Syria construction near Golan seen as preparations for attack
Special to World Tribune.com
MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE
Friday, April 6, 2001
TEL AVIV — Syria is believed to be bolstering military positions
along the ceasefire line with Israel in the Golan Heights.
Israeli military sources said the Syrian military appears to be building
positions to launch an attack on Israeli defenses in the Golan,
captured by the Jewish state in the 1967 war.
The sources said Israeli reconnaissance has not spotted troop movement
in the Golan. Instead, they said, Syrian contractors have been building
houses and structures in abandoned villages across from Israeli positions in
the Golan Heights.
The Syrian military is believed behind the construction effort. Israeli
sources said the aim could be to deploy Syrian commandos in the
reconstructed villages and employ them in any future offensive against
Israel.
"We know that lots of military operations begin quietly," an Israeli
military source said.
The sources said Israel and the United Nations peacekeepers deployed
along the ceasefire line are monitoring the Syrian construction.
Friday, April 6, 2001
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