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Last update - 14:55 20/03/2008 Israel, U.S. commanders test 'extreme' scenarios in joint drill By Amir Oren, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, United States  The Israel Defense Forces and the United States European Command (EUCOM) completed a military headquarters training exercise in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night. The exercise was part of Juniper Falcon, an ongoing series of training exercises conducted by the U.S. Air Force in Europe and Israel. The four-day exercise was held at the Aviv camp, situated near the Palmach History Museum in Ramat Aviv. Officers from the IDF General Command and from the Israel Air Force and Israel Navy participated in the exercise. Advertisement The head of the Israeli team was Brigadier-General Yossi Heiman, head of the Division for Strategic Planning and Foreign Relations in the Planning directorate. The U.S. team was headed by Marine Brigadier General Mark Brilakis, deputy director for Operations Directorate EUCOM Plans and Operations Center. Wednesday night also marked the end of an IDF Southern Command exercise, Coiled Spring, which was based on a scenario of escalation in the sectors in the command, in particular the Gaza sector. This exercise, like Juniper Falcon, involved mainly command headquarters and not operational forces. Juniper Falcon is part of the strategic cooperation agreement signed between Israel and the United States in 1984. Israel is the only state in the Middle East that is still within the purview of the U.S. European Command, after responsibility for Syria and Lebanon were transferred to the Central Command, USCENTCOM, alongside Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia. At the completion of the exercise, both the Israeli and the U.S. sides announced that extreme scenarios were tested that challenged the participating armies to assist each other. The scenarios were set in the present and based on events of the past several years or events that are expected to occur in the near future. The creators of the exercise did not use the names of actual Arab states or existing terror organizations. The Israeli team included representatives from the planning, operations, intelligence and logistics branches, as well as officers from the navy and the air force. U.S. Army General Bantz J. Craddock, Commander of EUCOM, emphasized last week, in testimony before the U.S. Congress, the importance of the joint exercises between his command and the IDF Bookmark to del.icio.us   Good Avraham Hunting An ex-security guard solves a problem that has baffled mathematicians for decades. A better place Some 2,400 African refugees have entered Israel via Egypt since January.   1.   expected events...? 13:26  |  ravi 20/03/08   2.   RAVI So when are youi going to defuse Palkistani suicide bombers 14:19  |  PETER SM 20/03/08   3.   DEAR RAVI , WE RE NOT PREPARING AGAISNT GANDHIS LIKE PEOPLE... 14:34  |  Gabriel 20/03/08   4.   Good job, hopefully. 16:38  |  Fortuna Benmayor 20/03/08   5.   read it again....peter and gaberial 19:22  |  ravi 20/03/08   6.   #1, Ravi is correct... 09:12  |  Silvienne 21/03/08   7.   #2, PETER SM....Mutually Assured Destruction 09:16  |  Silvienne 21/03/08   8.   #5, Ravi... 09:19  |  Silvienne 21/03/08   9.   Is it helping? 18:48  |  Paul 21/03/08

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