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| Britain says Syria strikes show regional peace threat |
| 2013-05-06 |
| LONDON: British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Sunday that apparent Israeli air strikes on Syria showed that peace across the whole region was under threat, and reinforced the need to lift an arms embargo on Syrian rebels. Fire going amazing well. More petrol needed however. Hague's comments came after a senior Israeli official said that the Jewish state carried out a pre-dawn attack near Damascus on Sunday targeting Iranian missiles destined for Lebanon's Hezbollah. "We don't have any official confirmation but of course there have been some sources in Israel saying that this has been an Israeli airstrike - I will wait before commenting in detail on that for official confirmation," Hague told Sky News. They said they did it, but you just can't trust those Joos. "But what I can say is that these events, and many other events of recent days, do show increasing danger to the peace of that entire region from the Syria crisis just getting worse and worse." Hague added: "Lebanon is constantly threatened by being destabilised, huge numbers of refugees are crossing the border, Jordan is under incredible strain. "And Israel has made very clear that it will act if it believes that important weapons systems are being transferred to Hezbollah." Hague said that "Israel will act to protect its national security, we do have to respect that." An absolute blindly flash of the obvious, but to his credit, I suppose that needed saying in England and Europe these days. The Israeli strike on Sunday was the second on Syrian soil in three days, following an attack near Damascus airport on Friday which also struck Iranian arms destined for the Lebanese Shiite movement. Iran condemned the strikes, which witnesses in Damascus said were like an earthquake. Which confirms that Iran got the latest [rather largish bomb] message from Israel. The British foreign minister said the growing threat to peace in the region from the Syria crisis showed the need to increase assistance to the Syrian opposition. He added that the "longer this goes on the stronger the case becomes for lifting the arms embargoes" against the Syrian opposition. No Bill old fellow, the "longer this goes on" the less likely these murdering bastids are to migrate to Albion. Britain is pushing the EU to lift an arms embargo on Syria, which comes up for renewal at the end of May. Hague meanwhile reiterated that there were "credible reports of chemical weapons being used against" the Syrian people, although he was not pressed on whether that had passed the West's "red line" for intervention. Yes, it was your own defense establishment at Wiltshire which confirmed the use of chemical weapons. I would take Porton Down as "credible" as well. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 A lot less here than meets the eye, several F-15Is (may or maybe not IAFs) were demonstrating, making noises and peacefully flying about (albeit out of town) when things got out of hand and weapons were spontaneously used in a possible attack-like situation on a possible Syrian target some what near Damascus. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-05-06 13:23 |