Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Endaround: UN may order international probe of Israel's flotilla raid despite U.S. veto - 'I got a tip last night from a source on the Israeli side that this story at Foreign Policy accurately describes how the White House is trying to manage the flotilla investigation. The plan was to pressure Israel into starting its own probe ASAP, complete with international members, before momentum built at the Security Council for an international UN-led probe that would inevitably railroad the IDF. In fact, according to Foreign Policy, that may have been the point of the leak heard 'round the blogosphere to Bill Kristol last week -- to scare the Israelis into thinking the U.S. would join in supporting an international probe if they didn't get it in gear. Just one problem with the plan. Apparently, so intent is the UN on its very own show trial that they're searching for ways to do it whether the U.S. likes it or not...'