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08-22-2012, 02:12 PM
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When Israel launches her pre-emptive strike against Iran, things may change a bit.
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08-22-2012, 04:53 PM
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There is alot of talk that the Egyptians are moving armor, artillery and air defense units into the Siani and the Israelis are reported as having sent a formal note asking the Egyptain government to order the withdraw of these units.
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08-22-2012, 05:37 PM
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Officially: The Egyptians asked permission to move 3500 men into the region to crack down on the nut jobs. Israel signed off on this.
Problem is that the nature of the troops being sent isn't what Israel was expecting. Thats the issue. Of course, they sent in at last count just over 4k, but the number doesn't mean much if they was just leg infantry. Egypt has done that before and no one batted an eye because it was a small percentage increase, and they was pulled back once they was done doing what they was doing (Cracking Nut Job's Heads).
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08-23-2012, 06:09 AM
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with all the recent talk about Iran and Israel, I've been crusing some of the various Israeli news websites (at least the English-language ones!) and I keep coming across small articles concerning the Egyptian forces in the Sinai, from what I've been able to glean so far, it appears that a mechanized infantry brigade has been moved north of the passes along with air defense units, here the sources claim either several batteries, this is what seems to have the Israelis in such an uproar, after all, what use are SAMs in controlling the border?
the general tone is one of guarded concern, as long as the brigade is deployed for a short period, then the Israelis may not react, its the movement of the ADA forward that they are protesting.
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08-23-2012, 05:06 PM
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With their shared history (the '67 & '73 wars, especially), both sides could be forgiven for being suspicious.
I doubt it, but perhaps the Egyptian goverment (from most accounts, serving at the military's pleasure) is trying to quell domestic unrest by attacking the almost universally (in the Arab world, that is) despised Israel. Hey, the same ploy worked great for the Argentinian Junta in '82. 
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#6
08-23-2012, 08:36 PM
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I can't see what Egypt has to gain by only attacking in Brigade strength. I think they learned their lesson..
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08-23-2012, 09:49 PM
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Maybe the air defense units are just because they want to use ZSU-23-4s for Middle East-style crowd control . . .
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