Israel sent a message to Baghdad that it would not launch a pre???emptive strike against Iraq, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent the message last week via Russia’s ambassador to Israel, Michael Bogdanov, who in turn conveyed a message from Iraqi officials that Iraq would not strike Israel if attacked by the United States, the paper reported.
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