WASHINGTON – A highly classified Pentagon intelligence document reviewed by Al-Monitor suggests the Biden administration can leverage its support for Israel's clandestine operations against Iran in order to convince Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to provide arms to Ukraine.
The assessment, labelled "top-secret," lays out scenarios through which emerging military cooperation between Russia and Iran could lead to escalation in Syria and may convince Israeli leaders to support Kyiv in its fight against Russia's invasion.
The report, labeled “Pathways to Providing Lethal Aid to Ukraine,” was among hundreds of classified documents published online in recent months in the most significant public breach of US intelligence since Edward Snowden’s leak in 2013. It was obtained by Al-Monitor early this week and first reported by the New York Times.
The intel document is labelled "exploratory analysis" and bears the emblem of the Pentagon’s Joint Staff. It includes markings that signify at least some of the information was obtained through "signals intelligence," or communications intercepts, and is dated Feb. 28. Two former US intelligence officials said the document appeared to be authentic.
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