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NewsMine war-on-terror iraq pre-invasion warplan Viewing Item | Israel intercepts march 18 war start { March 11 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active) http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_9.htmlhttp://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_9.html http://216.26.163.62/2003/ss_military_03_11.html
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.
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