U.S. had operational plans to fight against IDF in 1967 - Haaretz

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U.S. had operational plans to fight against IDF in 1967

In the 1960s, the U.S. Defense Department drew up operational plans calling for a military confrontation with the Israel Defense Forces to prevent Israel from occupying territory in Egypt and other Arab countries.

During the crisis in May-June 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War, the plan for a military attack against Israel in the event it initiated a war, was updated.

The plan involved using air power, paratroopers and Marines to block the advance of IDF armored brigades in Sinai.

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1.	Plans	07:42	\|	Omran	22/04/07

2.	Remember the USS Liberty	07:47	\|	Omran	22/04/07

3.	What for a plan of US military attack against Israel 67	08:40	\|	Joseph E .	22/04/07

4.	either way now usa and israel are butt buddies	09:03	\|	john doe	22/04/07

5.	To Omran....WHAT!!???	09:09	\|	SLAVO	22/04/07

6.	US Would Have Lost	09:24	\|	Menahem	22/04/07

7.	my, my, THAT was an opportunity missed!	09:30	\|	samos	22/04/07

8.	re: Omran	09:42	\|	Efox	22/04/07

9.	How about the pressure they put on Israel in 73	09:52	\|	Sam Weinstein	22/04/07

10.	To Samos	10:50	\|	Warren Zauer	22/04/07

11.	The good old days...	11:04	\|	Clickfool	22/04/07

12.	US betrayal	11:14	\|	Dror	22/04/07

13.	Die for a chance to fight the IDF	11:25	\|	Borat	22/04/07

14.	@4, john doe	11:38	\|	vladimir	22/04/07

15.	Do they have a plan for a preemptive strike on Israels WMD`s?	11:51	\|	Jens	22/04/07

16.	ha ha ha	12:39	\|	richard	22/04/07

17.	Thirty years of butt kissing the Arabs to no avail	12:55	\|	PETER SM	22/04/07

18.	if...	14:03	\|	ravi	22/04/07

19.	#2	15:07	\|	Moshe	22/04/07

20.	#18 Ravi Anti Israel	16:43	\|	Sam Weinstein	22/04/07

21.	USS Liberty #19	18:37	\|	Chaim	22/04/07