Posted on 09/15/2007 7:53:08 AM PDT by jhpigott
Syrian denies saying Damascus wouldn't respond to IAF attack By Haaretz Staff and News Agencies The Syrian deputy foreign minister on Saturday denied reports that he had said Damascus was not planning a military response, a week after claiming that Israel Air Force warplanes bombed targets in its territory. (Click here for map). Damascus announced last Thursday that IAF jets had violated its airspace, and had been fired upon by Syrian air defenses. Israel has refused to make any comment about the incident. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad told a Lebanese newspaper that his words were taken out of context and that Syria has never remained silent in the face of a military penetration of its territory. Advertisement Mekdad warned after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Friday that growing tension could spark a violent outbreak in the region, and that Syria has the "means to respond in ways that will preserve its position of power."
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So a representative of an Arab Muslim government lied? :o
Let's hope this time Israel informed Syria that any (major) attacks carried out by Syria's attack dog terrorist orgs will be viewed as an attack by Syria itself, and that Israel's response would be massive and directed at Damascus.
This in itself is a response. Considering Syria’s hairtrigger readiness, it appears there will be no military response.
Well, of course we have no real idea what just went down
over Syria, other than (apparently) that IDF jets went
into their airspace carrying drop tanks, and left them
behind.
> ... so after saying the other day there would be no
> Syrian military response, he comes out and denies
> he ever said that ...
Whatever happened seems to have sobered the Syrians.
Anyone seen Assad lately?
Speculation includes doing an Osirak on Syria’s joint
WMD program with the PRK.
> ... i imagine it will be via Hizbullah or Hamas ...
Speculation also includes wiping out a major shipment
of stuff intended for the Hizbos.
Debka opines that it was mere jammer testing of new
anti-air systems the Syrians got from Iran or Russia.
Could be route-proving for an IDF-Iran strike.
With any luck, the US can share in whatever the IDF
learned.
i wouldn’t be so sure about that . . . i don’t expect a full frontal attack on the Golan by any means, but i doubt this will go unanswered. it may take weeks or months, but i imagine there will be some response . . . just the nature of things in the middle east
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