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Inevitably, the fact that so many Arab planes were trapped in their parking area?strung out wingtip to wingtip???suggested that Israel must have struck the first blow. The stunned Arabs, of course, said that it had, and Moscow angrily concurred. But, as Israel first told it, the Jewish jets scrambled only after early-warning radar picked up several waves of Arab planes headed straight for Israel. At the same time, a massive Egyptian armored column was reported to be rolling out of its base at El Arish and steering toward the Israeli border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Quickest War | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

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