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| IDF to establish Hizbullah enemy training unit |
| 2006-11-29 |
| Syrian Special Forces and Hizbullah guerrilla cells will begin playing a prominent role in IDF training sessions for its infantry units in the near future. According to a plan developed by Brig.-Gen. Uzi Moskowitz, commander of the Ze'elim Training Base in southern Israel, the IDF will establish a "Red Unit" which will study enemy tactics and impersonate Hizbullah guerrillas, Hamas fighters or Syrian ground troops during exercises. Until now, every battalion that arrived at Ze'elim for training would set aside a company assigned the enemy role for the duration of the exercise. The company however was not trained in enemy tactics and as a result the soldiers they fought against did not experience the real enemy. In addition, the company impersonating the enemy missed out on essential parts of the exercise. Hey TW, told you the matter is being attended. |
| Posted by:gromgoru |
| #8 Defeat does tend to bring about a certain... introspection. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-11-29 22:47 |
| #7 What tu3031 said... Israel is JUST NOW forming an OPFOR? Fricking amateurs, if you asked me. Their intel units have MORE than enough info and turncoats to establish a training manual. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2006-11-29 18:06 |
| #6 understand TW, but the mere act of the launch would be ( in the Paleos half dead mind) enough to flush out any double agents. It is entirely possible that the rockets that don't make it are or have been 'fixed' by the doule agents themselves (part of the GAZA OJT syllabus, build yer own) |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2006-11-29 16:39 |
| #5 Like OPFOR down at Ft. Irwin. I'm really surprised they didn't do this a long time ago. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-11-29 15:14 |
| #4 Not so much of an issue there, USN, ret. After all, even the Palestinian experts mostly land their rockets within the borders of the Gaza Strip, or in the Sinai desert -- according to figures given in another thread today, only about a third actually make it into Israel. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-29 14:39 |
| #3 You wellcome. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-11-29 14:34 |
| #2 So expect 'newbies' to be initiated by being ordered to fire rockets into Israel, in order to prove their loyalites. |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2006-11-29 14:32 |
| #1 Todah rabah, gromgoru. You are a dear for remembering. :-) And now Hizb'allah, Hamas and Syria will have to worry that the newbie just assigned to their unit is actually an undercover IDF soldier putting polish on his training. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-29 14:19 |