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To: average joe who wrote (18085)	12/3/2002 5:53:50 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Sounds like the Bamboo Network is like the Kosher Network to the power 10, huh? Anyway, I just stumbled across this: A mega-terror attack against Israel, like downing a civilian aircraft, would "create an international dynamic that would open options that up to now were unacceptable to public opinion,"Halevy said. Halevy did not spell out the type of action Israel would take, but implied that retaliation would be far harsher than anything that has been done up to now. Even so, he said, "it can be assumed that the international community would understand, accept and internalize the changes in the rules of the game and fields of activity." With Iranian and Iraqi weapons of mass destruction aimed at Israel, it is in the country's interest that the American operation in Iraq prove successful, he said. There has never been such a synthesis of interests between Israel and the US as there is today, he said. Israel and Russia also have common interests, he said. Whereas the USSR was the key economic and military supporter of Israel's enemies, today Russia, even though it still provides military aid to Syria and Iraq, has come a long way in fighting global jihad. [...] jpost.com I guess we must read between the lines of former Mossad boss Halevy's address... Intelligence veteran Halevy can't hide Israel's secret longing for some sort of traumatic event that would bring about a sea change in Mideast geopolitics. Somehow, Israel is ramping up her blackmail towards the US: if the US backs down and fails to attack Iraq THEN Israel will likely brew a terrorist attack of her own... That is, the most fanatic quarter of Israeli intelligence would not shrink from plotting the shootdown of an Israeli airliner --like US General Lemnitzer during the showdown with Cuba ()-- in order to launch a "pre-emptive" strike against Iraq --or Iran... or Syria-- and force the US into the war. Israel's escalation policy puts the Mombasa terrorist attacks in quite another chilling perspective: as Sharon himself put it bluntly, the Arabs have got the oil but we've got the matches... The botched shootdown of an Arkia airliner might be just that: a warning to the US... Israel scratched the match but didn't throw it at the airplane. But next time, when Israel's "survival" will be at stake, I'm afraid the Israeli junta won't blink. Gus () abcnews.go.com