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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (96539)	4/27/2003 6:32:58 PM
From: spiral3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Israeli Military intelligence chief Major-General Aharon Ze'evi (Farkash) said on Saturday. It is a new Middle East There is no Iraqi military which can pitch in on the eastern front, so the potential for attack on Israel is small. There is no eastern front Bashar Assad has been isolated as a result of Iraq's defeat (Hizbullah leader Hassan) Nasrallah is under pressure and he understands that Syria has no supply line without Iraq (Palestinian President Yasser) Arafat is the central problem, not terrorism The danger is that under the cover of a ceasefire the terrorist organisations will recover and regroup (Abu Mazen, "Abbas") is the first person to understand that. There is room for optimism if we are very careful and vigilant The threat of non-conventional weapons and ballistic missiles is the threat on Israel, and Iran is the one holding such materials Headlines and concluding paragraphs from two news outlets. al Jazeera: Israel is happy to see a major strategic threat removed “Iran, like Israel, does not discuss its non-conventional capabilities. US President George Bush named Iran, North Korea and Saddam Hussein's Iraq as an "axis of evil" because he said they possessed or could develop weapons of mass destruction." english.aljazeera.net Ha'aretz: Ze'evi: Cease-fire could be dangerous “Iran, like Israel, does not discuss its non-conventional capabilities.” haaretzdaily.com