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September 5, 2006
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Israel’s air force chief has reportedly been put in charge of planning for possible war with Iran and Syria. Britain’s Sunday Times reported that Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkedy was recently named officer in charge of the “Iranian front,” a reference to expectations of a flare-up with Iran and its ally Syria in the wake of the recent Lebanon conflict.

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