Netanyahu pressed for Iran attacks, but was denied -ex-defence chief

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* Ehud Barak, Netanyahu's ex-defence minister, talks of war aims * Pushed to attack Iran in 2010, 2011 and 2012 * Israel opposed to July's nuclear deal with Iran JERUSALEM, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Israel's political leaders pushed to attack Iran at least three times in the past few years but had to back down on the advice of the military and due to concerns about its ally the United States, former defence minister Ehud Barak said. In interviews to his biographers aired late on Friday by Israel's Channel Two, Barak said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had wanted military operations against Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

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