AdvertisementThe CIA And The Hazards Of Middle East ForecastingFebruary 04, 2013Tom GjeltenfacebookEmailEgyptian President Anwar Sadat is flanked by senior military officers as he reviews maps of battlefield developments in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. He's shown at army headquarters in Cairo on Oct. 15, 1973. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel, catching Israel and the CIA off-guard. (AP)