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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36918)	8/10/2002 9:32:27 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Israel has notified the U.S. it would respond to any Iraqi attack, even if there are no casualties, Ha'aretz has learned. Senior Israeli officials have explained to their American counterparts it is important to Israel to maintain its deterrence, and that it would not practice the same kind of restraint it demonstrated in the Gulf War in 1991 That's not very comforting. I just hope in their eagerness to defend, they don't strike first.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36918)	8/10/2002 10:34:13 PM
From: jcky	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<< You see, what did I say? >> Why should this surprise anyone given Arik Sharon's previous track record? I'm just hoping Israel does not go nuclear if one of Saddam's WMD should reach Tel Aviv and kill many civilians. This is yet another argument that Washington should not invade Iraq without legitimate reasons. Sharon may potentially become a loose cannon in the Mideast. This is not encouraging news for Washington.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36918)	8/10/2002 10:50:15 PM
From: jcky	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<< Outgoing chief of the Central Command, Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Eitan, told Channel One TV this weekend that an American attack on Iraq would weaken Palestinian motivation to clash with Israel. >> The Israelis should really use a little more discretion with their comments. This statement is just about as inane as the public one George Jr. made regarding the United State's full support of the dissidents in Iran. That's right... thanks Yitzhank, let's just portray the US invasion of Iraq as a proxy war for Israel in the Mideast and inflame the Arab world some more. One of these days, the majority of Americans are going to wake up in a cold sweat and realize, for the very first time, just how dangerous the Israelis can be to our national interests.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36918)	8/11/2002 2:41:21 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Outgoing chief of the Central Command, Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Eitan, told Channel One TV this weekend that an American attack on Iraq would weaken Palestinian motivation to clash with Israel. The Palestinians depend to a great extent on Iraqi support, and any injury to Iraq would therefore cut into Palestinian resources as well. Peace in the Middle East. One step at a time. Derek

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36918)	8/12/2002 4:17:05 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Nadine and others, Do you understand why the residents of Hadera fear the deployment of the Arrow antitactical ballistic missile? Are these some kind of defensive nuclear missile? What the heck is an antitactical missile anyway? Israel's defense establishment still has no clear data about the American plans. The working assumption is that the U.S. will not attack Iraq before the end of the year. The IDF is now perfecting the mechanisms that will be used if and when the war starts - early warning, home front command (distribution of gas masks and vaccines) and aerial defense (including the Arrow antitactical ballistic missile and the air force). The Air Force has already started deploying Arrow missile batteries near Hadera for a two-week drill. Military sources maintain that the timing of the current drill is not directly related to the expected American attack in Iraq. Sources in the Air Force told Ha'aretz that this deployment was planned a long time ago, and is designed to get the forces accustomed with the equipment and the terrain so that in case of emergency, everything would go smoothly. In the last two years, the residents of the region waged a campaign against the IDF and the defense establishment, arguing that a permanent deployment of the batteries there would expose them to dangerous radiation. The parties eventually agreed that the IDF would only deploy there in an emergency.