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Apr. 16, 2007 20:29 | Updated Apr. 17, 2007 0:13
“Syria: Accept Arab initiative or we’ll resort to violence”
By JPOST.COM STAFF

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal threatened on Monday evening to return the Golan Heights to Syrian hands “by way of resistance if Israel [rejects] the Arab peace initiative.”

Bilal did not elaborate, but some analysts raised the possibility of either a full scale conventional war or a terror campaign in the Golan as one of the means to undertake a mukawama (”resistance” in Arabic).

After saying that “Syria wishes to revive the peace process with Israel with the help of US and Russian mediators,” Bilal immediately added a threat, saying that “if Israel [rejects] the Arab peace initiative, the only way to get the Golan Heights back would be the way of resistance.”

Bilal, speaking at a press conference in Damascus, was referring to the Arab peace initiative of 2002.

Don’t underestimate Syria’s military

Bilal’s belligerent remarks followed on the heels of a visit by Syrian-born American businessman Abe Suleiman to Jerusalem last week.”

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April 14, 2007

Israel Warns of Syrian Buildup

Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Senior defense officials have warned of an unprecedented military buildup in Syria. Following the Second Lebanon War, IDF Military Intelligence noticed a change within the Syrian military. Syria feels empowered by Hizbullah’s surprising success last summer and Damascus now believes it can use Hizbullah-like tactics in a future confrontation with Israel and possibly even defeat the IDF.

Syria has the ability to independently manufacture Scud missiles, and has 300 deployed in the Syrian part of the Golan Heights. Syrian missiles include a number of Scud D’s with a range of 700 kilometers and said to be capable of carrying nonconventional warheads. According to Yiftah Shapir - a researcher with the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University - the Syrian military also plans to use short-range Katyushas in any future conflict with Israel.

The heart of Syria’s missile program is in Hama, where a weapons factory is surrounded by more than 30 hardened concrete bunkers that house multiple launchers and missiles. In just minutes, experts said, these launchers could deliver more than a ton of nonconventional warheads anywhere in Israel. Another missile site near Homs contains a chemical warhead facility where a drive-through building leads to a facility where warheads are installed on ballistic missiles.

Posted on 14 April 2007 @ 22:00 GMT