Posted on 09/12/2007 5:49:24 AM PDT by maquiladora
Advisors to Syrian President Bashar Assad are pressuring him to respond to the alleged IAF attack by "landing a blow to an Israeli target," the Kuwait-based Al-Jareeda reported Wednesday. According to the report, Israel targeted long-range missile batteries that were brought to Syria from Iran. The report said five IAF fighter jets carried out the attack.
Israel Radio quoted the Kuwaiti paper to the effect that the group advocating a military response is being spearheaded by Assad's brother in law, who has met in recent days with senior Hizbullah and Hamas officials in an effort to draw up an operation plan.
The Kuwaiti paper also reported that the Syrian army has begun drafting reservists from the armed corps, missile corps and anti-aircraft units, and quoted "sources in the know" who said the draft was a response to Israel raising its level of readiness in the north.
According to a report by The Nazareth-based al-Sinara newspaper Wednesday, the IAF targeted a joint Syrian-Iranian missile base in northern Syria. Reportedly, the Iranian-funded installation was razed to the ground.
The report claimed its information was gleaned from an "Israeli source."
An official in the Bush administration told the New York Times Wednesday that in recent days the IAF has flown over Syria several times in an attempt to gain intelligence on a number of suspected nuclear facilities Israel believes have been sponsored by North Korea.
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The only difference between the Syrian government and the hizbullah and hamas terrorists is the Syrians wear business suits.
but I'd love to see Bashar Assad unleash his kittens of war. And chuckle... 
as Israeli planes and troops eat his lunch from elbow to earlobe.
Bender, like you, I hate being a warmonger... 
but I just love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Yeah, Colonel, it smells... 
like my second ex-wife cooking breakfast.
you seem to have for Zap Brannigan has me wondering? Yeah, Leela... 
should they get a room?
I think a room would be best... 
If they take their 'thing' to the next level in public here on FR, we'd all get banned!
Or... 
go blind!
Good point losers do like to whine, just like Democrats.
Syrian should wait for a like minded democrat to be president of the United States before they go attacking Israel.
According to the report, Israel targeted long-range missile batteries that were brought to Syria from Iran. The report said five IAF fighter jets carried out the attack. Israel Radio quoted the Kuwaiti paper to the effect that the group advocating a military response is being spearheaded by Assad's brother in law......a.k.a. his eventual successor.
Interesting that none of the Arab states condemned Israel.
They must be sicker of Iran’s “mini me” than we are.
Of course it does. Remember when we toppled Saddam Hussein, Bashar al-Assad immediately said that he was the new Arab leader? He might as well have held up a sign saying, "Come and get me next!"
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