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...monotonous rock-strewn desert since the October war as if they intended to remain, transforming the area around the passes into a powerful redoubt. In fact, reports Drooz, the Israeli government has spent $60 million on the Sinai defenses since the end of the October war. Entire battalions of armor have been buried in laagers-scooped-out shelters covered with camouflage nets. It is startling, as Israeli troops run through practice drills, to see an M48 suddenly rear into view, moving from laager to firing platform or swiveling its 105-mm. gun as it goes churning across the dunes...
There is no doubt that the thrust of any battle in another Sinai war will center on the passes. "This chain of mountains is the most important geographic factor in Sinai," explains a senior Israeli commander. "North of the passes is soft sand, which makes hard going for armor. To the south are high granite mountains that make large-scale maneuvers impossible. From here we can defend all of Sinai...
...trap for the Secretary of State is whether he can satisfy all parties with multiple negotiations. The Sinai talks will be relatively easy, but tricky nonetheless. Egypt demands the return of the oilfields at Abu Rudeis and the strategic Mitla and Giddi passes through which Israeli armor has moved three times to fight her. Israel is not prepared to surrender Abu Rudeis until alternate fuel supplies are firmly guaranteed. The form of this guarantee-and of any firm U.S. guarantee of Israel's security-could become sticking points...
...this winter. In two desolate camps at the British base in Akrotiri, many are suffering from bronchial and rheumatic conditions, and there are cases of tuberculosis. But they at least have the consolation of knowing that, a few dozen miles to the north of their camps, there is Turkish armor with the capability of overrunning the entire island...
...frantically restocking its arsenals, replenishing its fuel reservoirs and rebuilding its lines; at present, for instance, it has 100 more planes and 330 more tanks than it had at the start of the October war. Two of the country's most distinguished retired generals-Israel Tal, its top armor strategist, and Ariel ("Arik") Sharon, the brilliant, sharp-tongued tactician who led his division across the Suez Canal in October 1973-have returned to semiactive status. Sharon reportedly has been given a command in the "northern sector," meaning the Golan Heights, where he presumably would direct any battles against...