Analysis: US 'emulates' Israeli tactics

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Analysis: US 'emulates' Israeli tactics

By Jonathan Marcus
BBC defence correspondent

With sporadic fighting in Falluja and US forces moving into position outside Najaf, the Arab press is pointing to similarities between US military operations in Iraq and the tactics Israeli forces employ in the West Bank and Gaza.

Such similarities are not coincidental.

The Israeli army has long experience of offensive operations in urban areas and it is experience that the Pentagon has been eager to draw upon.

Israel and the US have developed a close military relationship over the years.

Two-way exchange

Israel's armed forces are undergoing a process of transformation similar to that advocated by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with the emphasis on lighter, more agile units employing devastating firepower and drawing on a variety of new information and intelligence gathering systems.

Go to any US military exercise and Israeli observers are much in evidence.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3625315.stm

TYY

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1. Yet another example of...

... how badly things are going....

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2. kick

TYY :kick:

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3. Yes...they're called "war crimes".

As the IDF targets innocent Palestinians, so too do the U.S. soldiers target innocent Iraqis.

America's very soul is in danger when we adopt the tactics of a war criminal and murderer like Ariel Sharon.