Map showing "Deir Ezzor" where the mystery target was attacked.
Posted on 09/11/2007 1:47:44 PM PDT by maquiladora
(IsraelNN.com) Israeli TV Channel 1 said Tuesday that the IDF "definitely carried out an attack" against Syria last Thursday. The attack was meaningful, the channel's military affairs reporter said, and was probably carried out against a large and important target that justified taking this kind of extreme action at such a sensitive time in Israeli-Syrian relations.
The target hit was in the Deir Ez-Zour region in eastern Syria, near the Euphrates river.
The attack was carried out by Israel Air Force (IAF) F-15i jets (The 'i' stands for 'Israel') referred to in Hebrew as Ra'am, or 'thunder.' Anti-aircraft fire from the ground was inefficient, Channel 1 said.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Map showing "Deir Ezzor" where the mystery target was attacked.
Were they digging up Saddams WMD’s to use against Israel?
Good for them.
I guess it was all hot gas.
MoreHERE
And to locate Saddam's WMD's, buried there.
Forward Observers don't like to be found. That's their job.
Sending a message to Iran.....................via air mail..........
I’ll bump it and someone ping me when they find out what was hit.
I see two big smudges here, with North West to South East oriented explosion patterns. Testing to see if this link works:
The above report states in the picture caption that...
The IAF fired at ground targets when they were discovered..
Scratch 4 Brand New Russian SAM sites
Must have been something really important for Israel to do it and Syria to be so non-committal about it..............
Link works. Any photo recon guys out there?
....giggle.....
Yup; and I'm glad they did it, too. I wonder if FoOlmert authorized it, or if Barak is playing footsie behind his back (the same way Peres negotiated Oslo behind Rabin's back)?
...and Syria to be so non-committal about it...
Most countries don't usually advertise their utterly abject failure to be able to defend their sovereign territory, especially when they have the latest Russkie missiles to help out.
It was call to prayer time and no one was looking up. lol
Initial reports of this strike seemed to indicate that the targets were weapons being smuggled into Lebanon. An attack this deep in eastern Syria makes that scenario most unlikely. Quite an impressive achievement, especially if they got ground forces in and out.
The sources told CNN that the military operation "may have also involved Israeli ground forces"
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The air strike "left a big hole in the desert" in Syria.
o directed the air strike which "left a big hole in the desert" in Syria.
Israeli government happy
"The Israeli government is very happy with the success of the operation," the sources told CNN. Israeli reporters noted that IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi was smiling from ear to ear at a function held on the evening after the attack and saw this as evidence that the attack had gone well.
Sources in the U.S. government and military said that "they are happy to have Israel carry the message to both Syria and Iran that [Israel] can get in and out and strike when necessary."
ARGH>>>>messed up the HTML somehow.....sorry!
U.S. officials begin crafting Iran Bomb plan
Fox News ^ | Sept 11, 2007 | James Rosen
According to your map the F-15’s overflew Turkey. I realize it’s just a depiction of what happened but I believe Turkey was helping Israel out with a cover story after the fact. If the planes did overfly Turkey it was with their approval and very interesting if so.
Fascinating post. I saw the smudges but no big hole. As long as they destroyed what they feared.
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Good, maybe the US will follow Israel's lead re Syrian and Iranian bases supporting terrorists in Iraq. If not, maybe the Iraqi military will be ready soon.
Hmmm...Like the SAMs could carry the non-existent Iraqi weapons of mass destruction?
No...
They never existed (sarcasm off).
How quickly is Google Earth updated?
It’s about time that someone got syrias in the war on terror.
Thats right, two of the drop tanks were found on Turkish soil.
Excellent tag that is a matter of life and death.
This feels like a false flag operation to shut down an operation shipping munitions into Iraq.
At the very least, nothing like this would go unnoticed by US forces in Iraq. There had to be some “understanding” before the fact.
Thanks Ernest for both pings.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1894470/posts
Nice job on the HTML btw. ;’)
[minor ribbing job sponsored by the Dhimmicratic Underground]
This will embarrass Putin if any Russky naval vessels were in or near port right then.
another....giggle.
Yep.
And did ya catch the obligatory White House warning to Israel today?
In identical letters to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and to French Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert, the current president of the Security Council, Jaafari said the Israeli planes last Thursday crossed Syria's northern frontier and dropped "some munitions without managing to cause any human casualties or material damage".
Baghdad Bob is that you?
DAMN! Barkeep... 
a round for our Israeli friends!
Sorry Guys. Google Earth is only updated once or twice a year even in the most populated areas of the world.
If so, we owe Israel big-time!
However, I would like to think our B-2s or F-22s could do the same job and not be detected enough to be blamed.
Then again... 
Maybe, could Israel be taking the heat for us?
No *human* casualties... ;’)
Is that a satellite intel photo? If so, would it be availabe on the ‘Net?
Would you care to say what that Syrian base contained?
British Lancasters overflew Sweden to successfully attack the Tirpitz during WW-II. (The flew low to take advantage of a gap in German radar coverage between Denmark and Norway and then up along western Sweden to attack from east, taking the Germans completely by surprise. Alfred Price, “Instruments of Darkness”. Great, great book.)
I am intrigued!
Important ping: Israel knocks out important Syrian site!
Hmm. Maybe it was announced today, 9/11, for a reason.
The air strike "left a big hole in the desert" in Syria.
It's a beautiful world.
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