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...Sadat also offered a very concrete set of peace proposals. They included a ceasefire, provided that the Israelis would, under international supervision, withdraw to the pre-1967 war boundaries; an international peace conference at the U.N. to be attended by Palestinian as well as Arab leaders; and reopening the Suez Canal as soon as the "liberation" of the eastern bank had been completed...
...past six years, Egyptian soldiers have been using the irrigation canals of the Nile Valley as training ground for the attack they some day expected to make across the Suez. Explains one Egyptian military man: "Our men bridged those canals again and again and again, till they reached the point that crossing a canal was simple. On Oct. 6, the only difference was that across this canal was the real enemy." Within 72 hours, the Egyptians managed to move more than 70,000 troops and an estimated 500 to 700 tanks to the eastern bank-a remarkable logistical feat...
...week ended, the newspapers began reporting the massive tank battles that were raging in Sinai. Red-bannered headlines blared: SAVAGE ARMOUR BATTLES ALL DAY AND NIGHT. Yet neither the government nor the papers had yet admitted the true extent of the Israeli advances on the west bank of the Suez Canal. Apparently oblivious to the Israeli troops less than 60 miles away, Cairenes continued to crowd the cafes of New Street, where men sat sipping thick coffee and intently playing chess and backgammon. Worshipers gathered at the mosque of Zeinab for noon prayers. Peddlers, as always, hawked their roses...
...about that Israeli task force operating on the west bank of the Suez Canal?" we asked the senior officer, who walked with the stiff waddle characteristic of an aging warrior. He removed his goggles, revealing the dark eyepatch that left no doubt about who the officer was. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan replied coyly: "That is, how you say, the $64,000 question." Dayan was relaxed, confident, even nonchalant as he met reporters on the tarmac of a small airfield in the Sinai. He gave the impression that the Israeli task force was not in any trouble...
...most decisive new weapon in the Middle East fighting to date is the Soviet SAM6 surface-to-air missile, which had never before been used in combat. The Israelis encountered it on the Sinai front while their aircraft were attempting to knock out the pontoon bridges placed across the Suez Canal by the Egyptians. In the first two days of fighting, 40 Israeli planes were shot down near the canal, most of them by SAM6 batteries. The missile was equally devastating over the Golan Heights, protecting the Syrians from the foil fury of the Israeli air force and exacting...