There were no Israeli forces in western Iraq, a senior Israeli army officer said. Maj.-Gen. Amos Gilad, appointed to serve as a “national commentator” during the Iraqi conflict, said media reports that Israeli army commandos entered western Iraq before the outbreak of the war to look for Scud missile launchers are wrong.
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