Israel planned to assassinate Ahmadinejad:
Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said on Friday that Israel had planned to assassinate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad around the time of last month's presidential election.
Israel will attack Iran if it doesn't abandon its nuclear program, a Cabinet minister hoping to replace embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted Friday as saying.Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz also said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ``will disappear before Israel does,'' the Yediot Ahronot daily reported.