MI6 Chief Made Secret Trip To Meet Israeli PM To Head Off Plans To Bomb Iran's Nuclear Programme -- Daily Mail* British fears about imminent strike on Iranian nuclear facilities heightened by Israeli leader's failure to state country's intentions
* Sir John Sawers delivered message that Britain is opposed to action now
* Mission, two weeks ago, failed to cool Israeli rhetoric as Israeli PM condemns West for failing to act decisively
The head of MI6 has made an extraordinary secret visit to Israel to urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to give the go-ahead to plans to bomb Iran, the Daily Mail can reveal.
In an indication that the Government believes a strike on Tehran’s nuclear programme could be imminent, Sir John Sawers is understood to have made a personal mission to deliver a clear message that Britain is opposed to action now.
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