'If NATO attacks Syria, we'll fire missiles at Tel Aviv' (Syria's Assad)

Jerusalem Post ^ | 10/4/2011 | Staff

[mojito]

Syrian President Bashar Assad warned western countries on Tuesday that if Syria comes under NATO attack it would fire missiles at Tel Aviv, Iranian semi-official news agency FARS reported.

During a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmad Davutoglu, Assad allegedly threatened: "If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than 6 hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv."

According to the report, Assad also reiterated that Damascus will call on Hezbollah to launch such an intensive rocket and missile attack on Israel.

"All these events will happen in three hours, and in the following three hours, Iran will attack the US warships in the Persian Gulf and the US and European interests will be targeted simultaneously," Assad said, according to FARS.

Assad's comments came as Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would set out his country's plans for sanctions against Syria after he visits a Syrian refugee camp near the border in the coming days.

The move heralds a further deterioration in previously friendly relations between Ankara and Damascus since the start of Assad's crackdown on protesters.

[mojito]

Assad is becoming unglued as Turkey and Syria get closer to a shooting war.

[org.whodat]

Great foreign policy work, Hillary.

[rjsimmon]

I suppose we should all come to expect this of any Moslem nation: "Attack us and we will shoot at Israel."

[gundog]

It starts at the top. Assad may have hit on a way to keep Obama from hiding behind NATO, as he did in Libya. Of course, this assumes that Obama wouldn’t regard an attack on Israel as acceptable collateral damage.

[donozark]

Be nice. Hillary is doing the best she can. Seriously...And it scares hell out of me!

[B.O. Plenty]

If NATO attacks Syria, we'll fire missiles at Tel Aviv' (Syria's Assad)

...which would likely be the last thing that (Syria's Assad) does.

If assad intends to do damage, he must fire a LOT of missiles...

...maybe his entire arsenal since the ability to fire any more after the first volley will be gone.

[A Texan]

Um, ok. So NATO just flatens the Goland Height too. As and added kick in the b@lls, Israel gets to then build more settlements.

[Little Ray]

Sounds fair. Of course, the Israelis may see fit to do some above-ground nuclear testing in Damascus.

[donozark]

I suspect there is some increased “activity” around Dimona, as I speak....

[Little Ray]

I’m also wondering what makes this clown think his “hundreds of rockets and missiles” will make it to the Golan in any conditions to launch.

[Logical me]

if Syria comes under NATO attack

If Syria attacks Israel, they will be leveled and that is without King Obama's communists refusal to give Israel its backing.

[GeronL]

good luck with that

I have a feeling that sooner or later Israel will have to set about 10 Muslim capitols ablaze with radioactive fire.

[sappy]

Marked for Death.

[SeaHawkFan]

The Arab world has never had a republican nor democratic form of government. Assay may no be a great guy, but we have no business getting involved there. Instability in the Middle East began with Carter throwing the Shaggy of Iran under the bus.

[GeronL]

Attack us and we will shoot at Israel

That might work, if the President and Sec State gave one whit about Israel.

[Genoa]

Who will defend Israel if she is attacked?

[org.whodat]

If you look it up you will find that I said, obummer and NATO’s illegal war in Libya would result in everybody in the small countries developing a dead mans trigger for stand off warfare. They have no other option to protect themselves.

[JoyjoyfromNJ]

for your review & possible ping.

Kind of confused, though, since that guy from Turkey hates Israel as well.

[papertyger]

Israel.

[papertyger]

I seem to remember a prophecy about Damascus being utterly erased.

Isaiah, I think...