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“Syria debating attacks against Israel
Official: Iran wants low-grade warfare to escalate into larger conflict”
Posted: February 11, 2010
12:50 am Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
SNIPPET: “TEL AVIV – Syria has been contemplating launching low-grade attacks against Jewish communities in the Golan Heights to pressure Israel into negotiations aimed at relinquishing the strategic territory, a senior Israeli security official told WND.
The official said the Syrian government was debating whether to launch guerilla warfare and possibly sporadic mortar and rocket attacks targeting the Golan. The attacks would be blamed on an “independent” group operating out of Syria, the official said.
However, Syria apparently has backed down from the plan after Iran expressed interest in using the low-grade attacks to escalate into a larger conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, the official said. Such a conflict would distract Israel.
The official said Syria is afraid of a large conflict or an outright war with Israel.
Just last week, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned Syria’s president, Bashar Assad, that any war with his country would topple his regime.”
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3847677,00.html
IDF: Terrorist killed in Gaza was Global Jihad activist
Published: 02.11.10, 12:48 / Israel News
The terrorist killed in an IAF air strike near Gaza Strip’s Karni Crossing was a Global Jihad activist, 26, from Gaza, who was active in the past in firing rockets into Israel, according to the IDF Spokesperson Unit.
Another member of the terrorist organization was reported wounded in the attack. (Hanan Greenberg)