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2013-04-28 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Report: US Asked Israel Not To Respond To Drone Launch

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-04-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 Concurrently, Israeli officials are increasingly of the opinion that Hezbollah was not necessarily the party responsible, but the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

THIS

Posted by Mikey Hunt 2013-04-28 01:26|| 2013-04-28 01:26|| Front Page Top

#2 A Western diplomat in Beirut told the Lebanese newspaper a-Nahar on Saturday that the US asked Israel to show restraint and not respond immediately to the drone which was shot down over the Haifa bay on Thursday.

Always glad to oblige our nation-building friends.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-04-28 02:34|| 2013-04-28 02:34|| Front Page Top

#3 You must understand g(r)om, that we understand you were not going to take any action over the drone anyway. So, our meaningless urgings can be viewed as a powerful deterrent to Zionist aggression within your airspace. :-)

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-28 02:46|| 2013-04-28 02:46|| Front Page Top

#4 you were not going to take any action over the drone anyway

I'll bet you that an order for drone-killing drones has already went to Elbit.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-04-28 02:56|| 2013-04-28 02:56|| Front Page Top

#5 If not, why not ?

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-28 02:57|| 2013-04-28 02:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Doesn't sound legit. The US either painted the target themselves and asked the juices to shoot it, or the juices told the US about it. Neither really sounds right somehow.

Drone in airspace. Shoot. No real hand-wringing required.

Posted by Shipman 2013-04-28 06:25|| 2013-04-28 06:25|| Front Page Top

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