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Israel Considers Attack On Syria
 Israel's military has drafted plans for an air attack on Syria. Military sources said the plan would retaliate for increasing attacks by Hizbullah against northern Israel. The sources said Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon has urged the Cabinet to launch an air attack on a major Syrian military target in an attempt to force Damascus to restrain Hizbullah. "Right now, nobody is stopping Hizbullah," a military source said. "They feel they have a green light to escalate." The last Israeli air attack on Syria was in October 2003. At the time, Israeli F-16 multi-role fighters bombed a training base used by Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian insurgency groups. Posted by: Fred 2005-01-21 |
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