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Israel preparing for ‘large scale war’: cable
AFP
Jan 3, 2011
Israel’s army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing
for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked
US diplomatic cables showed on Sunday.
“I am preparing the Israeli army for a large scale war, since it is easier to scale
down to a smaller operation than to do the opposite,” Lieutenant
General Gabi Ashkenazi was quoted as saying in a cable from the
US embassy in Tel Aviv.
The document, dated November 15, 2009, was quoted Sunday in Norwegian
by Oslo-based daily Aftenposten, which said it had obtained WikiLeaks’
entire cache of 251,187 leaked US embassy cables.
“The rocket threat against Israel is more serious than ever.
That is why Israel is putting such emphasis on rocket defence,” Ashkenazi
told the US delegation led by Democrat Ike Skelton, the cable showed.
AFP
Jan 3, 2011
Israel’s army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing
for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked
US diplomatic cables showed on Sunday.
“I am preparing the Israeli army for a large scale war, since it is easier to scale
down to a smaller operation than to do the opposite,” Lieutenant
General Gabi Ashkenazi was quoted as saying in a cable from the
US embassy in Tel Aviv.
The document, dated November 15, 2009, was quoted Sunday in Norwegian
by Oslo-based daily Aftenposten, which said it had obtained WikiLeaks’
entire cache of 251,187 leaked US embassy cables.
“The rocket threat against Israel is more serious than ever.
That is why Israel is putting such emphasis on rocket defence,” Ashkenazi
told the US delegation led by Democrat Ike Skelton, the cable showed.
