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Syria construction near Golan seen as preparations for attack

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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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