Posted on 02/02/2013 9:47:44 AM PST by Seizethecarp
Iraqi daily Azzaman quoted a Western diplomatic source as saying Thursday that the alleged Israeli attack on Syria reported on Wednesday caused heavy casualties among special Iranian Guards stationed at the Syrian facility. The source also said that the attack took place more than 48 hours before it was reported, eventually being leaked by Israel.
The source for the story, who was interviewed by the paper in London, said that the report about a strike on a convoy to Lebanon was probably meant to divert attention away from the main objective of the operation, which used F-16 aircraft to fire at least eight guided missiles at the facility.
The source also said that the base was heavily fortified and contained experts from Russia and at least three thousand Iranian Revolutionary Guards, who have been guarding the site for years. Many of these Iranian Guards suffered casualties.
The Iranian regime’s English-language mouthpiece, Press TV, quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian as saying that the “strike on Syria will have serious consequences for Tel Aviv.”
Also on Thursday, the Saudi-based Al-Watan newspaper reported that the Syrian regime had transferred nonconventional weapons to Hezbollah.
Al-Watan, quoting unnamed sources from the Syrian opposition, reported that Assad had been transferring weapons to Hezbollah since the beginning of 2012, including 2 tons of mustard gas and long-range missiles, capable of carrying chemical warheads and traveling 300 kilometers.
Syrian opposition sources also claimed that the transfers to Hezbollah took place over 40 days, from mid-February to March 2012, the Saudi daily reported.
The chemical weapons transfer to Hezbollah was carried out under the supervision of Syrian Brig.-Gen. Ghassan Abbas. The Syrian source said that it observed these transfers since the beginning of last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
I could have sworn President Barry said he was going to pounce on any attempt by Assad to “move” WMD from Syria to Hezbollah...
If these transfers have been going on as long as these reports say, the Israelis would certainly know about it. Were the Israelis bribed by Barry to refrain from any attacks on Syrian WMD transfers until after the election, or did Bibi want to hold off until his own re-election was secure?
” I could have sworn President Barry said he was going to pounce on any attempt by Assad to “move” WMD from Syria to Hezbollah...”
Well they were American built F-16’s.
You didn’t bomb that!
Very good!
More Biblical prophesy on the menu.
If the US does not support Israel we face
our end as a nation or at least any significant
world power.
Well *obviously* the so-called Hezbollah and Iranian targets of this bombing were *actually* foreign al-Qaeda fighters that the peace-loving, freedom-fighting, pro-Christian Russians and Syrian government forces have been struggling to defeat, like the Europeans at the Gates of Vienna.
(/s)
Thanks Seizethecarp.
sidebars:
new place — http://gatesofvienna.net/
old place — http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
..................
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
..................
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
..................
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.