Israeli monitor intercepts order: War starting on March 18

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Israeli monitor intercepts order: War starting on March 18

SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

TEL AVIV — The U.S. military has been ordered to launch a war against Iraq on March 18, an Israeli official said in a televised report.

Israeli government monitor, Michael Gurdus, reported on late Tuesday that the order was relayed by U.S. Central Command to all American forces in the Persian Gulf. Gurdus told Israel's Channel 2 television that he heard the order being relayed to U.S. fighter-jet pilots and others over U.S. military radio communications he intercepted.

Gurdus is regarded as the leading communications monitor in the Middle East and works for Israel radio and television. He has broken numerous stories because of his ability to intercept and understand foreign-language civilian and radio broadcasts and communications. He said the U.S. military, in its radio communications, refers to Iraq as "bad cows" and "kabab", Middle East Newsline reported.

On Monday, Israel's media reported that the United States had demanded that senior Israeli officials stop issuing predictions of when the war would erupt. Israeli defense officials have concluded that the United States plans to strike Iraq after March 17, the deadline set for Iraq to answer questions regarding its missile and weapons of mass destruction programs.

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[anotherview]

Duplicate post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/862398/posts

[riri]

Being ?in the know? is extremely important because everyone has an opinion to express, and everyone strives to support opinions with the freshest facts from a favorite media source and journalist

So what's wrong with that? Beats the hell outta being surrounded by the brain dead, Oprah following morons that make up the bulk of this country these days...

[EternalHope]

Anyone who has ever been in the military knows such an order would absolutely never be relayed over the radio.

This report is rubbish. The reporter who made it up obviously knows nothing whatsoever about the military.

BTW: Drudge linked to this story as well. He should pull it ASAP, just to protect his own credibility.

[Izzy Dunne]

he heard the order being relayed to U.S. fighter-jet pilots

Why would this order be given to pilots?
Commanders, maybe.
But I would think pilots would be given the GO at the last minute.
The need-to-know is low, I think.

[anotherview]

Actually, ancient Persia is modern Iraq and Iran put together. Baghdad was the capital of Persia at one point.

Happy Purim! My coworkers don't know it yet, but I'm making Hamentashen for them. :)

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[NEWwoman]

Persia is modern IRAN.

OK. But at the time of Esther, Persia was a great empire. So, I reckon part of the empire slopped over into Iraq? Just asking.

[Rain-maker]

 UN is Irelevant bump

[vbmoneyspender]

To quote Jimmy Malone from the Untouchables - Hussein "is going to hang higher than Haman."

[NEWwoman]

Great quote!

[Mark Felton]

LOL! Propaganda Alert! It may be correct but if it is it is because the US WANTED this information to come out.

[NEWwoman]

Thanks!

[Mark17]

Agreed. Pure BS. There would be NO reason to relay this fact to aircraft in flight. All other communications would be secure voice or message traffic.

Yes, I hardly think battle plans would be transmitted in the blind, where anybody with a radio receiver can intercept it. They will use really secure communications to do it.