(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Gideon Alon - The defense establishment Sunday decided to postpone issuing civil defense orders to the population, concluding that the latest report by UN weapons inspectors will delay the expected U.S. attack on Iraq by at least two weeks. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz predicted the Americans would succeed in neutralizing Iraq's ability to threaten Israel within a relatively short time. The "defensive envelope" protecting Israel's citizens was currently superior to that of any other country in the world, he concluded.
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