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ISRAEL SEEKS MORE INFO ON IRAQI THREAT


TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel is carefully monitoring Iraq in wake of the U.S. and British air strike on air defenses around Baghdad.

The United States is supplying Israel intelligence information on Iraqi troop and weapons movement. Officials said this amid an Israeli military assessment that the Jewish state has insufficient information on the Iraqi threat.

Israel has received an additional U.S. Patriot anti-aircraft battery to deal with any threat of Iraqi missile attacks. The improved Patriot is regarding as having the capability of providing point defense against Scud missiles.

Last month, a U.S. Army brigade arrived in Israel with a Patriot battery. The battery was on high alert over the weekend.

Israel and the United States will conduct a Patriot exercise on Monday in southern Israel. Israeli officials said Juniper Cobra, which will end on Saturday, involves the link between the USS Porter deployed near the Israeli coast in the Mediterranean with Patriot batteries in the Negev desert. The Aegis cruiser has radar that can detect missile attacks. The Patriot battery will also be fired in an attempt to intercept an incoming missile.

"The exercise has been planned for over a year and is part of routine U.S.-Israel training designed to validate the interoperability of the air defense systems," an Israeli military statement said.

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