feild training 100 hrs. greg ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Mid-East war
> > > > > > > > > >that was no war, that was an "exercise" ;-) > > > > > <snip> > > Petroleum may be pure unobtanium if there is a war in middle East. > > > > > > What do you mean IF? :-< > > > > Joe > > > > > > Steve, I was not refering to the past (desert storm) I meant impending war. Re: > > THURSDAY > JULY 26 > 2001 > > > > > FROM DEBKA INTELLIGENCE FILES > Iraq's war move in Jordan > Troops secretly infiltrate in preparation for attack on Israel > > Editor's note: DEBKAfile's electronic news publication is a news-cum- > analysis live wire, online round the clock seven days a week. A > weekly edition, DEBKA-Net-Weekly, is now available through > WorldNetDaily.com. Drawing on DEBKAfile's unique sources, analytical > talents and forward-looking insights, it is presented as a compact, > intelligence-angled weekly package. It is available as a direct e- > mail feed or via the Internet. > > © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com > > Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has secretly dispatched troops across > the frontier in Jordan in preparation for an attack on Israel, > according to the intelligence sources of DEBKA-Net-Weekly. > > Iraq military units have been infiltrating neighboring Jordan for the > past 10 days, according to the report. Their mission, say DEBKA > sources, is to reach the Israeli border, cross the Jordan River and > move into the main Palestinian cities of the West Bank > ---------- > > > ---------- > > > ž Ramallah, > Jenin, Nablus and Bethlehem > ---------- > > > ---------- > > > ž and fight alongside the Palestinians. > > 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, the report says. > They are still reportedly in the Jordanian desert. > > The incursion was detected by Israeli reconnaissance planes and the > Ofek 3 and 5 spy satellites. > > Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon immediately dispatched high- > ranking Israeli army intelligence officers to Amman to show King > Abdullah of Jordan the evidence of the Iraqi penetration to his > kingdom. > > The king at once proclaimed a supreme state of alert in all Jordanian > army units. Israel poured troops into the Jordan Valley region, > deploying them along the Jordan River and Jordanian frontier to block > off the West Bank to Iraqi penetration. > > According to DEBKA-Net-Weekly's military sources, the Iraqi forces' > first entry point in Jordan was Wadi El Murbah in the central zone of > its eastern border with Iraq. From there, they moved to Wadi Athner. > A second penetration area was Wadi Hawran in southwest Iraq, not far > from the points where the Iraqi, Saudi and Jordanian frontiers meet. > The Iraqi forces advanced through the wadi, bypassing Jabal Unayzah > in Iraq and coming out inside Jordanian territory near the town of > Ruwayshid. > > DEBKA's 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. > > Jordan did attempt in the first days of the incursion to encircle the > Iraqi intruders and capture them. But some days of intensive effort > with airborne support showed the Jordanian Special Forces that they > are no match for 1,000 to 1,500 crack Iraqi commandos. Jordanian > fighter planes sent into action were met by dozens of Iraqi fighters, > put up over the penetration regions, from Al-Baghdadi, the main Iraqi > air base in the central region, south of the town of Arrutba. When SA- > 6 surface-to-air missile batteries at two recently reopened Iraqi air > bases, H3 in the northwest and H3 in the northeast, lit up their > radar and locked on to the elderly Jordanian aircraft, lacking > electronic counter-measures, they turned tail without snapping a > single reconnaissance photo. > > The Jordanian monarch then reportedly made his first approach to the > U.S. and Israel for help. Israeli reconnaissance aircraft, under the > umbrella of Israeli fighter planes, flew into Jordanian airspace. > Whenever they appeared, Iraqi planes bugged out and Iraqi missile > battery operators turned off their radar. Jordan also sent desert > reconnaissance patrols and intelligence units into Iraq to bring back > information on supply lines and reinforcements. > > What they found sounded even louder alarm bells in Amman: The elite > Hummarabi division of the Republican Guard, equipped with T-72 tanks, > was now in position between the Jordanian border and the two H bases. > They also learned that the Iraqi army had sent at least four armored > infantry brigades into the area. > > Equally troubling, at the beginning of the week, the Iraqi force > already in Jordan was sighted moving west, several groups having > reached the sand dunes and wadis known as Abu Haffrah, about 80 > kilometers (50 miles) inside Jordanian territory. > > King Abdullah decided to take command of the Jordanian forces still > chasing the Iraqis intruders. > > DEBKA-Net-Weekly's military sources report that the longer the king, > a career officer before he ascended the throne, spent out in the > field in eastern Jordan, the more anxious he became. He realized that > overcoming the Iraqi force already inside the kingdom would not end > his worries. There was still the next stage of Saddam's plan to face > up to, as indicated in the latest intelligence reports on his desk. > Iraq had a second wave of troops poised ready to cross into Jordan. > Furthermore, Saddam Hussein had secretly appointed his eldest son, > Qusay, supreme commander of what the Iraqi president was now > describing as "the Iraqi-Jordanian-Israeli front". > > At a military ceremony attended by top Iraqi generals, Saddam, the > reports said, had sworn to spare neither effort nor money to provide > Qusay with any reinforcements he might request. > > Qusay is said to have set up his headquarters at al-Bagdad air force > base, to the rear of the Iraqi forces deployed between the H bases > and the Jordanian border. > > 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. > > The Jordanian king was forced to realize that he was not dealing > merely with a small-scale invasion of mobile Iraqi forces, but with > preparations by his eastern neighbor for war on a regional scale, far > beyond the scope of the Jordanian army on its own. > > What the intelligence reports omitted to mention was whether Saddam > Hussein's move had been coordinated with either > ---------- > > > ---------- > > > ž or both > ---------- > > > ---------- > > > ž > Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and Syrian President > Bashar Assad. > > DEBKA-Weekly-Net sources in Jerusalem and Washington report that at > the beginning of the week, King Abdullah put his overseas connections > to the test. He asked President Bush for American intervention > against the Iraqi threat. He also turned to Israeli prime minister > Ariel Sharon to invoke the secret Israeli-Jordanian defense pact > signed by the late King Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin that obliges Israel > to act against military or terrorist elements endangering the > existence of the Kingdom of Jordan or the Hashemite throne. > > Several of DEBKA-Net-Weekly's sources report that Israel has taken > initial steps in fulfillment of its pact with Jordan. Those steps > have reportedly met with some resistance in Washington. When > consulted, the Bush administration indicated that however small, > Israel's moves must be kept utterly secret so as not to upset U.S. > plans for Iraq. > > 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 > ---------- > > > ---------- > > > ž without the > world even noticing. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. 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