[Fitzcarraldo]

This is way up, even north of Bekaa; the Isaelis are cutting off escape routes and degrading any route that any Syrian armored force could use, IMO.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/08/01/ap2920124.html

"...Another strike at an area near the Syrian border, about six miles north of Hermel, targeted the Qaa-Homs road, one of four official crossing points between Lebanon and Syria. Two of the four border crossings are now closed because of damage, and repeated airstrikes have made the main Beirut-Damascus highway impassable..."

[conservativepoet]

"the Isaelis are cutting off escape routes and degrading any route that any Syrian armored force could use"

Sounds about right