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Last update - 14:21 20/09/2009
Report: IDF, U.S. military to simulate Iran missile strike on Israel
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Iran, Gaza, Israel News, IDF

The Israel Defense Forces and the U.S. military will soon hold a training exercise in which they will simulate missile attacks on Israel from Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported Sunday.

The exercise will be carried out as part of the ongoing maneuvers between Israel and the United States, the London-based paper said, which will reportedly be the broadest-ever this year.

According to the paper, the drill is also part of U.S. President Barack Obama's new missile defense plan, under which the Pentagon will initially deploy ships with missile interceptors instead of stationing missile defense systems in Eastern Europe.
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The objective of the missile plan is to counter the threat of missile attack from Iran, not Russia.

The report came shortly before Defense Minister Ehud Barak was to leave for the United States, where he was to meet with his counterpart, Robert Gates.

Only last month, the IDF held a joint naval exercise with the U.S. and Turkish militaries in the international waters off Israel's coast, according to Army Radio. Six missile boats, three helicopters and two jets participated in the drill, which simulated search and rescue operations, Army Radio reported.

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      1.   Great American President 14:03  |  drdanielito 20/09/09
      2.   Better an unsimulated US missile attack on Iran`s nuke facilities 14:27  |  Mark Leaman 20/09/09
      3.   Obama stabbed Poland and the Czech Republic in the back, 15:06  |  martin knopfman 20/09/09
      4.   ## 1 Mark Leaman or an attack on their oil refinery. 15:19  |  Petra 20/09/09
      5.   Mark Leamann: blockade of Iran 16:05  |  natterer 20/09/09
      6.   ISrael will go it alone 16:15  |  Alice 20/09/09
      7.   To #1 -- I can`t believe you`re a blogger for Ha`aretz 16:18  |  Josh 20/09/09
      8.   U.S. and Israel simulations on iran 16:25  |  interested observer 20/09/09
      9.   #4 natterer the patterer 16:57  |  Yonatan 20/09/09
      10.   A waste of time and money 17:47  |  Chris Linthwaite 20/09/09
      11.   @Natterer #5 17:57  |  jw 20/09/09
      12.   natterer - difference between war and battle 18:25  |  David Israel 20/09/09
      13.   #10 jw in Haifa 18:38  |  Lou Medel 20/09/09
      14.   # 10 jw, who again started that war...??? 18:42  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/09/09
      15.   jw in haifa 19:06  |  Persian Kitty 20/09/09
      16.   Yonatan 19:28  |  Persian Kitty 20/09/09
      17.   #2, Israel really playing stupidly here 21:17  |  Gary 20/09/09
      18.   Persian Kitty re: # 16 21:17  |  Murray of Montreal 20/09/09
      19.   natterer 21:59  |  dave 20/09/09
      20.   Self-Offense - Persian Kitty 22:08  |  Mark Lincoln 20/09/09
      21.   Attacking Iran - Yonatan 22:14  |  Mark Lincoln 20/09/09
      22.   A curious parallel 22:17  |  Mark Lincoln 20/09/09
      23.   swiss dino 22:18  |  Dave 20/09/09
      24.   the US better do this to show resolvemObama is making the 22:31  |  ks 20/09/09
      25.   Chris Linthwaite (#10) Yes, those 3 Billion $ 22:54  |  Gil 20/09/09
      26.   Chris Linthwaite (#10) Yes, those 3 Billion $ 22:54  |  Gil 20/09/09
      27.   mark leamann 00:59  |  captain grumpy 21/09/09
      28.   Murray of Montreal - Part II 03:21  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/09
      29.   #25/26 Gil 03:48  |  Chris Linthwaite 21/09/09
      30.   #18 Murray 03:50  |  Hugh 21/09/09
      31.   what a crock! 04:04  |  Moshe 21/09/09
      32.   Moshe, without the US, there would be no Israel... 05:35  |  BBSNews 21/09/09
      33.   Murray of Montreal - terminally gullible 05:39  |  Mark Lincoln 21/09/09
      34.   To natterer 05:44  |  Mark Lincoln 21/09/09
      35.   Captain Grumpy`s history deficiency 05:54  |  Mark Lincoln 21/09/09
      36.   Moshe - of course Israel does 05:56  |  Mark Lincoln 21/09/09
      37.   Interesting Premise 06:22  |  Mark of Lewiston 21/09/09
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