US agrees not to forward to Israel warnings of Iranian missile  
derived from system in Turkey
IMRA/Ha'aertz  | 10-26-10


Turkish sources said Washington has agreed to the demand that no  
information from the system will be shared with Israel, on the  
grounds that Israel has its own advanced missile-detection systems  
for tracking Iranian threats.

Report: Turkish intelligence severed relations with the Mossad  
Turkish newspaper reports agencies stopped exchanging intelligence  
and conducting joint operations following Turkish government  
decision. By Zvi Bar'el and Barak Ravid Haaretz Published 01:35 26.10.10

Amid the strained relations between Ankara and Jerusalem, Turkish  
intelligence has severed its working relations with the Mossad, the  
Turkish newspaper Sabah reported on Monday.

The report stated that the two agencies, which once enjoyed tight  
cooperation, had stopped exchanging intelligence and conducting joint  
operations following a Turkish government decision on the matter.

The report's credibility remains unclear, but high-ranking Israeli  
officials privy to the matter neither confirmed nor denied it on  
Monday, and the prime minister's bureau declined to comment.

In June, Amir Oren reported in Haaretz that Israeli security  
officials were deeply concerned by the appointment of Hakan Fidan to  
lead Turkey's National Intelligence Organization. Fidan, a close  
associate of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is viewed as a  
proponent of closer relations between Turkey and Iran.

Meanwhile, Turkey has conditioned its consent to stationing a NATO  
missile-defense system on its territory on a guarantee that no  
information collected by the system be transferred to Israel.

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