Posted on 05/04/2013 8:07:27 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Following evidence of chemical warfare and an increasinly reticent US position, Israel has in recent days taken widely reported steps to neutralise threats emanating from within civil war-torn Syria.
While strikes from Lebanese airspace this weekend are not thought to have been on chemical weapons caches, the recent Israeli intelligence regarding the use of such weaponry is thought to have spurred on a round of strikes, including the latest just hours ago.
The Syrian state news agency SANA, citing initial reports, said early Sunday that Israeli missiles struck a military research center near the capital Damascus.
Syrian state television has reported that a major strike on an ammunition depot in Qassiyoun mountains shook Damascus, while Hezbollah's Al-Manar station claimed the explosion may have been a downed Israeli jet.
Rumours are surfacing online that following the latest volley of attacks on the Syrian regime, President Bashar al-Assad will soon officially declare war on Israel, with speculators pointing to 5am local time for official confirmation. This information continues to persist despite the technical state of war that currently exists between the two states.
Many however, have been quick to dismiss these reports as strictly rumour, with various commentators claiming that such a move would be sure to end Assad's reign of terror in Syria "within a week".
The news of an Israeli intervention in Syria has caught the Obama administration on the back foot, with the US president refusing to comment at length about the strike. Obama said, "The Israelis, justifiably, have to guard against the transfer of advanced weaponry to terrorist organizations like Hezbollah."
The US president made no mention of supposed "red lines" being crossed, despite evidence of Syria's used of chemical weapons against rebel forces. Critics have hit out at Barack Obama in recent days for failing to put forward any coherent strategy to bring the violence in Syria to an end. The inaction, according to some, is another example of Obama's "lead from behind" strategy, the same tactic he employed during the intervention in Libya.
UPDATE 03:15am GMT: 5am local time in Syria has passed without comment from military authorities or the Assad regime. Speculation continues about the nature of the attack with some insisting that Israel's weaponry was "nuclear-like", that chemicals can be "smelt" in the air, and that the attack was co-ordinated by Israel with help from Syrian rebel forces.
I dunno.
Good point.
:)
I like it, too.
I am worried that the regime needs a big diversion to give the media something to cover next week other than the hearing. Good thing we just shipped those to the brotherhood . Insane
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/11/us-gives-4-more-f-16-fighter-jets-to-egyptian-government/
I just worry that somehow Obama will bring us into this.
OH MY! Syria is declaring “WAR”... Is that before they sent weapons or after?
Before they wanted to remove Israel from the face of the earth or after?
Are they more angry now then before?
Inquiring minds would like to know.
So, does alkida know how to land these planes as well? How are they in dogfights?
eh?
That’s funny, they can only use them once LOL
all al queerda needs to know is how to take off and how to fly, they donn’t care about landing
7. Continue to support and arm the MB and his other anti Israel/ western man proxies.
Hint to Assad
Never declare wariness a country whose Air Force flies directly over your palace, your military HQ , your main intelligence compound with complete impunity while their jets are fully laden with fuel and bombs and on their way to bomb your most sensitive chemical weapons and missile assets.
Just to show they can
Propaganda organizations, when caught off guard without a clue, often react to perceived bad news with silence.
Ping, hoping Egypt stays out of this .
Possibly. But I think Obama is so far behind the game as are his advisors that he hasn’t a clue who is fighting who any more or what any of this is all about.
Wonder if anyone has told him about the latest Chinese incursion.
So much to worry about he probably wishes he would have taken his golf clubs with him and stayed in Mexico for a few more days.
Obummer is very proactive.
often react to perceived bad news with silence.”
Unless they are in the United States and then they just make stuff up.
Dumb question: Can’t Israel use surface to surface missiles on targets in Syria? Surely they have cruise missiles?
King Barry must have a fund raiser tomorrow.
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