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| 'It should be clear who wins next war' |
| 2007-09-08 |
| In comments made a day after reports circulated claiming several IAF planes had entered Syrian airspace, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. -Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said that the winner and loser of a future war would have to be made apparent. "In any future conflict forced upon the state of Israel, there will be a need to ensure that it is known who lost and who won." Ashkenazi made his comments during a meeting held with high-ranking reserve officers on Friday and made no connection between his statement and the latest fears surrounding a war with Syria. Earlier Friday, in the first reaction from an Israeli official to Wednesday night's alleged IAF foray over Syria, Science, Culture and Sports Minister Ghaleb Majadle said that IAF planes enter Syrian airspace on a daily basis, adding that he did not believe the latest alleged incident would spark off a war. Majadle told the Nazareth-based A-Sinara newspaper that while he had no specific information about the latest alleged operation, it was likely that "the planes either entered Syrian airspace to take photographs or in error." Meanwhile, Arab countries continued denouncing the yet-unconfirmed IAF flight over Syria as unprovoked. The Arab League announced that the alleged over flight of IAF planes in Syrian airspace was intolerable, Army Radio reported. Arab League chief Amr Moussa said that "the unbearable move" revealed negative Israeli intentions for the upcoming Middle East peace conference. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that Israel's so-called aerial violations overnight Wednesday added to the regional tension. Earlier Friday, Syria accused Israel of jeopardizing the chances of success in the upcoming US-sponsored Middle East meeting. Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari told Al-Jazeera that the alleged IAF operation came only a few hours after Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo had published a message of support for the meeting and had called for Syria to be invited. Also, a Syrian government newspaper warned that the country "possesses the means to respond ... so that it will deter Israel against proceeding with such unpredictable adventures." Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem after the alleged over flight to offer support and condemn Israel's actions, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported Friday. In Washington, the US State Department had no specific comment on the incident, citing the lack of details about what happened. "I'd leave it up to the parties to describe what happened. We'll leave it to them to try and sort this out," deputy spokesman Tom Casey told reporters Thursday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "In any future conflict forced upon the state of Israel, there will be a need to ensure that it is known who lost and who won." It sounds like Israel is finally waking up to propaganda's important role in Arab indoctrination. If the next conflict does not include one very dead Nasrallah, then they'd damn well better make sure the sucker has nothing to brag about. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-08 13:08 |
| #2 Either unconditional surrender or total silence would be good indicators. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2007-09-08 11:48 |
| #1 "In any future conflict forced upon the state of Israel, there will be a need to ensure that it is known who lost and who won." That's more like it. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-08 10:25 |