With a view toward Iran, Israel launches spy satellite

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has successfully launched a new spy satellite as its leaders hint that Israel was behind a massive fire at an Iranian nuclear site last week. The developments ratchet up a covert war between the bitter Mideast enemies. The possibility that Israel was responsible for the fire at the heavily fortified Natanz facility would mark another in a series of daring strikes against Iran’s nuclear program attributed to Israel, while also raising the chances of Ira