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Maariv: Israeli Army Conducted Practice Run of Arafat Exile Operation

HeadlineOct 03, 2002

The daily Israeli newspaper Maariv is reporting that the Israeli army has carried out a practice run of an operation to exile Yasser Arafat from the Palestinian territories and has even prepared a secret final destination for the Palestinian leader. Troops simulated the seizure of the Palestinian chief and exile to an unnamed foreign country. The paper said that neither Jordan nor Lebanon was to be the destination. Maariv said the plan could be executed very rapidly if the Israeli leadership gave the green light for such a banishment. The operation would deploy helicopters, and aides close to Arafat could also be bundled off into exile with their boss.

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