Syria accuses Israel of bombing its territory

Reuters / Haaretz / Channel 10 ^

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DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and said it could respond to the Jewish state's "aggression and treachery".

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"It appears that the Israeli planes were on a reconnaissance mission when they got caught by Syrian defenses and were forced to drop their bombs and extra fuel tanks," said a Western diplomat in Syria's capital Damascus. He declined to be named.

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The Israeli military spokesman's office said in a statement: "It is not our custom to respond to these kinds of reports."

The office has typically commented on such charges, but a security source said the government had imposed a news blackout on the issue. A spokeswoman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said there would be no comment beyond the military statement.

In Washington, the White House declined to comment.

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Military analysts said Israel has conducted reconnaissance flights over Syria to probe its defenses. Witnesses said several planes crossed deep into Syrian territory and flew over the oil centre of Deir al Zor on the Euphrates river. Residents in the Tal al-Abiad area on Syria's border with Turkey said they spotted several fuel tanks.

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20:07 Assad convening with Syrian government officials (Channel 10)

[mad puppy]

Hey Achmed, you sure you want to light that match?

[vikingd00d]

>> Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory

Turn-about is fair play.

[rod1]

I think when/if Israel really does bomb their territory verification will not be an issue.

[Little Ray]

They obviously missed all the good targets...

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21:12 IDF Home Front Command briefs media on possible missile attack on Israel (Haaretz)

I'm not sure what to make of that just yet, it was 8 mins ago.

[Fatuncle]

For the record, this turns out to be untrue. Syria did not claim that Israel bombed Syria. The Syrian statement was that an IDF fighter over Syrian airspace "dropped ammunition" while evading, and very little more. Moreover, this may be a mistranslation, intended to say the fighter jettisoned fuel tanks.

The claim of bombing Syria originates in Reuters, and is mentioned nowhere else. In short, a flat lie invented out of whole cloth by the "news" agency .