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Old 12-12-2006, 17:37 PM   #84 (permalink)
Shek
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Originally Posted by Yirmeyahu View Post
There were no mines in the Straits, as Oren acknowledged on p. 95.
I stand corrected. I guess Israel was expected to run the guantlet to prove that Egypt was serious about war and call the bluff on sea mines; of course, then I guess the argument could be that Israel was still the aggressor by provoking the situation
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