Iranian Scientists Die as Bibi's War Looms

The "adoring joint session of congress" outdid itself with thunderous applause and 29 standing ovations.

The revealing picture of the Prime Minister of Israel smirking in triumph at the President of the United States, was taken during Netanyahu's visit with President Obama in May, 2011. It was taken by Jim Watson for Agence France-Presse. And this is the man who expects President Obama to join him in his war against Iran.

In the video below, Mark Perry is interviewed by Al Jazeera. The interview focuses on a column Perry published this weekend for the Foreign Policy website. The report describes CIA memos from 2007 and 2008 that accuse Israel of running a "false flag" operation against the US. A "false flag" operation is an action in which Israeli agents pretend to be CIA agents conducting attacks against Iran.

The Firedoglake web site reported on Perry's column:

"A provocative article in Foreign Policy magazine suggests that Israeli Mossad officers recruited members of the Pakistani terrorist organization Jundallah to aid in the covert operations against Iranian targets, including bombings in the Baluchistan region and potentially the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists. The Mossad officers, according to Mark Perry, posed as American intelligence agents during the recruitment, using US passports."

In his Foreign Policy column, Perry expressed a special concern for the damage a "false flag" can do to the US:

"'The report sparked White House concerns that Israel's [assassination] program was putting Americans at risk,' the intelligence officer told me.

"There's no question that the US. has cooperated with Israel in intelligence-gathering operations against the Iranians, but this was different. No matter what anyone thinks, we're not in the business of assassinating Iranian officials or killing Iranian civilians."

Iran claims to have proof that this was not a "false flag" operation. Rather, Iran accuses the US of actually engaging in assassinations. The US "categorically" -- to use Hillary Clinton's term -- denies the charges.

Perry's interview suggests that if there any merit to the "false flag" operation, Bibi Netanyahu may have finally pushed Barack Obama too far by employing a "false flag" operation against the only friend Israel has left in the community of nations.

As Chris Matthews finally acknowledged on his MSNBC program, the role of Israel as a deceptive partner could emerge as a political issue during the 2012 presidential campaign.

The picture above of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan and his son, is an Iranian Fars News Agency Photo