(IsraelNN.com) United States General David Petraeus, head of U.S.Central Command (CENTCOM) whose area of responsibility includes Afghanistan and Iraq, set the record straight Wednesday regarding his statements about the Israeli-Arab conflict. In a talk given at St. Anselm College, Petraeus said that recent reports claiming he had blamed Israel for US military deaths were erroneous.

Petraeus Confirms INN’s Report: “I Never Blamed Israel”
by Maayana Miskin

(IsraelNN.com) United States General David Petraeus, head of U.S.Central Command (CENTCOM) whose area of responsibility includes Afghanistan and Iraq, set the record straight Wednesday regarding his statements about the Israeli-Arab conflict. In a talk given at St. Anselm College, Petraeus said that recent reports claiming he had blamed Israel for US military deaths were erroneous.

INN had reported on March 18th that the rumors that the general had blamed Israel were based on an article by Yasser Arafat’s former advisor, Mark Perry, on Foreign Policy’s website, and were not credible. INN had surmised that this was a pro-Arab attempt to cause American citizens to resent Israel. INN staff also consulted the security think tank, JINSA, at the time, who confirmed that the rumors were baseless. INN’s article refuted all three items attributed to Petraeus, also quoting Commentary’s article on the subject.

Ynet and JPost, among others, reported the rumors as true and they dominated the web for days. One week later, on Thursday, March 25, the conservative website Spectator reported that “Petraeus poured cold water on the controversy, explaining in detail why ‘all three items…were wrong’.”

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