-Caveat Lector- Report: Iraqi Commandos Move Into Jordan 7:43 am PST, 27 July 2001 About 1,000-1,500 highly trained Iraqi army commandos have crossed the Iraqi-Jordanian border, infiltrating the kingdom enroute to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to help bolster Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's intifada against Israel, according to a Middle East intelligence news service. The Debka-Net-Weekly intelligence brief [www.debka.com] said its sources reported that Israel detected the incursion of Iraqi commandos using spy satellites and reconnaissance aircraft. Once Israeli intelligence officials had evidence of the incursion in hand, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dispatched a special military envoy to Amman to show it to King Abdullah, the report said. "The invading units are highly trained and well-equipped commandos able to operate and survive in the field for long periods when cut off from their headquarters and sources of supply … They are still reportedly in the Jordanian desert," said the report, published Friday by Internet newspaper WorldNetDaily.com. The Jordanian monarch had dispatched army special forces units to track down the Iraqi infiltrators, but so far, the report says, the Jordanian units "have been no match" for the Iraqi commandos. The intelligence news service said sources in Amman and Jerusalem report that both Israel and Jordan view the Iraqi military operation as an act of war against them. While maintaining official silence, certainly on the Iraqi invasion of Jordan, both countries consider themselves in a state of war with Iraq. Besides seeking help from Israel, under the terms of a secret defense pact signed by the late King Hussein and former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin, Jordan has also sought assistance from the United States. The report also said that other regular Iraqi military units – commanded by President Saddam Hussein's son, Qusay – have taken up positions near the Iraq-Saudi Arabia-Jordan borders. Those units are mostly armored brigades armed with T-72 tanks, the report said. Jordanian intelligence also reported a large concentration of Iraqi forces on the main roads leading from Iraq to Damascus and from Iraq to the Golan Heights, said the report. "The coming weekend will be crucial in this regard, according to the report. The Jordanian-Iraqi clashes, if they continue, could be the first military step on the road to a Middle East war – without the world even noticing," said WorldNetDaily, quoting the Debka-Net report. Edward ><+> "The desire to rule is the mother of heresies." ~ St. John Chrysostom http://www.global-connector.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
