Posted on 08/13/2002 8:05:30 AM PDT by 1bigdictator
'Saddam Willing To Fight America To the Last Palestinian' By Julie Stahl CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief August 13, 2002
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is trying to stir up the Palestinians to perpetrate 'mega-attacks' against Israel so that an Israeli retaliation will be so strong that it will upset the entire region and prevent America from attacking Iraq, an Israeli analyst said on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, Israel is preparing itself for the possibility that the U.S. will attack Iraq and Iraq will bombard Israel with missiles in return.
The war of words between Iraq and the U.S. was heating up last week, with the Iraqi leader warning that anyone who attacked his country would "die in disgraceful failure."
The U.S. has warned that Iraq will face consequences if it does not readmit U.N. weapons inspectors to search for weapons of mass destruction unconditionally. But Washington has had trouble gaining backing in the international community for an attack on Iraq.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministry on Monday that Israel would not oppose an American strike against Iraq and said that coordination between the U.S. and Israel is at an unprecedented high.
Although, Iraq is the biggest threat to Israel at this time, Sharon said Israel is not trying to persuade the U.S. to launch an attack against Iraq.
Sharon advisor Dr. Ra'anan Gissin said that Israel is supporting the overall policy of the Bush administration in its worldwide campaign against terrorism.
"We're not in a position to give advice, [but] to lend support," Gissin said.
According to Gissin, Iraq is not only a threat to Israel but to the entire region because of Saddam's involvement in terrorism and his development of weapons of mass destruction.
"Iraq has always been a major destabilizing force in the region," Gissin said. "The tentacles of Iraq are spread throughout the Middle East."
In contrast to Israel's passive stance during the 1991 Gulf War, Israel would definitely respond if it were hit with Iraqi missiles as a result of an American offensive, Gissin said.
In 1991, at least 39 Iraqi Scud missiles rained down on the Jewish state but Israel did not retaliate. The U.S. had asked Israel not to become involved because Washington was concerned that any Israeli response would threaten its anti-Saddam coalition, which included Arab nations.
"It's a different situation altogether," said Gissin. "We are ready for that. We've learned the lessons of the last attack against Israel."
Gissin would not confirm earlier media reports, which had said that the U.S. agreed to give Israel advance warning of an impending attack on Iraq. Nor would he say what kind of retaliation Iraq could expect. That would depend on the "nature of the opening scenario," he said.
"With regard to strategic coordination...we have all the necessary coordination and preparation to be prepared to meet such an attack," he said.
Iraq Wants To Avoid American Attack
Iraq will do everything it can to avoid an American attack, said Professor Amatzia Baram, director of the Middle East Institute at the University of Haifa.
He might even agree to allow weapons' inspectors to return to the country if he believes an attack is imminent, in the hopes of averting trouble, but at that point, Baram said, he doesn't believe it will help.
"America will go to war even if it's unilateral," Baram said. "[And] Israel will certainly be the target of Iraqi missiles."
According to Baram, the Iraqi leader has only about 20 missiles, half equipped with biological warheads and half equipped with chemical ones.
While launching them from the ground could prove to be not very successful in hitting the target, Saddam could load the missiles on planes sent on one-way missions, Baram said.
Even if one or two planes managed to get through Israel's defenses and crash on Tel Aviv, for instance, that would be "good enough" for Saddam, he added.
"If any missile is launched toward Israel, Israel will retaliate commensurate with the damage," he said. Israel would respond by hitting targets most cherished by the regime, such as the security system, he said, declining to offer specific suggestions as to what those targets might be.
In the meantime, Saddam is trying to prevent an American attack by urging the Palestinians to carry out a "mega-attack" in which Israel would lose a few thousand people, provoking a massive Israeli response, he said.
Saddam has been quite generous in his financial support of families of Palestinians who have been killed or wounded in fighting with Israel and he has a lot of popularity in the Palestinian street.
Israeli officials have been warning that Palestinian groups want to carry out mega-attacks. Several have already been planned or attempted but were foiled.
Until now, Baram said, Israel has refrained from using all of its military might but if it lost thousands of citizens in one day, its internal inhibitions against a massive retaliation would be "annulled."
"This is precisely what Saddam Hussein wants," he said. "The most effective way is to press the Palestinians to do mega-attacks. Israel's inhibitions will be switched off. He is hopeful that Israel will kill many thousands [of Palestinians in retaliation]. "
If such a scenario developed, Baram said, the Arab countries would go "berserk," the moderate Arab regimes of Jordan and Egypt would be in major trouble from uprisings against Israel in the streets, Europe would become "Hitler-style" in its condemnation and America would be very critical.
"In an atmosphere like this America cannot attack Iraq," he said. "Saddam Hussein is willing to fight America until the last Palestinian."
Bwahahahah! Thank you Saddam.
The last "palestinian"?? When? Where? Can we be guaranteed they're all gone? Can we break out the champagne??
Oh heck. False advertizing again....
Or Bill Clinton paying his legal fees with 'every (taxpayer) dollar at my disposal'.
That's the first good idea outta Saddam in more than a decade. The last that I recall was to sound the "full retreat" bugle call in 91.
Steady on Old Boy...we'll be there soon enough.
If such a scenario developed, Baram said, the Arab countries would go "berserk,"
I think this is a misreading of an Israeli reponse to such an event.
This scenario is what they hoped would ensue when they attacked the WTC and Pentagon. We did not fly into a blind rage and nuke everything in sight, nor would Israel.
Israel would act to contain the Palestinian population, and proceed to go after the most likely individual culprits in a businesslike fashion, starting with Saddam.
Unlike the Islamic tyrants and their followers, our warfare is not designed for emotional gratification and wanton destruction, but rather for the efficient attainment of specific strategic goals. If Israel was of the mind to take out its emotions on the Palestinians, there would not be one left standing.
Looney Tune Mass Murderer Saddam had better realize that 2002 isn't the same as Desert Storm.
We have no boiler plated alliance now. Israel is one of our best allies. If Israel responds to an attack by the most insane of all insane Islamazkazis, so be it.
If Saddam attacks Israel, Israel is justified in destroying the Looney Tune Mass Murderer Saddam and his Islamakazi Despots with whatever response they choose to use. The other Islamakazi despots in Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia will just defecate and urinate in their robes as they are powerless to do anything but buy more suicide bombers.
If any missile is launched toward Israel, Israel will retaliate commensurate with the damage," he said. Israel would respond by hitting targets most cherished by the regime, such as the security system, he said, declining to offer specific suggestions as to what those targets might be. In the meantime, Saddam is trying to prevent an American attack by urging the Palestinians to carry out a "mega-attack" in which Israel would lose a few thousand people, provoking a massive Israeli response, he said. Saddam has been quite generous in his financial support of families of Palestinians who have been killed or wounded in fighting with Israel and he has a lot of popularity in the Palestinian street. ===========================================================
We are twenty years late in killing all the Islamakazis that want to destroy us and Israel. Let Israel kill all that is a proper response if attacked,
"It's a different situation altogether," said Gissin. "We are ready for that. We've learned the lessons of the last attack against Israel."
Translation: "We aren't kissing any Arab ass this time. We're gonna flatten Iraq. Oh, and by the way, if anybody wants to screw with Israel, we aren't gonna hold them back either." Gonna be a nice housecleaning over there.
They've been berzerk since 1948. Arab people respond to strength, many have no honor. If they see Israel get tough with the Palis, they'll know not to try anything because they know they'll be next. These nations are nations of pedophiles, ripoff artists, women repressors, hit and run types. They're not the type to make courageous stands for another people that they look down on. Most Arabs look down on the Palis.
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