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To: tejek who wrote (144604)	4/10/2002 6:11:17 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577118

>Z, which Arab/Muslim nations have issues that involve destroying Israel? All of the Arab ones at least. They all voted for the Palestinian right of return to Israel at the Arab Summit a couple of weeks back. In addition, 53 of the 55 Muslim countries at the emergency Muslim summit, which was held last week, while voting to describe Israeli actions as terrorist actions, voted to not describe Palestinian suicide bombings as such. All of the Arab states voted in that direction. The Arab summit also voted to give another $150 million to the intifada. -Z

To: tejek who wrote (144604)	4/10/2002 6:46:14 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577118

And what happens if they unite and attack with their own weapons? The other Arabs would prefer that the Palestinians do the dying. Jordan wouldn't want Iraqi and other armies to sweep across its territory before attacking Israel and the forces would be hit from the air pretty hard if they tried. Syria isn't strong enough. Egypt probably isn't that interested, and without Egypt I don't think an Arab attack on Israel is going to get anywhere. If the Arabs somehow did unite and attack there is a good chance they would still lose, and if Israel wins its diplomatic position in the world is strengthened. Another complication of such a war would be possibilities of use of chemical weapons by the Arabs or nukes by Israel. I don't think the Arab governments are made up of the wisest people in the world buy I think that ideas like having nukes used against them might give them pause. Tim