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Debka is in an apocalyptic mood today!
Severely EFL4. The United States and Islamic fundamentalist terrorist forces are both bracing for a decisive showdown in Iraq estimated to erupt in March-April 2004. Al Qaeda and the Iranian-backed Hizballah have secretly put their ace operative, Imad Mughniyeh, in place in Iraq to lead the Islamic side into battle as its chief of staff. Israel will not be left on the sidelines of this confrontation which could well peak in May or even June, six months hence. 5. As this showdown approaches, Washington is unlikely to let Syria continue to get away with furnishing its enemies in Iraq with arms and funds or shielding the Hizballah terrorists. The coming months are therefore expected to bring the Bush administration to its moment of truth with the Assad regime. 6. Within six months, Iran may have built itself a nuclear bomb â the most dangerous challenge of all to both America and Israel. All six processes are due to come to a head in roughly six months. This is the dynamic at the back of Sharonâs mind. When that happens, he expects the controversial terms âunilateral,â âdisengagement,â âseparation,â âredeployment of settlementsâ and even possibly âroad mapâ â in a word, his own bombastic Separation Plan - to fade into irrelevance. With Debka, I can never figure out if they are a couple of guys sitting around in their basement making stuff up or do have access to sources. I incline towards the former, but tend to agree with their analysis in this case. I think the Middle East is heading towards a crisis and either Syria or Iran will mis-calculate. The USA has gone past the point of no return in the region and I donât see how it can end before both the Syrian and Iranian regimes are gone. Posted by: phil_b 2003-12-19 |
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