Posted on 05/04/2013 8:37:07 PM PDT by silentknight
Edited on 05/04/2013 9:50:12 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Strong blasts hit the outskirts of the Syrian capital early on Sunday, state TV reports, saying that Israeli rockets have targeted a military research center.
Massive explosions have been heard near Mount Qasioun in Damascus. The area hosts the Jamraya military research center, which came under Israeli attack earlier in January and marked the first incursion by Israel into Syrian airspace in six years.
A senior US official confirmed to NBC News that Israeli Air Force bombed the military research center.
RT has managed to speak to local journalist Abdallah Mawazini, for a report on the latest developments. Apart from the 300 soldiers who are said to have died and hundreds wounded, he reported the following:
“When the explosion happened in Damascus, all the houses were shaken. There was dust everywhere. Right now we’re receiving more information about the attack, which targeted the Jamraya military research center. Everyone woke up, most of the people ran downstairs – to make sure they are safe. Now we are getting more information. The sound of the explosion was heard everywhere in Damascus. People are scared.”
During the attack, one Israeli jet was reportedly shot down by Syria's Air Force, according to Hezbollah's Manar TV channel, citing security sources in Damascus.
"The new Israeli attack is an attempt to raise the morale of the terrorist groups which have been reeling from strikes by our noble army," Syrian television said.
There has been no immediate comment from Israel. "We don't respond to this kind of report," an Israeli military spokeswoman told Reuters.
US President Barack Obama said that he will let the “Israeli government confirm or deny whatever strikes they have taken,” RT’s Paula Slier quotes him.
Video footage uploaded onto the Internet showed a massive ball of fire rising into the sky. RT could not immediately verify the authenticity of the videos.
The Israeli Air Force conducted an airstrike on Syrian territory on Friday, reportedly targeting a shipment of advanced missiles. Unnamed US officials claimed that the missiles had been en-route from Iran to Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
Among the varying descriptions of the actual rockets, Fateh 110s have come up, which are advanced enough to strike Tel Aviv from southern Lebanon and, therefore perceived as a threat by Israel.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon earlier told journalists that any alleged delivery of Syrian weapons to Hezbollah would be considered a "red line." Ya'alon then said Israel would not permit "sophisticated weapons" to fall into the hands of "Hezbollah or other rogue elements."
US President Barack Obama has also said in the past that the crossing of a ‘red line’ would warrant further action from outside. This was in relation to the possibility that Assad forces may have used chemical weapons against Syrians – a claim that is still being investigated, with no evidence so far.
Nonetheless, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced on Thursday that the US may now consider arming the Syrian opposition – something the US has shied away from openly doing in the two years since the start of the Syrian uprising.
Asked directly if the administration was reconsidering its position on that option, Hagel said "yes". "Arming the rebels — that's an option," he said. "We must continue to look at options."
The conflict in Syria has entered its third year. According to UN estimates, at least 70,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011.
If true, prayers up for the safety of Israel.
Ping to 10
Whispers in the Pentagon and elsewhere in official Washington seem to indicate the Israelis may wait to launch massive airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites until at least after the elections this summer in Iran.....
Thus, if the rumors in Washington are true... (and not disinformation designed to mask a sooner attack),.... it would suggest before the Israelis start a new regional war they want to assess — and be seen assessing — whether Iran’s new government will maintain its hardline pursuit of nuclear weapons,..... or whether it would be willing to negotiate and give up the country’s atomic ambitions.
But even while being as patient as possible, Netanyahu cannot ignore Iranian efforts to beef up the missile forces of Hezbollah, the implosion inside Syria, the danger of Syria WMD being used or being transferred to jihadists, and the steady Iranian march towards The Bomb.
The airstrikes in the last 48 hours help him send a message that his patience is running out, and that the Israelis have very precise intelligence on what Iran and its allies are up to............
((early reports indicate they bombed storehouses for advanced missiles that the Assad regime was preparing to transfer to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.))
One thing is clear:..... Netanyahu is not waiting any longer for Obama to act. Israel is taking the lead in protecting its own national security.
Joel Rosenberg
Interesting comments on the site. I take it this is a Russian site?
> Joel Rosenberg
Are you Joel Rosenburg... or just copying something he wrote?
(I would be unsurprised if Mr. Rosenburg were a Freeper.)
I get His e-mails from his web site..blog etc. I generally want to see what he has to say on issues concerning Israel.
As you might know he once worked with Bibi and knows him personally....as do many of the ‘better’ politicians in Washington.
So when he mentions “whispers” likely he's heard something from those within... but is not authorized to confirm information... rather frames his opinion.
I'll be careful next time, and here after, to bracket his name.
Ah, it's ok.
I'll be careful next time, and here after, to bracket his name.
Or you can use <blockquote> to inset the text.
Like this.
Like this?
<”When it comes to serial killers and mass shooters, the media is conditioned to look for a break that follows some life crisis. But with Muslim terrorists there is no discontinuity, only continuity. A few setbacks might have made terrorism more appealing to Tamerlan, but that would not have happened if it had not already been on his menu of life choices. Or that of his brother.”>
Or just his name?
I hope you will forgive me if I don’t believe that.
thank you. I learn something new everyday
Oops, my-bad, the actual syntax is <blockquote>
Some content
</blockquote>
I'd put everything in the blockquote.
That’s okay - I haven’t studied it so it is perhaps a faulty interpretation. But the two events are linked, and seeing as Damascus has never been turned into an uninhabited wasteland (yet), it would seem that the prophecy is not referring to something that has already happened. It also seems that most interpreters view these verses as “end time” prophecies.
Amazing to be living in these days, isn’t it?
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