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Dick Cheney |
" Israel, I think, from a military standpoint
is more secure today than she's been at any time in the recent
past because of the elimination of Iraq's offensive military
threat. A very significant development." Dick
Cheney, April 29, 1991 |
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Richard Perle |
"In 1996, working with another protégé,
Douglas Feith, now Donald Rumsfeld's
third in command, Perle co-wrote a study
for then-Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu terming Saddam
Hussein's removal "an important Israeli strategic
objective in its own right."" ^ |
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Paul Wolfowitz |
"Sharon meanwhile said he was unconcerned at comments
made by the US deputy secretary of defense, Paul
Wolfowitz, who said that following an attack on Iraq, Washington
will focus on resolving the conflict, most notably the illegal
Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory..
Wolfowitz's remarks are clearly substantial given the
fact that he is one of the leading Jewish members of the Bush
administration and a firm supporter of the Jewish state."
Arabia.com
January 20, 2003 |
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Iraqi Oil |
" Plans to build a pipeline to siphon oil from newly
conquered Iraq to Israel are being discussed between Washington,
Tel Aviv and potential future government figures in Baghdad...The
plan envisages the reconstruction of an old pipeline, inactive
since the end of the British mandate in Palestine in 1948, when
the flow from Iraq's northern oilfields to Palestine was re-directed
to Syria...Now, its resurrection would transform economic power
in the region, bringing revenue to the new US-dominated Iraq,
cutting out Syria and solving Israel's energy crisis at a stroke."
Guardian,
April 20, 2003 |
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weapons of mass destruction |
Link to MSNBC graphic: "Secret arsenal of the Jewish
State." This interactive locates 7 strategic weapons plants
and 3 missile facilities. MSNBC
[found via altercation] |
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US defence
policy board |
"Never mind that Wolfowitz,
Feith, and Perle, all of them unelected
officials who work for unelected Donald
Rumsfeld at the Pentagon, have for some time openly advocated
Israeli annexation of the West Bank and Gaza and the cessation
of the Oslo process, have called for war against Iraq (and later
Iran), and the building of more illegal Israeli settlements
in their capacity (during Netanyahu's successful campaign for
prime minister in 1996) as private consultants to him, and that
that has become US policy now." Edward
Said March 8, 2003 |
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Jordan |
At Washington's request, Abdullah agreed to permit U.S. forces
to station Patriot air-defense missiles in Jordan -- ostensibly
to protect this country, but in reality to protect Israel,
from any Iraqi missile attack. James
Rupert, Newsday March 26, 2003 |
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Palestine |
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US funding |
" The U.S. is rightly seen by Arabs as the principal
guarantor of Israel's military might, which Americans
have underwritten with billions of tax dollars for which there
are pressing domestic needs." Camille
Paglia, Salon, October 2000 |
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US funding |
" While we deal with Saddam Hussein, we must not forget
the burdens that the conflict with Iraq has placed on our Israeli
friends. I am very pleased that President Bush has included
in his supplemental budget request that just went to Congress
$1b in foreign military financing funds to help Israel strengthen
its military and civil defenses... And that's just for starters.
The president is also asking for $9bn in loan guarantees. These
loan guarantees will help Israel deal with the economic costs
arising from the conflict, and will help Israel to implement
the critical economic and budgetary reforms it needs to get
its economy back on track." Colin
Powell speaking to the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee,
March 31, 2003 |
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israeli
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