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MOVIES Israel Romancing the Scud Song of the Sirens Directed by Eytan...
...Israeli films, war is a prevailing theme, so it is hardly surprising that Song of the Sirens is set against the backdrop of the Gulf War. What makes it unusual--and refreshingly so--is that the film is a romantic comedy about looking for love while Saddam Hussein's Scud missiles are headed for Tel Aviv. Says its director, U.S.-born Israeli Eytan Fox: ``Israeli films tend to be ideological and socially and politically oriented. No wonder Israelis run away from them as too heavy and morbid.'' Not so for Fox's Song of the Sirens: since opening last October...
Finally, those who dismiss Syria's potential to wage war alone against Israel miscalculate; past conflicts are a poor forecast of future battles. In this case, Israeli civilians would face a new threat: a missile attack far harsher than the limited Scud barrage Iraq launched at Tel Aviv during the Gulf War. Syria already possesses the most advanced strategic-weapons capability in the Arab world, and its chemical, biological and ballistic missile programs are proceeding on a crash basis even as Damascus talks peace. A battle utilizing weapons of mass destruction would invariably provoke a punishing Israeli counterstrike, possibly with...
...allowed to get more nuclear-weapons material, would be their selling it, not using it," says Representative Gary Ackerman, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. "Their economy is virtually nonexistent. They'll do anything for money, which is why they're the largest exporter of Scud missiles. If they had a serious nuclear capability, they'd sell that...
...also the most controversial. The 1991 assessment designed by retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Robert Gaskin predicts the all-important U.S. air campaign would never get off the ground. Instead, he forecasts that when squadrons of American and South Korean F-16s scramble at a dozen air bases, Scud missiles armed with nerve-gas warheads would slam into the tarmac, effectively shutting down operations. At bases like Osan, the huge U.S. air base 25 miles south of Seoul, North Korean commandos would suddenly appear and shoot up the base's preflight briefing room, killing pilots and disrupting the counterattack...