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Mojo please.
How did Israel showing restraint cause 17 scuds to be targetted at them?
Why was Israel targetted?
Iraq needed allies, and by trying to draw Israel into battle, there was always the possibility that the other Arab nations would have taken the opportunity to attack Israel in response - the whole point was to polarise the region and get as many people joining in as possible, that would have caused the Coalition problems and rapidly increased the cost of a foreign war. Thankfully Israel sat on its hands.
If anything it was the fact that Iraq knew that Israel was spoiling for a fight for which it was targetted, it certainly was not Israel's famous restraint.
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