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2004-11-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
SYRIA AGREES TO REDRAW BORDER WITH JORDAN
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Posted by Fred 2004-11-30 10:52:45 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 2.7 sq km = face saving for Syria
Posted by Frank G  2004-11-30 9:08:13 AM||   2004-11-30 9:08:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 1970 when the regime of then-President Hafez Assad sent tanks and warplanes to attack the Hashemite kingdom

connected to civil war between Jordanian Army and PLO, in which Syria supported the PLO and Israel supported the Jordanian Army.
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-11-30 9:58:58 AM||   2004-11-30 9:58:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 And now that Arafat's dead...
Posted by Seafarious  2004-11-30 10:34:56 AM||   2004-11-30 10:34:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I remember reading someplace (Rantbburg, perhaps?) that the UK intercepted a request from Jordan to Israel for help in turning back the Syrians in that 1970 incident, though nothing came of it.
Posted by Laurence of the Rats  2004-11-30 11:06:20 AM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/]  2004-11-30 11:06:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Jordanian airforce pounded said tank force into scrap, while the Syrian airforce stayed on the ground. Its likely they didn't fly cos it was clear Israel would shoot them down. Otherwise Assad is a lame duck and everyone knows it. He's just manouvering to delay his ceuacescu moment.
Posted by phil_b 2004-11-30 12:52:05 PM||   2004-11-30 12:52:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 What I have heard (BBC documentary) is that Israel sent four Phantoms to overfly the advancing Syrians. No bombing, just overfly and show their Israeli markings. The Syrians understood the hint and turned back.
Posted by JFM  2004-11-30 2:51:57 PM||   2004-11-30 2:51:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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