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Israelis ‘blew apart Syrian nuclear cache’(Israeli SpecOps was on the ground to direct bombing )
Times Online ^
| 09/16/05
| Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv, Sarah Baxter in Washington and Michael Sheridan
Posted on 09/15/2007 8:24:09 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: sofaman
Just curious, they got in how? And got out how?Very carefully. That's all anyone needs to know.
To: TigerLikesRooster
As a bonus, the Israelis proved they could penetrate the Syrian air defence system, which is stronger than the one protecting Iranian nuclear sites. I hope that Rice drops this on the conference table and lets it sit there until the Iranis get the point. Their bluster conceals a great deal of fear. We can do ten times as much as the Israelis can.
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:41:36 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: steel_resolve
the Israelis shut down Syria's air defense systems. The encountered little to no resistance. They had a commando team on the ground, painting the target. All aircraft returned safely to base as did the commando team.
It also makes clear to the Syrians that the Israelis know when they so much as fart out of tune. The reason they're not making a big deal out of this is because the cannot sanitize what they have been up to. They know that US and Israeli intelligence know exactly what was hit.
This is a huge embarrassment for the Syrians and it places them on notice that they are not as ready for the Israelis as they thought they were.
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:42:00 PM PDT
by
sofaman
("If someone says that they are going to kill you, believe them." Benjamin Netanyahu.)
To: denydenydeny
Putin suckered by Israelis. As a former career KGB officer, that must be especially humiliating.
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:42:20 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: jeltz25
Maybe seeing the IDF go in an take acre of business will spur some of our SOF and AF guys to want ot show their stuff and get in on the action. What our guys (in all services - but especially in SOF) have been accomplishing in the past 6 years of this WOT (mostly in the shadows) is historically astounding. Ops tempo's other forces couldn't imagine.
We've hit AQ sites throughout the ME, SE Asia and the HOA (often in places we supposedly aren't).
Lastly, it is never our SOF guys who don't want to "show their stuff" (as you put it). Talk to HQs.
Having 160000 troops doing police work in villages and cities and fixing schools and manning checkpoints is largely a waste of time.
You don't have a clue, with all due respect - Not a clue if that is your serious thought -
To: Vince Ferrer
LOL...you’re right...but I’d love to know. I promise not to tell...
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:43:17 PM PDT
by
sofaman
("If someone says that they are going to kill you, believe them." Benjamin Netanyahu.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:44:52 PM PDT
by
NordP
(No running or relenting. The problem will be dealt with. Decisively. Systematically. Permanently.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Putin suckered by Israelis. As a former career KGB officer, that must be especially humiliating. Let's see if the Russians put their teasing bombers back in the barn now.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Anyone know where this attack was? Is there a name of a nearby town or any landmark being reported anywhere?
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:56:49 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: sofaman
“The smartest thing that they have done is to bring Barak in as Defense Minister. He’s a schmuck politically, but he is enormously savvy militarily.”
I agree. Night and day to Peretz who knew nothing.
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:58:01 PM PDT
by
dervish
(Never Forget September 11, 2001)
To: Bean Counter
You are absolutely correct that the media is far too busy trying to lose the war in Iraq than it is in reporting the world wide news. Or reporting on O.J. or Princess Di ten years later.
But, I blame part of that on the American public. After all, you and I found out about a potentially dangerous crisis.
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:58:06 PM PDT
by
berdie
To: FreedomCalls
No. Nobody seems to be talking. Not yet anyway. It is an indication that this operation is a resounding success.
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:59:10 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I know. Putin’s double humiliation (the Israeli defeat of Syria’s Russian-built air defense system being the other half) is the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae.
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:59:36 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Expel the priest and you don't inaugurate the age of reason, you get the witch doctor--Paul Johnson)
To: Alouette
I knew it was somethin big...........
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posted on
09/15/2007 9:59:47 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: denydenydeny
the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae LOL
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posted on
09/15/2007 10:00:41 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: isrul
And they manage to do this even with the sorry excuse for a leader they now have. There are still some who will take action for the survival of their people. I’m sure our State dept. is very upset. When we {our government} on very rare occassion manages somehow not to try and control Israel's affairs good things usually happen. Nuclear weapons production facilities get destroyed and potential problems to the U.S. from other nations are held in check. When we try to manage their moves? It usually spells disaster.
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posted on
09/15/2007 10:01:58 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Proud Partisan Constitution Supporting Conservative to which I make no apologies for nor back down)
To: sofaman
no offense, but you don’t know that. Unless you’re Mossad, you’re speculating. I would love everything you say to be true, but I am erring on the side of skepticism.
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posted on
09/15/2007 10:05:06 PM PDT
by
steel_resolve
(90 Guns per 100 Americans...You will never take us.)
To: sofaman
It is interesting to me that the man Clinton c oop;ted to sell out his country is now defense minister. That’s a better option.
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posted on
09/15/2007 10:05:40 PM PDT
by
ClaireSolt
(Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/15/2007 10:05:57 PM PDT
by
dervish
(Never Forget September 11, 2001)
To: Fitzcarraldo
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posted on
09/15/2007 10:07:08 PM PDT
by
txhurl
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