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Israel: May act to stop Syria arms reaching Hezbollah
2012-07-22
JERUSALEM - Israel said on Friday it would consider military action if needed to ensure Syrian missiles or chemical weapons did not reach President Bashar al-Assad's allies in Lebanon, the Shi'ite Islamist movement Hezbollah.
This is just for public consumption; Israel (I'm certain) has already been considering just how to do this for quite some time.
"I have instructed the military to increase its intelligence preparations and prepare what is needed so that ... (if necessary) ... we will be able to consider carrying out an operation," Defence Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview on Channel 10 television.

"We are following ... the possible transfer of advanced munitions systems, mainly anti-aircraft missiles or heavy ground-to-ground missiles, but there could also be a possibility of the transfer of chemical means (weapons) from Syria to Lebanon," said Barak. "The moment (Assad) starts to fall we will conduct intelligence monitoring and will liaise with other agencies."

Hezbollah, which in the past has received military and financial support from Syria and Iran, launched thousands of mainly short-range rockets into Israel during the Jewish state's 2006 offensive in southern Lebanon. Some longer-range rockets reached central Israel. The Israel-Lebanon border has been largely quiet since then.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  OTOH DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ISRAELI OFFICIAL [Amos Gilad]: SYRIA PROTECTING CHEMICAL ARSENAL.

Baby Assad is still "Da Man", i.e. still in control.

versus

* SAME > AS CHAOS GROWS IN SYRIA, WORRIES ON THE SIDELINES.

Not unlike Mubarak or Uncle Muammar, IMO regional rivals Israel + Iran, etc. may end up missing Baby Assad in that, unlike ambitious Islamist Iran or MilTerr-happy Pakistan, Syria historically has N-O-T exhibited any simil major expansionist or imperialist designs for very long time.

"THE DEVIL YOU KNOW ...".

* SAME > [Today's Zaman] SYRIAN OPPOSITION: SEVERAL SOLDIERS WID IRANIAN [IRGC] ID CARDS
CAPTURED, andor killed in Syria fighting.

* WAFF > IRGC REJECTS [Media = MSM] REPORTS ON MARTYRDOM OF QUDS FORCE COMMANDER IN SYRIA, i.e. Gen. Qassem Suleimani.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-07-22 23:30  

#6  S'what he said.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-07-22 15:39  

#5  Usually it works the other way around, TW.

, g(r)omgoru. But will it work when it's the CIA that developed the information? It is my understanding they've not always been open with their Israeli counterparts.
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-07-22 14:34  

#4  Designed, I guess, to give the Assad regime an incentive not to force Israel to enter the war.
Posted by: Perfesser   2012-07-22 10:27  

#3  D'you think the CIA will share with Israel all they discover about such movements in a timely manner?

Usually it works the other way around, TW.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-07-22 08:40  

#2  The White House wants them to do nothing for a while longer. D'you think the CIA will share with Israel all they discover about such movements in a timely manner?
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-07-22 08:29  

#1  OOoo, make it necessary, please, pretty please.
I love to see Orcs 'sploded.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-07-22 05:59  

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