Bad bad Israel - picking on poor little Syria

[EagleKeeper]

Link

Israel hits target in Syria border area: sources

LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli forces attacked a convoy on the Syrian-Lebanese border overnight, a Western diplomat and regional security sources said on Wednesday, as concern has grown in the Jewish state over the fate of Syrian chemical and advanced conventional weapons.

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In the run-up to the raid, Israeli officials have been warning very publicly of a threat of high-tech anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles reaching Israel's enemies in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah from Syria. They have also echoed U.S. concerns about Syria's presumed chemical weapons arsenal.

The Lebanese army reported a heavy presence of Israeli jets over its territory throughout the night.

"There was definitely a hit in the border area," one security source said. A Western diplomat in the region who asked about the strike said "something has happened", without elaborating.

An activist in Syria who works with a network of opposition groups around the country said that she had heard of a strike in southern Syria from her colleagues but could not confirm it. A strike just inside Lebanon would appear a less diplomatically explosive option for Israel to avoid provoking Syrian ally Iran.

Israeli Vice Premier Silvan Shalom said on Sunday that any sign that Syria's grip on its chemical weapons was slipping, as President Bashar al-Assad fights rebels trying to overthrow him, could trigger Israeli intervention.

Israeli sources said on Tuesday that Syria's advanced conventional weapons would represent as much of a threat to Israel as its chemical arms should they fall into the hands of Islamist rebels or Hezbollah guerrillas based in Lebanon.
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[Oyeve]

Looks like isreal is just itching for a fight. I just hope the US stays the fuck out but I doubt it.

 

[blackangst1]

(might wanna add some commentary to your post, Eagle )

 

[Broheim]

(might wanna add some commentary to your post, Eagle )

wasn't that rule removed again?


anyways, good for Isreal (and the palestinian civilians who wont get killed when Isreal bombs the launch site of whatever weapons the Syrians were transporting).

 

[blackangst1]

wasn't that rule removed again?


anyways, good for Isreal (and the palestinian civilians who wont get killed when Isreal bombs the launch site of whatever weapons the Syrians were transporting).

Bah I dunno. Maybe. I like EK so just giving a friendly comment. If theres no rule anymore than carry on lol

 

[EagleKeeper]

I had hoped the title would suffice.

However, getting rid of munitions that can get into hands of Israel's enemies via a taking out a convoy is cheaper and less fatalities than having to retaliate and hunt down each launcher system and crew after a firing has happened.

It is those types of firings that lead to a scorched earth policy that the Palestinian sympathizers complain about while ignoring the triggering actions.

 

[rommelrommel]

Heard one report that there were SA-17's in that shipment. That's really not the kind of thing that you want a militant group to have.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Looks like isreal is just itching for a fight. I just hope the US stays the fuck out but I doubt it.

So tell us when the United states did anything with troops on the ground to support Israel....

 

[JEDIYoda]

wasn't that rule removed again?


anyways, good for Isreal (and the palestinian civilians who wont get killed when Isreal bombs the launch site of whatever weapons the Syrians were transporting).

No.....the rule has always been there due to the fact that on person without the rule being in effect could copy and paste dozens of links as new threads...

 

[Harabec]

Syria is currently a shithole, not a "sovereign nation". Better safe than sorry. (We're talking about reality here, not arguing over semantics at the UN).