Posted on 03/08/2008 3:22:09 AM PST by maquiladora
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I thought you might be interested in this it is also posted ont “the long war thread”:
Iran, Gulf foreign ministers meet in Damascus
Published: 03.08.08, 23:53 / Israel News
The foreign ministers of Iran, Oman, Qatar and Syria held an unannounced meeting in the Syrian capital on Saturday ahead of an Arab summit clouded by a crisis in Lebanon.
The four met at a restaurant near the city’s international airport, witnesses said. The Iranian and Qatari ministers left Damascus immediately afterwards. (AP)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3516563,00.html
Thanks for the ping. I’d noticed for a while now that Qatar was inching toward a relationship with Syria & thus Iran, breaking the assumed Gulf coalition against Iran. & now Oman. Oman & Qatar have been reasonably friendly (for Arabs) toward Israel, so this doesn’t sound good. They might be smelling Israel’s blood in the water & want to get on the winning side.
No problem, I posted it here first - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1979689/posts?page=342
but couldn’t remember you FR name so I had to look for you.
You make some good points and perhaps “They might be smelling Israel’s blood in the water & want to get on the winning side.” but there is a lot that is NOT said in that piece.
There has been nothing of any substance out of Israel today that I can find but Hamas leader Abbas backed out of the claim to the murders and made a few demands earlier today - another hmmmm
What I found interesting was the last sentence - “The Iranian and Qatari ministers left Damascus immediately afterwards.”
That left Hasad and the Omanian leader there - hmmmmm
It has been over a year since the last time this much silence has come from Israel after major events have occurred - I wonder if the world is waiting - fearing at what Israel will do.
Oh well - just some thoughts.
They are definitely fearing what Israel is going to do, but Israel will likely do nothing more than kill a few Palestinians & try to make believe that they've done enough. & then the mask will drop & all will know that Israel is nearly defeated. Except for completely beaten countries like Lebanon, most Arabs already sense Israel's weakness & expect to be able to destroy it eventually. This will be confirmation to any Arabs who still had reservations. I predict that this will inflame anti-semitism like never before. Jewish weakness breeds anti-semitism.
The only good thing that can come out of it is that I know that Israelis will fight hard if their backs are against the wall. Maybe it's the only way for Israel to react.
Perhaps.
Don’t forget about the USS Cole sitting off Lebanon.
The victims of the Merca Harav Yeshiva. Top row: Avraham David Moses (16), Ro'i Roth (18), Neria Cohen (15), Yonatan Yitzhak Eldar (16); Bottom row: Yochai Lifshitz (18), Segev Peniel Avihail (15), Yehonadav Haim Hirschfeld (19), Doron Meherete (26).
Both the Iranian and Syrian terrorist supporting dictatorships must pay the highest price for the mass murder of the yeshiva students.
OPINION-SPECULATION:
The sponsor(s) of the terrorist who killed these fine young men will pay for it — probably in a way that not even they could imagine.
Time will tell.
We can only hope justice is soon for the sake of their loved ones.
GOD alone is the true justice.
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OPINION:
I understand the seriousness of this mass murder M. Espinola and so do the Israelis.
Terrorism and the war on terror goes on.
The Israelis do know how to fight terrorism and they will fight terrorism.
They have to fight terrorism — their survival depends on it.
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