BACKGROUND ARAB/ISRAELI ORDER OF BATTLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000700030021-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: March 7, 1956
• Content Type: BRIEF

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BGROUND
ARAB/ISRAELI ORDER OF BATTLE
1. Egypt
-.-Ground: Anproxiuately half of total
concentrated in Sinai. TWO-Of
inf dies support.8 National
Guard and 3 Palestine How 'ward
battalions in border areas; actor
concentrated farther west.
25 YEAR
RE-REVIEW
II.: Jordan
_-Ground; Sacking up National Guard on
Israel border, the Arab Legion
reins, Ins in normal deployment i
,Te t of
Infantry
ith
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brigade plus armored and artillery
brigades east of-river between
Arran and Syrian border..
--Air Jordan's airforce has only 10
jet fightrrs (obsolete Vampires).
III. Saudi Arabia
--Ground: Small Saudi forces, about 1,800,
are concentrated at Tebuk, near
Jordan border.
{
--Air Except for 6 8-26 attack bombers,;
Saudis have no air force at
present.
Syria
--Ground: Virtually entire Syrian field
force, including 6 infantry
brigades and nation's only
mechanized brigade now concen-
trated in "front,cowmand" near
Israeli frontier,
...._Air None of Syria's 177 Net fighters
(obsolete Meteor)
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.- ..Lebanon
--Ground: Four inf try battalions with
supporting artillery now on
Israeli border.
--Air : "banes, air force has only 6
het fighters (obsolete Vampires.).
--Ground: Iraqi forces are not deployed so
as to move rapidly against Israel4
--Air . Iraqi airforce has 21 jet fightezaj
(obsolete Vampires & Venoms).
--Ground: Forces deployed in 3 regional
commands, with bull of armor in
south opposite Egyptians, Israel
increasing from current strength 1
to 200,000
--Air Israeli airforce has 49 jet
fighters (obsolete Meteors and
can mobilize fully -within 48 tmur
Ouragars)
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