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| 'Syria won't hesitate to start a war' |
| 2007-10-07 |
| Syria will not hesitate to start a war with Israel in order to restore its control over the Golan Heights, A-Baath, the official newspaper of President Bashar Assad's government, warned Saturday. In an article to mark 34 years since the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, A-Baath said: "Our people and our leadership are determined to liberate our conquered lands using all means, methods and ways." Meanwhile, ABC News quoted American officials as saying that the IAF raid in Syria during September was planned for several months and was postponed a number of times due to heavy US pressure. According to the report, Israel presented US officials with satellite imagery which clearly showed North Korean nuclear technology in a Syrian facility. According to a US source, Washington officials were astonished by the imagery and by the fact US intelligence had not picked up on the facility previously. "Israel tends to be very thorough about its intelligence coverage, particularly when it takes a major military step, so they would not have acted without data from several sources," said ABC News military consultant Tony Cordesman. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 TURKEY > ISRAEL may not use Turkey's airspace to attack Syria - Israel must explain 9/6 attack; + WORLDTRIBUNE > TURKEY WARNS IRAQ IS DISINTEGRATING. Fears KURDS will delcare independence or local autonomy from IGA = Baghdad. WAPO > NOTH KOREAN SCIENTISTS HURT FROM ISRAEL ATTACK. Not clear iff any were actually killed albeit Britain's Sunday Times reported post-9/6 Norkies had died from the attack. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-07 21:18 |
| #12 Off Topic but important. A news post included a link to a Canadian story about a neighborhood that is 100% Muslim. Does anyone doubt that Muslims are exclusivist and supremacist? If you do, then study this link: http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/canada/story.html?id=f8f53e5e-8755-4f50-983b-8d787426c495 |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-10-07 18:06 |
| #11 If the Iranian allied, terrorist promoting Assad clan desires full scale war with Israel - bring it on, and Damascus shall be reduced to a pile of radiating rubble. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2007-10-07 15:35 |
| #10 Syria will gladly fight a war to "regain" the Golan? Yes, and Florida Atlantic University will proudly walk onto LSU's home turf next week ... |
| Posted by: Sigmund Freud 2007-10-07 11:00 |
| #9 The Paleos turned on both Jordan and Lebanon, Fixed that for ya, McZ. Like all good Muslims, the Palestinians know damn well how the hand that's most difficult to bite is the one that is smacking the ever-living shit out of you. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-07 10:49 |
| #8 That would be a short war. Israel has really good weapons and troops and Syria has.... crap. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-10-07 08:28 |
| #7 Washington officials were astonished by the imagery and by the fact US intelligence had not picked up on the facility previously. I say there Lionel, that's a load of pure bullshit! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-10-07 07:24 |
| #6 Yeah, but what does the Archbishoip of Canterbury think about that statement? ..."potentially murderous folly" also? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-10-07 07:24 |
| #5 And maybe, just maybe, we'll see an end to "asymmetric warfare". |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-10-07 07:19 |
| #4 The Paleos turned on both Jordan and Lebanon, in spite of the hospitality of their host countries. That will happen with Syria if they don't stop playing the Islamofascist card. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-10-07 06:29 |
| #3 Well unless they are fighting right now, they ARE hesitating... |
| Posted by: imoyaro 2007-10-07 01:59 |
| #2 Starting a war and losing a war are two separate things. Or not. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-10-07 00:27 |
| #1 "Kick me!" |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-10-07 00:17 |