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| Egypt Preparing For War With Israel? |
| 2005-02-01 |
| EFL In spite of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, Egypt is still preparing for a possible military confrontation with Israel. "Despite the temporary improvement in the geo-political conditions in our region, there are certain processes working against us and therefore I am not optimistic," Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) said at a committee meeting Monday. "Egypt is the only country in the region that is preparing for the possibility of a military confrontation with Israel," he added later. Steinitz cited the ability of countries like Syria and Egypt to deploy long-range missiles that could reach any point in Israel, and said he believed the ability of those countries to strike at the heart of the country could complicate the call-up of Israel Defense Forces reservists. "Their ability to strike at air bases at the start of a confrontation concerns me, and therefore we must develop tactical missiles," he said. "It is a cardinal mistake not to have done so earlier." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Frank's right. If Aswan goes all of Egypt disappears in a deluge that makes the tsunami look like a warmup. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-02-01 11:17:16 PM |
| #6 A mushroom cloud over Cairo will make the biblical plagues on Egypt seem lenient. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-02-01 7:25:22 PM |
| #5 at least Taiwan will get a chance to see how big dams hold up to big blasts |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-01 7:21:29 PM |
| #4 "Egypt Preparing For War With Israel?" What? Are they kissing their asses goodbye already? I thought they had tried this before. It didn't go so well. |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2005-02-01 7:15:56 PM |
| #3 ...but I repeat myself. Sorry. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-02-01 4:12:45 PM |
| #2 Egypt may have long-range missiles, but what do they do when they get to their destination? I'll bet they don't erase entire cities. Think about it, Egypt. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-02-01 4:11:38 PM |
| #1 Egypt may have long-range missiles, but what do they do when they get to their destination? I'll bet they don't erase entire cities. Think about it, Egypt. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-02-01 4:10:57 PM |