Iraq to Join Palistinians in Israel attack?

Geostrategy via Worldnetdaily ^ | 4/10/02 | Geostrategy

[sleavelessinseattle]

Iraq's military has launched plans to attack Israel in cooperation with the Palestinian Authority.

U.S. officials said Saddam appears to be coordinating with PA Chairman Yasser Arafat in efforts to stage anti-Israeli and anti-U.S. attacks in the Middle East. The Palestinians are said to have provided Iraq with intelligence information on Israeli targets.

Western intelligence sources said Iraq has 450,000 soldiers and 2,700 tanks organized in 30 divisions. The Republican Guard has nine divisions; elite units that protect Saddam amount to three divisions. The sources said Iraq is believed to be spending nearly $2 billion a year on the military.

Major suppliers are said to include Belarus, China, Russia and Serbia.

Saddam, who convened his leadership on April 7, also has increased his support for the Palestinian war against Israel. The officials said Baghdad has raised its stipend to the families of those Palestinians killed in fighting Israel to $30,000 from $10,000. The money is said to be directed toward Palestinian suicide-bombers.

Iraqi Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed said Iraqi forces are training and equipping for a military campaign against the Jewish state. Ahmed said Iraqi forces will be in the forefront of an Arab war against Israel.

"The armed forces will be the cutting swords in the liberation of our territories in Palestine, including Jerusalem, usurped by the Zionists," Ahmed said in a telegram to President Saddam Hussein. "It is continuing its training and its mission is facing up to the forces of evil and oppression, represented by criminal America and its odious Zionist ally."

Ahmed, in a telegram quoted by the Iraqi News Agency, did not specify military plans or equipment being deployed for the operation. The Saddam regime has called for the mobilization of 6.5 million volunteers in the war against the Jewish state.

A similar telegram was sent by Saddam's younger son Kusay, who said Iraqis are prepared to defend their country. Kusay has been deemed as the favorite to succeed his father as ruler of Iraq.

Iraq also has called on Arab and Islamic countries to impose an embargo on the United States and other allies of Israel. Iran and Libya have expressed interest in the proposal.

In Washington, President George W. Bush said the United States would ensure the removal of Saddam from power, regardless of whether he approves the return of United Nations weapons inspectors. Bush did not specify whether this would mean a military campaign against Baghdad.

"The policy of my government is that he goes," Bush said. "The worst thing that could happen would be to allow a nation like Iraq, run by Saddam Hussein, to develop weapons of mass destruction and then team up with terrorist organizations so they can blackmail the world. I'm not going to let that happen."

[sleavelessinseattle]

I had to post the entire article as a setup to get to the punchline.

Iraq also has called on Arab and Islamic countries to impose an embargo on the United States and other allies of Israel. Iran and Libya have expressed interest in the proposal.

All three nations considering embargo only export terrorism! We don't even have to build a line of "death" around them! Gosh, what a nice day this is!

[Blackyce]

Oh SADDAM, PLEAAAAASSSSSSEEE PLEEEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSEE, go right ahead man!!! Start rolling those long columns of Tanks acrosss the desert, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaassssssseeeee!!!! Just give us one reason! ONE reason to wipe the smudge of Iraq from the annals of history.

[america-rules]

All hell is gonna break out this weekend after Yasser refuses to condem his terrorism !

[RamsNo1]

Yup and the US can say that they tried to reason with Arafat and even coming to him with no pre-conditions or expectations. After that happens, I think that we will totally give up on Arafat claiming he really doesn't want peace and let Israel loose for good.

[tomahawk]

Why is Colon Bowell going to meet with a terrorist and an ally of Saddam Hussein? Because he has allowed Arafat and Hussein to manipulate him, that's why. Pathetic.

[tomahawk]

What makes you think Colon Bowell will demand Arafat renounce terrorism? He will ask him to, and Arafat will say no. Then Bowell will settle for Arafat promising to try to reduce violence. An utterly meaningless promise.

