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B http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2011/06_15/do.as p Simulation finds U.S. military role needed to secure Palestinian state http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/images/2011/kpollack1.j pg "The introduction of large numbers of American and other foreign military forces to the West Bank with authority superseding that of the Palestinians could actually undermine the Palestinian security establishment." _____ . Role: Expert on Middle East politics and military affairs. . Formerly: CIA intelligence analyst. WASHINGTON - A high-level war game has pointed to the need for a U.S. military force to help any Palestinian state in the West Bank. The Saban Center for Middle East Policy determined that U.S. troops would be required to guarantee any security arrangement between Israel and a Palestinian state in the West Bank. The center, part of the Washington-based Brookings Institution, asserted that such an American force could be empowered to act independently to halt threats from Iran or other foreign countries in any Palestinian state. "Israel will inevitably require a guarantee of security to go ahead with any agreement that results in its withdrawal to what will ultimately be the final borders of a Palestinian state," the center said in a report released on May 31. "In the short term, this need would seem to be best served by an American presence within a third-party force to assist or temporarily supersede Palestinian security forces in the West Bank, and by maximizing American control and freedom of action, so that the United States, and not the PA, would ultimately be responsible for the portion of Israeli security that the Israel Defense Forces would effectively surrender as part of the agreement." The report, titled "An Uncertain Road," was based on a so-called crisis simulation in March to test any security arrangement between Israel and an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank. Author Kenneth Pollack, director of the Saban Center, said the wargame pointed to the frustration of such an arrangement, including lack of Palestinian counter-insurgency cooperation. The simulation, aided by the three governments, pointed to tension between Israel and the United States, which has trained Palestinian Authority security forces. At one point, the new Palestinian state allowed U.S. troops, rather than Israel, access to a suspected Iranian missile cache in the West Bank city of Jericho. "The introduction of large numbers of American and other foreign military forces to the West Bank with authority superseding that of the Palestinians could actually undermine the Palestinian security establishment, by depriving it of both its operational role and its legitimacy in the eyes of the Palestinian people," the report said. The report said Israel would be willing to turn security in the West Bank to a U.S.-led multi-national force rather than to the PA. But such a preference would significantly hamper PA security development. The simulation also envisioned Palestinian hesitation to cooperate with Israel on border security and counter-insurgency. http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/images/2011/kpollack2.j pg The West Bank city of Jericho. <http://www.bibleplaces.com/jericho.htm> _____ Organizers drafted scenarios that included Iranian intervention in the new Palestinian state, which comprised nearly the entire West Bank. Under the simulation, two Israel Army battalions were assigned to work under the Palestinian security forces. In one crisis, Israeli intelligence learned that Hamas established an operational squad in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Israel urged the United States to respond immediately while Palestinian leaders insisted that they conduct any CI operation. In the end, U.S. and PA forces placed a suspected Hamas safe house under surveillance. "The move ended with Israel being hit by a large-scale, multiple-suicide bomber attack against a small town near Haifa that killed over 40 people," the report said. In another scenario, the U.S. peace-keeping force came under attack from suspected Palestinian insurgents outside of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. During the simulation, Israel and the United States agreed to allow the Palestinian government to handle security in the area. "The course of the simulation suggested that arrangements that put U.S. and other foreign forces in more of an overwatch role with the PA ready to step in if necessary, but largely allowing the PA security forces to take the lead might suit both Israeli and Palestinian needs," the report said. "The key would be assuring the American people that this would not jeopardize either the security or mission of the American forces, a la Somalia, and working out rules governing how and when those U.S. and other foreign forces would intervene." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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