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WAR IS FUN!
Washington
gives green light
In its planned war of aggression against Iraq, the United States is counting on the Israelis to join in attacking Baghdad. With few other allies anxious to be a part of George Dubya's next military adventure, Washington would like its Jewish friends to use some of the U.S. F-16 jets and smart bombs they've been given for something more than blasting underage Palestinian stone-throwers. "Reacting to an Iraqi strike" will be the pretext. Israel will simply do what it has always done: launch a preemptive strike of its own against its neighbors. All for the glory of Zion. Hallelujah!
U.S.
told: Israel will react to Iraqi strike By ALUF BENN NEW YORK—The United States understands that Israel "will not sit quietly" if Iraq attacks it in response to any American assault on Saddam Hussein, senior American officials told Prime Minister Ariel Sharon this weekend. The officials also promised Israel will be told in advance of any American plan to attack Iraq, so that it can prepare its defenses. These were two of the key assurances Sharon had sought in his Washington meetings with President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice on Thursday. His hosts did not give Sharon any details of the next stages of the U.S. war on terror, saying they have not yet made any final decision. But both Sharon and Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, who was also in Washington last week, said they received the impression that the U.S. is determined to act against Iraq, and that Iraq is currently the focus of its Middle East policy. Israeli sources said that Iraq will also be the focus of Cheney's visit to the region next month, which will include a two-day stopover in Israel. A senior Pentagon delegation, led by Undersecretary of Defense Doug Feith, will visit Israel next month for a meeting of the joint Defense Policy Advisory Group (DPAG), which has not met since October 2000. The talks will apparently center on preparations for an American attack on Iraq. Sharon also discussed the Iranian threat with his hosts—Tehran's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons, its support for anti-Israel terrorism in Lebanon and the territories, and its efforts to foment discontent among Israeli Arabs. In addition, he warned of the danger that the northern border could heat up, citing incidents such as Hezbollah's recent firing of anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli air force planes on Israel's side of the border. The U.S. believes that Iran is behind Hezbollah's activity, but Sharon said the organization would not act without encouragement, or at least tacit consent, from Syria, the de facto ruling power in Lebanon. The Americans
therefore promised to warn Syria against permitting any escalation
on Israel's northern border. REMEMBER THE LIBERTY?
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