Netanyahu Changed Plans Due to Warning

* AP: "Netanyahu Changed Plans Due to Warning - British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before Thursday's explosions that they had received warnings of possible terror attacks in the city, a senior Israeli official said." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050707/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_britain_explosions_1
(via here) thatd be pretty odd, right? fox was busy debunking this story today.

this PA article confirms that the official made the comment, but then says ""There was no early information about terrorist attacks," Shalom told Israel Army Radio. "After the first explosion an order was given that no one move until things become clear.""

if the second statement is true, then its difficult to imagine that the first guy would go on record with something so inflammatory. israelis tend to be pretty tight-lipped about security information from what i can gather - which would seem to imply that senior person had a reason to make the statement - perhaps the news that Netanyahu got an early warning somehow got into the public domain, and senior person had to somehow suggest that it came from british police, rather than the actual source? (ill assume that the possibility that scotland yard did actually call the embassy is false - theres no evidence that they called anyone else)

ftr, the first article is timestamped "7:14 AM ET", and the second at "12:49pm (UK)" which (i think) is just 90 minutes later.

in other news, "All phone lines to the embassy were down, said Danny Biran, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official." what are the chances of that? coincidence? coverup?

it also seems an unlikely outlet for shalom to dispel the rumours. israel army radio?

the mind boggles.