🚀 go-pugleaf

And you wonder why the rest of the world thinks that the US is a far greater
threat to world peace than Iraq, or any other tin-pot country for that
matter!!!
"Buck Turgidson" <Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header> wrote in message
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has given a stark warning to
Washington: If Iraq attacks Israel, the Jewish state will respond in a
devastating manner.

NewsMax has also learned from Washington sources that Israel has candidly
told the Bush administration, and through back channels the Iraqis, that if
mass destruction weapons are used against Israel, Iraq can expect a
devastating nuclear response.

The Israeli position has Washington on edge. Earlier this week, Secretary
Rumsfeld made a public plea for the Israelis not to retaliate if attacked.
But the Israelis find non-response unacceptable.

An Israeli strike on Iraq could widen the expected war between the U.S. and
Iraq. According to a report in the New York Times on Sunday, Sharon
believes that Israel's decision not to strike back at Iraq in 1991 was
perceived as weakness and undermined Israel's ability to deter an enemy
strike. The Israeli leader also indicated that in event of an attack, the
Israeli people will demand retaliation.

During the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam's mobile Scud missile launchers proved
remarkably elusive and survivable, with Iraq's average launch rate of
modified Scuds during the Desert Storm operation reaching about 15 launches
per week.

Thirty-nine of the dictator's missiles sailed toward Israeli cities - but
the beleaguered democracy never retaliated. Not so this time, Sharon tells
the Bush administration.