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a medical team from the base in Tze’elim had arrived. Ten

because it flew on before returning and landing two minutes

but couldn’t get a signal. I ran toward a slightly

but I knew I needed to get military doctors and medical

there was an explosion. A split second of

we would get word that the preliminary mock-firing sequence

the soldier-actors would be replaced with wooden targets

a member of the sayeret strike unit would be

and get our unit out safely again. The Negev

” I said. President Bush smiled in response.

a major military response was highly unlikely. Saddam’s

while the new Iraqi leadership might try to retaliate

the trillions of dollars spent on a war without any clear end

Rabin is quoted as having defined the elimination of Saddam as a

and continue preparations.” In another part

written by his military aide. “The Prime Minister

and conceivably a nuclear warhead in the future.

Rabin and I had talked through the arguments for and

only whether such an operation might seriously be considered by the

with the initial aim of seeing whether it was really workable.