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Washington - Middle East Newsline - Friday, January 26:
The United States has sent a Patriot anti-missile defense battery to Israel
amid
heightened concerns of a Middle East war.
Pentagon sources said the heightened tension in the Middle East prompted a
decision to place on alert U.S. forces in Germany and Italy. They said
Washington
has been concerned about an Iraqi attack on Israel amid reports that several
Iraqi divisions have moved close to the Syrian border.
The San Antonio Express-News published a copy of a U.S. military order that
on Jan. 11 raised the alert status of U.S. forces from Threatcon Bravo to
Alpha. Alpha is a heightened alert of a terrorist attack.
"Recent intelligence indicates that an increased or more predictable threat
exists, thus warranting the Threatcon change," the U.S. military order read.
Pentagon officials said the Patriot missile brigade will participate in an
exercise in Israel scheduled for Feb. 8. The exercise will last 15 days.
The exercise, called "Juniper Cobra," will include about 400 members of the
69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade based near Frankfurt, Germany. A Patriot
missile battery and personnel are expected to arrive by ship on Feb. 4 and
join
Patriot batteries already deployed in the Jewish state.
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