POINT WE DID SEE, COURSE, THE
PRESIDENT RETURN FROM DELAWARE
LAST WEEK, WE WERE AWARE OF THE
RESPONSE COMING FROM IRAN, THE
ATTENDED ATTACK ON ISRAEL AND
NOW, OF COURSE, THE POTENTIAL
DOES REMAIN, AS WELL FOR HIM TO
CHANGE HIS SCHEDULE POINT
>>> NBC NEWS PENTAGON AND
NATIONAL SECURITY
CORRESPONDENT, COURTNEY.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING MORE?
>> YEAH, SO WE CAN NOW SAY,
LAWRENCE, THAT ACCORDING TO A
SOURCE FAMILIAR, ISRAEL DID
CARRY OUT AN OPERATION INSIDE
IRAN TONIGHT NOW, WE STILL T
DON’T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS,
INCLUDING HOW THEY CARRIED THIS
OUT AGAIN, AS WE HAVE BEEN
SAYING IRANIAN STATE MEDIA HAS
REPORTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A
NUMBER OF EXPLOSIONS IN THE
ISFAHAN AREA.
NOW I SHOULD SAY, JUST BECAUSE
THIS WAS AN ISRAELI OPERATION,
WE DON’T HAVE TO ASSUME THAT
THAT MEANS THAT ISRAELI
WARPLANES FLEW INTO IRANIAN AIR
PLACED -- AIRSPACE.
STANDOFF WEAPONS, THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO FIRE FROM FAR AWAY
SO THEY WOULD NOT PUT PILOT OR
EVEN SOME OF THEIR UNMANNED
SYSTEMS IN ANY KIND OF DANGER
TO CARRY OUT SOME SORT OF A
STRIKE OR SOME SORT OF AN
OPERATION LIKE THIS.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON EXACTLY
WHAT THE ISRAELIS USED TO CARRY
THIS OUT. BUT WE CAN NOW REPORT
THAT, IN FACT, THE ISRAELIS DID
CARRY OUT AN OPERATION IN IRAN
TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE
TOLD THAT ISRAELI OFFICIALS I
INFORMED THE U.S. OF THEIR
INTENTION TO CARRY OUT A
RESPONSE IN THE COMING, NOT
NECESSARILY EMINENTLY BUT TODAY
THEY DID TELL THEM THEY WERE
PLANNING TO DO THAT, WITHOUT
PUTTING AN EXACT IDEA OF
EXACTLY WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN.
AGAIN, THE ISRAELIS DID INFORM
THE U.S. OF THIS IN ADVANCE.
WHY THAT IS SO CRITICAL IS THAT
APRIL 1st STRIKE THAT THE
ISRAELI MILITARY TOOK IN
DAMASCUS, KILLING THE SENIOR
IRANIAN OFFICIALS, THERE HAS
BEEN, THE U.S. HAS SAID OPENLY
AND OFTEN THAT THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THAT IN ADVANCED,
AND IN FACT, THE U.S. WAS TOLD