[gaspar]

Has anyone any information on the Robert Morton who produced this piece?

[sleavelessinseattle]

wipe the smudge of Iraq from the annals of history.

Iceman, I think you meant to spell that with a "nus" instead of "nals"*knowing smirk

[Nix 2]

This article is the next best laugh of the day. The first best is on WND, Stratfor's latest shi'ite. Trouble in the South of Israel.....strained troops and all that. Cute.

[Centurion2000]

Iraq's military has launched plans to attack Israel in cooperation with the Palestinian Authority

Please do .... that's just another form of national suicide.

I'll looking forward to buying oil at really cheap rates from the Israeli Empire in the future.

[colorado tanker]

An attack by Iraqi ground troops sounds nuts at first blush, but there may be some twisted logic to it. The last time Saddam was in trouble he launched Scuds at Israel to drum up sympathy from the Arab world and divert attention from his aggession against Kuwait. If Saddam wraps his arms real tight around Arafat and the Pali's he can claim the US and UK are attacking him not to take out his WMD's but to support Israel, which would make it real tough for Arab countries to support our move against Iraq. There is little risk to Iraq right now - we aren't in position to strike and the Israelis could not send an occupying force to Iraq, it would stretch them too thin. So the only downside to Saddam is sending a few thousand troops to their deaths, which is obviously no problem for him or his Arab friends. The only issue in doubt is whether Syria or Jordan would give Iraqi units passage.

I wish this didn't make sense.

[TomGuy]

The Saddam regime has called for the mobilization of 6.5 million volunteers in the war against the Jewish state

Israel may not mess around. A few nukes, and 6.5 million can become zero in short order.

[RamsNo1]

I am as disgusted with Powell meeting Arafat as you are. However, when nothing comes of this meeting then the US can say it did all it could with no results from Arafat and kiss him off!

[RightWhale]

I'll looking forward to buying oil at really cheap rates from the Israeli Empire

Kidding, right? Will they sell oil cheap because they are in business for their health? Expect to pay a fair price.

[The Vast Right Wing]

I think it would be very stupid. First, the israeli air force would destroy all of his mechanized divisions. Second, the US would be able to go through Israel and Jordan to take him out. Third, the Israeli and US forces fighting side by side (as they should be) would be effing awesome.

[sleavelessinseattle]

Okay, I'm sobering up now. I don't like the thought of US or Israeli soldiers dying. But imagine Saddam's surprise if We could trap his "invading" army between Israel and Iraq! It would make the "highway of Death" from Desert Storm look like a fender-bender!

I've met a gentleman who was an antitank specialist in the IDF who was "invited" to return to Israel from the US expressly to wipe out an Arab tank unit that got trapped in a valley on the Israeli border. His reward for service was to be the mensch who pulled the trigger on every missile...they killed every tank without a single casualty...

Now THAT's entertainment!

[sleavelessinseattle]

Vat are you Kvetching about? They can get it for you wholesale! Vat are you about 42 regular? or unleaded?

[MarkWar]

>What makes you think Colon Bowell will demand Arafat renounce terrorism? He will ask him to, and Arafat will say no.

See, now here I think you may be wrong.

I think Arafat will denounce terrorism.

I think Arafat will make a moving speech in Basque, followed by a clarification in Esperanto, and finally a long summing up in that language Alex spoke in Clockwork Orange.

By an inexplicable coincidence, the BabelfishAltaVista server will be down for the Middle East at the time...

Mark W.

[colorado tanker]

You're right, from a rational, Western point of view, it would be stupid. But from Saddam's point of view the objective would be for his troops to die for the cause of Palestinian independence, to twin Saddam with Arafat and deprive the US of any support from Europe or the Middle East for an attack on Iraq by claiming it's all a plot to support Israel against the Arab world.

[colorado tanker]

"That's entertainment." LOL! I wonder if that's the same battle I heard about where by the end the expended TOW wires were so thick you couldn't get a hand around them?