How Arabs Imaginatively Shoot Down Planes
BY ISRAEL PAZ
Score months ago the Cairo car-
respondent of the London Daily
Express cabled a scoop to his
paper: "Minos 50 Israeli planes
attacked objectives near Cairo."
The news 'item was featured in
the rays circulation British daily
to show how the Arab state con-
duct their air battles. The account-
ing was simple: according to Arab
reports they had brought down 50
more planes than Israel actually
posssecl. and so, according to the
cox dent. Israel must have
hif'Some secret method of
bombing with "rainue planes."
17-_is report was intended, of
cours e. to put Arab military
spokesmen to ridicule. In titeir
amouncements the tress and
over the radio.. the Arab,: shoot
down Israeli aircra': t: vast :: -..m-
bers. and this piquant item On tte
sUCCeeder:
Daily Express
arousing complete incredibility ar
the an.nouncements issued q Cai-
ro. Damasucus and Amman.
Falsehoods
Exazge--ation. borde-ring on crass
falsehood has always been a "sec-
ret weapcn•" of Arab miLitary
spokes-mien_ Their complete disse-
gar-i of truth. their fiation of
ru.-or.or matters and their inability
to see thMzs Viten- proper per-
spective have brousitt many dis-
ariers upon their cou.ntries. Exag-
gerator: apparently is part of
everyday life in the _Arab arroaes.
and. the lack of exact reporting
from the front has transformed
many an ELvptan debacle into a
victory. -Nat ever. the Egyptian
General Staff has always been
aware of what is taking place at
the front Reports received from-
unit commanders in fti ht that
that had succe=ed destroying
vvitolie Lsraeli regim.erits are never
sc marred. and receive official
sanction fnrthwith.
Ment.'acity has penetrated deep
into Fan mentality. and they
find it. to discern
from Lye Laterly Egypt has
adopted a new system. Wrier:ever
ar. isfooght. t2--e an
ruccitcem.erit e the Israeli Army
spokr_t_an. is awaited. and when-
ever tioe report. spent
s of two
"Migs," being shot down. it is
'tra:--slated" immediately i n t o
two or more Israeli planes beir_g
GOOD
A.S GOLD!
w's
2:
ECC41.7SZ Z.'S SO ■ Xs.-"C:
brought dcra-a. It is much easier
, to shoot do.-rt, Israeli planes at
general headqoacts in Cairo or
Damascus than to engage Lvraeli
pilots M the SE- .
Truth in Arab Reports
Recently the Israel army spokes-
man has published an irrtere-stMg
inquiry about "The toith and lies
in the Arab victory reports in the
air." An examination of the fig-
ures since the end of the Six Day
War—from June 12, 1967 SO Jan_
31, l370--makes one stand aghast
more than once. mi=ler Press=e
of questioning. Nissa , himself has
admitted that the L.-1-2&..i air force
has unchatenged . supremacy in
the kie< of the _Arab saves. Yet
they -_coved shoo.„g Laraeli
down by word of moorat_
The .-krahs claim that i ce the
end of the Six Day War. they h..ave
shotdown 351 Is-. .aeli.
-
planes_ Ac-
t3y. orly 16 Israeli plates have
been shot down diming that period.
.The number has silly been mul-
tiplied by w.
According to Arab reports 36
Israeli planes were shot down in
the second half of 1967 (Jame 12-
Dec. 31). Egypt took prime of
place with 17 planes chile the
Arab zuerilla organizator.s claim-
ed 16 apparently they shot them
down by mere rife fire). In 1.9.-M
the Arabs claim to have shot down
42 Israeli planes. Ezypt claimed
credit for a "modest" 6; Jordan
took prime of place with 24, and
the Iraqi =tops sr-atoned in Jor-
dan claimed another eight. while
credit for 11. In Lam, Egypt came
to the fore azair.. Of r.v (:) Lsraeli
planes reported to have been shot
down. Ezypt claimed credit for
125 : guerilla organi,atior,s
Iraq — L9: Jordan — IS: Syria-
16. Ever. Lebanon Joined in the
jubilation_ claiming credit for one
Israeli plane shot down_
The first month of 1970 was a
very succesfal one. iru.cdar as _Arab
commuMques were concerned= 18
Israeli planes were downed: 10
E.-.- . v-pt three by the guerilla
orgardzatora. two by Syria and
one by Jordan. Saucli Arabia en-
tered the pict--me for the first time
and claimed the shorting down of
two planes.
The Arab communiques even
bye detais of evei7 type of plane
downed. Egypt for exampl e.
claimed to have shot down two
Phantoms. Mirages. 1.9
hawks. one super Myr-ere. L heli-
copter..
7 iz^: ai•c.-aft and 73
which they coold not identify.
planes which they could no: iden-
Thee
claim_main_
.'y for
helic-opters
lit 7.=1:27` hi.:t they
also had a zo a: Je: planes: rive
Ifira zes. two Skyhaiwks. nine
..SL.7e..7 Myst:1.ra :me Ourszan
lizh: planes and one B-oeing pas-
se-z :lane. In 15 cases :3 - ^ey
=ere =able to :dei=fy the planes
shot down.
World Optakin
Butthe world press react
ta :hese co=mlic-ties7 T e
French Fizaro si-Mt: -The Arab
leade_-s are rernrrinz to t.: sir old
mistakes of d'stort:ig the' mith.
ti:Ct- retorts Lsr.ael
Acocor±u..
,-=.
more M.1.
--ages -Mar_ it ever
has
purchase-d. half its armored force
throsainoila Msoldiers. The
simarici: reit-M.:L. me of the Arab
day dream_s con the .7.
-orst day cf
._:s.
the S-ix Day W1_: T.he Egjrptia•
Nazareth 1,m-ie.:a airfocis
art deos-
--myed etc. T.--e Lyrae::: com-
m=Uojoes are always It
Mst-orted
news tocchW a small com.try.
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Eg_vpt's losses are far more heavy.
Nassau- has not yet learned his
le_<<ion."
The reaction of the Soviet Prav-
da is most inteiiing. _Apparently
the Arab lies have caught on.
although it may be taken for
pantedthat the Rusislan maitary
experts know the =nth After pub-
lishing the E -pcian communiques
about the shooting down of an
Israeli Phantom plane which
launched an attack on the "ma-
breadable Evpdar.. frcro," the
Soviet newspaper writes: "The
count has begin. The Soviet peo-
ple join in this cour.ting which
will teach the figure d 50 or ICC.
or a thousand, according to the
ornber of Phantoms that Lvrael -
ri-
may have." Perhaps the Soviet
newspapers will also publish de-
tails of the number of Mig ar.d
Scoy planes that Israel has shot
down? Israel can produce receipts
available for each of these planes.
The E&N- ptian air force is lead-
l ions of Egyptians astray.
inz mil
pilcgs most s•.al re-
The Et.. -yptian
-
member the days when, immedi-
ately after the war, they' feared
to show themselves in the streets
so as not to arouse the ire of
the populace. Now that they are
' g theinselv. - their
"distinguishin
image has improved in the eyes
of the =asses who fail to &see"-
between truth and falsehood. But
there are many in Egypt who
know the thuth. particularly peo-
ple that have seen Egyptan plaices
falliriz near their homes, and have
later heard the arm-ounce-me= that
Ea^ipt suifere-d no lasses.
THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
.16—Frickri. April 24, 1970
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