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Israeli monitor intercepts order: War starting on March 18
World Tribune.com ^
Posted on 03/11/2003 2:41:28 PM PST by medscribe
Israeli monitor intercepts order: War starting on March 18
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Tuesday, March 11, 2003 TEL AVIV The U.S. military has been ordered to launch a war against Iraq on March 18, an Israeli official said in a televised report.
Israeli government monitor, Michael Gurdus, reported on late Tuesday that the order was relayed by U.S. Central Command to all American forces in the Persian Gulf. Gurdus told Israel's Channel 2 television that he heard the order being relayed to U.S. fighter-jet pilots and others over U.S. military radio communications he intercepted.
Gurdus is regarded as the leading communications monitor in the Middle East and works for Israel radio and television. He has broken numerous stories because of his ability to intercept and understand foreign-language civilian and radio broadcasts and communications. He said the U.S. military, in its radio communications, refers to Iraq as "bad cows" and "kabab", Middle East Newsline reported.
On Monday, Israel's media reported that the United States had demanded that senior Israeli officials stop issuing predictions of when the war would erupt. Israeli defense officials have concluded that the United States plans to strike Iraq after March 17, the deadline set for Iraq to answer questions regarding its missile and weapons of mass destruction programs.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: britain; iraq; iraqtimetable; israel; startdate; us; war
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Sounds about right. March 17 IS the deadline.
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:41:28 PM PST
by
medscribe
To: medscribe
But they didn't include the secret Kofi Annan approval code...
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:42:22 PM PST
by
Jim Noble
To: medscribe
This would not be leaking if we didn't want it to leak.
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:42:59 PM PST
by
js1138
To: medscribe
Good I'll program my VCR.
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:43:17 PM PST
by
rhombus
To: medscribe
These people need to keep their mouths shut!!
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:43:21 PM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
("When do I get to lift my leg on the liberal?")
To: medscribe
More psyc-ops?
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:43:25 PM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(A penny saved is a governmental oversite!!!)
To: medscribe
Bovine feces. Strategic war plans are not broadcast to pilots, especially not in the clear.
To: medscribe
that he heard the order being relayed to U.S. fighter-jet pilots and others over U.S. military radio communications he intercepted.
Hey Saddam, did you get that too?
Bwahahahahaha!
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:43:51 PM PST
by
tet68
(Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: medscribe
Hey, the US DID say we would extend the deadline. We just didn't say how long. Time to Go!
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:44:11 PM PST
by
way-right-of-center
(I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.-- Will Rogers)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: Jim Noble
Well, if they announced it for the 18th, my vote is to go in on the 16th WHILE THEY ARE PREPARING THEIR DEFENSE!!!
To: Jim Noble
So what kind of track record does World Tribune have?
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:45:37 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: js1138
This would not be leaking if we didn't want it to leak. Vanity, stupidity, egoism, being the first - all encouraged by the international television media. Everybody's got the right to blab! My favorite: those idiot geologists who analyzed the rocks behind Osama in his first video. They placed him almost exactly. Then they go on TV to blab how smart they were etc. etc. Guess what? Next video had a sheet backdrop.
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:46:28 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: medscribe
Gurdus told Israel's Channel 2 television that he heard the order being relayed to U.S. fighter-jet pilots and others over U.S. military radio communications he intercepted. Yeah, right.
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:47:50 PM PST
by
Tallguy
To: Grampa Dave
"Bad cows" become "kabab"???
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:47:50 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: medscribe
The bad cows are about to be turned into kebabs?
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:48:02 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: medscribe
Would we really allow info. like this, if true, to be intercepted ? Could this be a ploy (1. to confuse Saddam, 2.to give other countries the impression that it is a done deal and they need to decide whether or not to get onboard-sooner rather than later.)
To: Billthedrill
Strategic war plans are not broadcast to pilots, especially not in the clear. This sounds like something intended for U.N. ears, but you never can tell...
To: medscribe
The US broadcast attack orders over the radio anyone could intercept....
rrrrrriiigggghhtttt
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posted on
03/11/2003 2:49:32 PM PST
by
finnman69
(!)
To: Tallguy
The rest of the coded message read:
"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine".
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