Oct. 19, 2002 US considers Israeli proposal to disarm Iraqi missiles By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is weighing an Israeli proposal for a joint operation in Iraq's western desert to disarm Iraqi missiles before they could be launched against Israel. If successful, the operation might not only protect Israeli civilians from an Iraqi attack like the one they weathered in the 1991 Persian Gulf War but eliminate the troublesome prospect of an Israeli retaliatory attack on Iraq. Under the proposal, which would involve American special forces troops, Israel would furnish the United States with intelligence...