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Israel Warned Assad: Attack us, we'll hit you personally
2011-06-30
Israel sent a message to Syrian President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor...
 in recent days, warning him that if he started a war with the Jewish state in order to divert attention from domestic problems, Israel will target him personally, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Tuesday.

According to the report, the personal warning was sent through Turkey following intelligence reports of unusual Syrian troop movements, including the moving of long-range ballistic missiles that could be used to target Israel.

Posted by:trailing wife

#6  I don't think the folks actually running the place care too much about Assad.
Posted by: mojo   2011-06-30 15:09  

#5  Khaddafy was a well-behaved little dictator for about 3 years after President Bush put the fear of God in him, even giving up his NBC program and filing cabinets full of documents on terrorist groups. So, making the tinhorn dictator afraid for his life and the lives of his family tends to pay off.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2011-06-30 15:00  

#4  Nope. Many more where he (or Osama) came from. But alive and scared, he's valuable.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-06-30 14:25  

#3  It's not enough just to whack the top guy there since you don't know for absolute certainty he's the 'center of gravity' of the place. There are probably a number of players in the game. Best to cover the field that you'll hunt each one of them down while letting each think the other is ratting out their competitor.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-06-30 10:53  

#2  There's nothing like a threat from Israeli's to make someone gulp and think twice about answering your cell phone.
Posted by: Griting Smith6978   2011-06-30 10:33  

#1  If Israel could have taken him out, they would have, long ago.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-06-30 10:23  

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