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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (23656)	4/5/2002 11:58:47 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Robert Fisk on Bush's speech. Judging by the amount of his yowling, he thinks it was a pro-Israel speech. Where's Climber? he would enjoy this one: news.independent.co.uk

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (23656)	4/6/2002 3:54:12 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If it's true, big deal> < 120 and 150 terrorists made the landfall> That's not many. Not really a problem. But how do a whole bunch of boats not be spotted by radar? It's not really a D-day landing force. Mq

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (23656)	4/6/2002 10:39:04 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

This is the second article which more or less describes the infiltration. The first was not credible to me as it had US counter-terror operative working alonside Israeli commandos to bring down what was described as a relatively small force. It seemed that the US would be exposing itself to unnecessary political risks if the operation somehow went awry, i.e., if some of the US soldiers were killed or captured. Moreover, the Israelis can handle the kind of force originally described by Debka on their own. So, I put little credence on the original report. The second report fleshes things out and certainly provides a setting in which US operatives could (hell, should) be involved regardless of the political risks, which are minimal if the report is accurate. I'm now a bit less skeptical, but it should be remembered that Debka can sometimes be quite sensationalistic.