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To: NickSE who wrote (28789)	5/8/2002 7:39:02 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Israel will remain as vulnerable as ever orbat.com [...] The cost to United States influence in the Middle East however, of Israel's unwillingness to obey countless UN resolutions and its short-sighted reliance on the military option is enormous and Israel's traditional importance to Washington may not long outweigh the counter-productive effects on 500 Million Muslims in the region. Israel is a drain on Washington's financial resources and is in effect permanently on US 'Social Welfare'. Israel would be bankrupt without the huge amounts of US military and economic aid and provides a stark contrast with the potential benefits inherent in any US rapprochement with the populous and oil-rich Arab States. US business is well aware that the prospects for highly lucrative contracts to help rebuild Arab industry, transport infrastructure, communications and the military are dwindling rapidly with every seemingly pro-Israeli action or statement The Whitehouse authorizes. The knock-on effect of the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict is without a shadow of a doubt greatly benefiting Saddam Hussein and the Islamic militants,and seriously distorting the prosecution of the 'War on terrorism'. Israel tactical nuclear weapons ready for action? In a development which if it proves to be true will further raise doubts amongst the more level headed Washington analysts, Israel is reported to have placed deep-penetration Attack Fighters equipped with battlefield tactical nuclear weapons on immediate readiness at an airfield in Galilee. The F16C/D of Squadrons-109, 110 and 117 based at Ramat David south east of Haifa are just minutes flying time from the Syrian capital and large concentrations of military formations. The Israeli intelligence community appear to firmly believe, despite denials coming from European and US sources, that they have "credible intelligence" that both Syria and Iraq following the Beirut "summit" last weekend are preparing to intervene on behalf of the Palestinians. The options open to the Arab's for military action were apparently spelled out by Efraim Halevy, the Director of Mossad during an in-depth briefing given to the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon just before he left for Washington. Indeed this may also have led to the deployment of nuclear 'mines' on the Golan heights to destroy any potential massive armoured attack by Syria. Mossad are also reported to have expressed concern that Iraq may have some 80 or so suicide pilots with MiG23 or MiG27 aircraft equipped with CBW or primitive 'dirty nuclear' bombs within range of the main Israeli cities and the nuclear facilities at Dimona. Recent movements of Iraqi Republican Guard and Army units, supported by Air Defence assets into the Western Desert when taken in conjunction with Syrian deployments seem to have set alarm bells ringing in the Israeli Defence Ministry. [...]

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