Posted on 06/28/2006 1:23:39 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
In a first response by Syria to the Israeli Air Force flyover the palace of Syrian President Basher Assad, a government spokesman said: "Two Israeli military planes circled with dawn at a low height, near our shore. The air defense forces opened fire at the planes and they split up and left the area." This was Syria's official version of the event, which was broadcast on Syrian television.
In the message, Syria denied any ties or responsibility to the kidnapping of soldier Gilad Shalit in Gaza. "These aggressive operations form a provocation and are unjustified. If their goal is to place responsibility for the kidnapping of the Israeli soldier on the political leadership of Hamas (in Damascus – R.N.) – then Israel is making a scandalous mistake that is crossing the boundaries of logic," the source said.
The spokesman tried to evade Syria's responsibility and that of the Hamas leadership in Damascus for the recent kidnappings in Israel. "The operation was carried out by the Palestinian popular Resistance in Gaza and it announced this from there. This is not an operation that can be carried out from remote control," he said.
He described the Palestinian attack at Kerem Shalom as "an operation that shows the failure and internal crisis of Israel – a failure that it is trying to oust and therefore it is directing blame at others."
At the end of the Syrian news broadcast, a long interview with none other National Democratic Assembly Chairman Knesset Member Azmi Bishara ensued. Bishara spoke at length about recent incidents in Israel and the territories.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed concern over the recent incidents and the developing situation in the Palestinian Authority. Annan, who telephoned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said he spoke with Syrian President Basher Assad and with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and urged them to aid in the release of the kidnapped soldier. He asked Olmert for Israel to act with restraint in its operations against the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip.
The prime minister updated him on details of Operation Summer Rain and said that Israel is focusing its efforts on freeing kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit.
"The Palestinian Authority is not doing a thing to bring about the release of the soldier and to prevent Qassam rocket firing. Israel has lost its patience and must act to defend itself. With that it is taking steps to avoid harming innocent Palestinian civilians," Olmert told the UN secretary-general.
In the course of the evening the prime minister also telephoned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and updated him on recent events in the south of the country and on operations Israel is taking in the Gaza Strip. He thanked the Egyptian president for the efforts of Egypt to try and release the kidnapped soldier and lowering tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.
Isn't that pronounced "ham-ass."
The dhimmocRATs posted his bail and gave him a job as DNC Chairman.
Okay, I don't think any of these countries holds a candle to Israel...
Three neighbors were defeated in 1967... Syria would be good to recall the 6 Day War...
Whew! Thank goodness.
No doubt a few phone calls from Komfy Anus will straighten this whole mess out.
"There were no Israeli planes anywhere near Syria. ....and if there were, the mother of all surface-to-air missile systems wouldn't eliminated them."
Oops....."wouldn't" = "would've"
23:39 Mubarak, Abbas ask Assad to act for the release of Gilad Shalit (Haaretz)
Egypt calling Mr. Assad. Iran, what say you?
NO SYRIA YOU made a big mistake...you see Isreal isn't afraid of you or anyone else...
Its kind of like Mother Nature:
Its not nice to mess with Isreal!!
It was indeed a "scandalous mistake" Israel made. They forgot to level Damascus and Al-Sader. Bad Israel! Bad! Bad! Bad! Do not make that "scandalous mistake" ever, ever again!
I agree. Oh, sure, the world would protest such action, and the UN would undoubtedly vote to condemn Israel, but after the dust settles, the world would be a better place without the nest of terrorists that reside in Gaza.
Well, Mr Assad won't sleeping in his pink underwear tonight...
I shot at a grasshopper that was on an old rubber tire. It was a near miss... but of my eye ball.
Almost hit my eyeball when the BB returned to accurately hit my face.
It amazing how fast you can learn gun safety by a mishap. I'm appreciative that I still have perfect eye sight. lol
Syria would be good to heed the warning.
"Although questioned by American authorities, al-Sahaf [aka Baghdad Bob] was released, and there has been no suggestion of charging or detaining him for his role in the Saddam Hussein government. He is now living in the United Arab Emirates with his family."
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Hamas in quandary over Israeli soldier ~ Great picture
Witth this picture:
No, he'll likely be cr@pping in them.
Now that is funny! LOL.
hmmmm, Israel has named the current operation "Summer Rain"
Do ya think the general that named it has seen Taxi Driver and is referencing Travis Bickle's "Some day a real rain is going to come along and wash all the scum from the streets"?
I wonder how popular that flick was in the arab world and if they get it?
he he he
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