[aristeides]

Release of determination on hold until Iraq war was decided?

[Fred Mertz]

I suppose a nine month delay could qualify as a pregnant pause.

Like Aristeides says, the timing of this news release could be significant.

[Mitchell]

Release of determination on hold until Iraq war was decided?

The point may be that this is a subtle bit of support for the Israeli view of the world, a small confirmation that we know that the U.S. and Israel are on the same side in the same war. This is especially appropriate as world attention moves to Syria (and as we also start hearing about the "road map" for Israel and the Palestinians again).