A report on Israeli military build up
Regional-Israel, Politics, 3/7/2001

In its issue on March 3, the Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am published an Israeli military report which unveiled that top priority is given to preparations by the Israeli army to the probable regional war and that the Israeli military leadership is preparing for the eruption of a comprehensive war in the Middle East.

The report stressed that in the dramatic scenario of the Israeli army that the Palestinians territories will witness acts against Israel, the Israeli forces to be deployed along the borders and Arab missiles to be fired against main cities in Israel and long- range missiles from Lebanon to hit the lower and higher Galilee.

The report said that Israel cannot wage a continuous air war against Iraq but the air weapons can only carry out an air invasion in the depth and " punish Iraq and try to deter Saddam," noting that eliminating the untraditional danger can be only made in collaboration with the International alliance led by the USA.

The report revealed also several preparations on that all Israeli military arms will depend in the coming three years on the military alliance with the US to strike and deter Saddam Hussein and overcome its military and missile forces.

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