Al-Sharq al-Awsat: the next war against Syria
Syria-Israel, Politics, 7/1/2002

The London- based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily indicated Saturday to the news published on Friday in Tel Aviv on the next war against Syria as it has practically started and that the field military side is only a matter of time and that the US administration has been acquainted with events taking place concerning this war and that "Israel gives this war as a contribution to the war launched by the US against Arab terrorism."

Al-Sharq al-Awsat added that it was clear from these published news that the military plan to strike Syria has been ready since several years and it was amended according to the requirements of the phase and was determined several months ago and the Israeli army was ready to implement it in the mid of March this year, in retaliation of the "operation" carried out close to the Lebanese borders when an armed Palestinian opened fire at several Israeli sedan car and killed seven Israelis.

In its news report from Tel Aviv, the paper explained that the Israeli army deputy chief of staff Gen Moshe Yaloun who will be the army chief of staff in less of two weeks, visited Washington in May and left the impression in those whom he had met that the war with Syria is inevitable as one of its aims is to take part in the American war against terrorism. When this next American war will be directed against Iraq, then Israel will take the part and will not strike only towns and positions in Lebanon but also in Syria.

The paper said that an Israeli official returned back last week to repeat this statement stressing that these are not mere estimates, rather it is a policy.

The paper also said that at a time when the Israeli army in the north led by Gen. Ghabi Ashkinazi used to accept the instructions of the Israeli government and abstained from carrying out military operations, the new leader of the "North Contingent" Veni Jentis hears "silent cries and says that it is the best time for Israel in order to attack Syria."

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