/07   18.   It`s official 22:25  |  Len Lippman 28/10/07   19.   To Mitch 22:31  |  a 28/10/07   20.   Thank you Israel for saving us again 22:38  |  The World 28/10/07   21.   I have no doubt that the Turkey is happy for what Israel did 22:47  |  e.m 28/10/07   22.   Thank you Israel for doing our job which we failed to do 22:49  |  IAEA 28/10/07   23.   History 22:54  |  PEter 28/10/07   24.   Tosefta 22:56  |  Ben 28/10/07   25.   IAEA is useless. When did they provide single positive things to 23:09  |  e.m 28/10/07   26.   tanks 23:16  |  judah 28/10/07   27.   Didn`t tell IAEA because it`s not true 23:16  |  Tim 28/10/07   28.   Toseftale, is Keneret poluted? 23:26  |  dovale 28/10/07   29.   to Murray of Montreal 23:31  |  dovale 28/10/07   30.   Tosefta, actually, the IAEA can be 23:45  |  Mark Lincoln 28/10/07   31.   Actions and words - Tosefta 23:52  |  Mark Lincoln 28/10/07   32.   Accusations against the IAEA (Mark Lincoln #22) 01:09  |  Tosefta 29/10/07   33.   tell elbaradei to stick it,we see how the iaea handles these 01:09  |  terrornator 29/10/07   34.   Ben, what would have been done 01:43  |  Mark Lincoln 29/10/07   35.   Why does Israel refuse to allow? 01:45  |  Mark Lincoln 29/10/07   36.   Tosefta - The IAEA and programs 04:04  |  Mark Lincoln 29/10/07   37.   One more attempt to please the censors 04:10  |  Mark Lincoln 29/10/07   38.   Well Mark...if you had toguess, which is it? 04:26  |  Reader 29/10/07   39.   Public, clumsy and insincere. 04:48  |  Fortuna Benmayor 29/10/07   40.   You are right, Murray of Montreal # 11 04:52  |  Fortuna Benmayor 29/10/07   41.   Muslim Mohamed El Baradei, pay close attention and learn! 05:30  |  Genuine Tosefta 29/10/07   42.   #33, Mark Lincoln 05:42  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/10/07   43.   #17 Steve of Minneapolis 13:43  |  Murray of Montreal 29/10/07   44.   #40 Fortuna Benmayor 13:59  |  Murray of Montreal 29/10/07   45.   #42 Man, that is ONE BAD EXCUSE, Cipora 15:09  |  Johnboy 30/10/07

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