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EFTA01801416 | EFTA01801417 Americans need to discover how the world sees them Timothy Garton Ash <http://www.theguardian.com/profile/timoth=gartonash> &n=sp; Arti=le 1. The Washington Post=/span> Turkey blows =srael's cover for Iranian spy ring David Ignatius <http://www.washingtonpost.com/david-ignat=us/2011/02/17/ABKXcal_page.html> =/p> October 16, 2013 --=The Turkish-Israeli relationship4=pan> <http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacydefense/1.549086> became so poisonous <http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/turkish-president-=bdullah-gulassad-must-go/2013/09/23/ffc45d7a-246e-11e3-b75d-5b7f66349852_=tory.html> early last year that the Turkish government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip=Erdogan is said to have disclosed to Iranian intelligence the identities o= up to 10 Iranians who had been meeting inside Turkey with their Mossad ca=e officers. Knowledgeable sourc=s describe the Turkish action as a "significant" loss of intelligence =nd "an effort to slap the Israelis." The incident, disclosed here for =he first time, illustrates the bitter, multi-dimensional spy wars that lie behind the current negotiations between Iran and Western=nations over a deal to limit the Iranian nuclear program. A Turkish Embass= spokesman had no comment. Israeli anger at th= deliberate compromise of its agents may help explain why Prime Minister B=njamin Netanyahu became so entrenched in his refusal to apologize to Erdog=n about the May 2010 Gaza flotilla incident chttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010.05/31/AR2010053102860.html> . In that confrontation at sea, Israeli commandos boarded a Turkish-organized convoy of ships carrying humanitaria= aid to Gaza. Nine Turks were killed. Netanyahu finally apologi=ed to Erdogan <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/world=iews/wp/2013/03/22/yesnetanyahus-apology-to-turkey-is-a-very-big-dealh by phone in March after President Obama negotiated a compromise chttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wo=ld/middle_east/obama-ends-israel-visit-by-honoring-historicfigures/2013/0=/22/7a489fc4-92e9-11e2-ba5b-550c7abf6384_story.html> =ormula. But for more than a year before that, the Israeli leader had resis=ed entreaties from Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to heal th= feud. Top Israeli officia=s believe that, despite the apology, the severe strain with Erdogan contin=es. The Turkish intelligence chief, =akan Fidan <http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230364=304579107373585228330> , is also suspect in=lsrael because of what are seen as friendly links with Tehran <http://www.haaretz.com/printedition/news/israel-worried-=y-new-turkey-intelligence-chief-s-defense-of-iran-1.294568> <=pan style="fontsize:18.0pt">; several years ago, Israeli intelligence officers are said to have described him fa=etiously to CIA officials as "the MOIS station chief in Ankara," a ref=rence to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. The United States=continued to deal with Fidan on sensitive matters, however. Though U.S. officia=s regarded exposure of the Israeli network as an unfortunate intelligence =oss, they didn't protest directly to Turkish officials. Instead, Turkish=American relations continued warming last year to the point that Erdogan 2 EFTA_R1_00142329 EFTA01801417
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