BREAKING: Syrian troops begin pullback [to Bekaa Valley; not out of Lebanon]

AP via Yahoo News ^

[Wolfstar]

Although there is movement, as WH Press Secretary Scott McClellan said, it's a half-measure, at best.

[Red Badger]

One Valley......One MOAB.........

[TheBigB]

Movement is better than non-movement. We'll see what happens next.

[bahblahbah]

Many people believe that Bekaa Valley is where Saddam's WMDs are buried.

[clintonh8r]

exactly

[Semper Paratus]

Wouldn't want to trust the well water there.

[gov_bean_ counter]

How about things that go boom in the night?

[Brilliant]

The Bekka Valley.... Isn't that where Saddam's WMD are? I'm thinking this might be an opportunity to make sure those WMD don't kill any INNOCENT people.

[TommyDale]

"Many people believe that Bekaa Valley is where Saddam's WMDs are buried."

There is a reason that the Bekaa Valley is the "line drawn in the sand".

[Young Werther]

The supposition that Iraq's WMD are hidden in the Bekka Valley means that surveillance drones can put this whole matter to rest in a very short time.

Syria down, that's one more notch for Wubya!!

[Wolfstar]

Syrian soldiers ride on a loaded army truck during a redeployment of troops near the village of Hammana, in the central mountains east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday March 7, 2005. The presidents of Syria and Lebanon announced Monday that Syrian forces will pull back to Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley by March 31, but a complete troop withdrawal will be deferred until after later negotiations.

A Syrian army soldier, his truck decorated with a poster of his president Bashar al-Assad, looks back as he leaves his position in Mdeirej, east of Beirut, on the main Beirut-Damascus highway that links the capital to the Bekaa, where Syria has pledged to pull back all its troops in Lebanon.

A Lebanese soldier gestures to waiting members of the media as a Syrian truck leaves their position near the village of Hammana, in the central mountains east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday March 7, 2005.

Syrian soldiers ride on an army truck near the village of Aley, in the central mountains east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 7, 2005.

[TommyDale]

Who's the babe in that last photo?

[Sola Veritas]

"One Valley......One MOAB........."

Tactically speaking, that is not a bad idea. Get them bunched together and tell them to pull out immediately or we will take aggressive action. When they balk, creme them with MOABs. Instant, non-nuclear, destruction of a serious part of the Syrian Army.

I am not advocating this, but it makes "tactical" sense.

[VRWCmember]

Cool, one MOAB can take out a whole bunch of jihadis plus Saddam's WMD.

[sinanju]

The Bekaa' Valley is where Syria's cash crop opium poppy fields are. They'll want to hang on to that. A single night sortie by a B2 with a load of JDAMs would hurry this process on immeasurably.

[Wolfstar]

Syrian soldiers ride on top of an army truck as they move during a redeployment of troops near the village of Stur, in the central mountains east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 7, 2005.

A Syrian tank moves with soldiers on a hillside during a redeployment of troops near the village of Hammana, in the central mountains east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 7, 2005.

A Syrian soldier grabs his rifle before pointing it to prevent pictures from being taken as they pack equipment on a loaded army truck during a redeployment of troops near the village of Stur, in the central mountains east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 7, 2005.

[SlowBoat407]

Ye-e-es! Depart alot at this time!

[BigSkyFreeper]

Many people believe that Bekaa Valley is where Saddam's WMDs are buried.

I believe it to be true.

[dasboot]

Yup

[Petronski]

Who's the babe in that last photo?

I dunno, but she's really tall.