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Israeli jets fly over Beirut, explosions reported in Syria
arabnews.com ^ | 12/25/20 | AP

Posted on 12/25/2020 7:41:13 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal

BEIRUT: Israeli jets flew very low over parts of Lebanon early Friday, terrifying residents on Christmas Eve, some of whom reported seeing missiles in the skies over Beirut.

Minutes later, Syria’s official news agency reported explosions in the central Syrian town of Masyaf. Other Syrian media said Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli attack near the town in the Hama province. The Syrian Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying Israel “launched an aggression by directing a barrage of rockets” from the north of the Lebanese city of Tripoli toward the Masyaf area. It said Syrian air defense “confronted the enemy missiles and intercepted most of them.”

There was no immediate word on what the target was or whether there were any casualties.

(Excerpt) Read more at arabnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: beirut; iaf; iran; israel; presidentbiden; syria; waronterror
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1 posted on 12/25/2020 7:41:13 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“intercepted most of them”

They must have hired “Baghdad Bob”


2 posted on 12/25/2020 7:45:10 AM PST by dynachrome ( “The people have spoken . . . and they must be punished.” Ed Koch)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

t post


3 posted on 12/25/2020 7:48:20 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The world is already preparing for four years of a Biden presidency.


4 posted on 12/25/2020 7:50:13 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

It wouldn’t be Christmas if the Jews weren’t bombing Damascus.


5 posted on 12/25/2020 7:54:44 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Texas Eagle

What I was thinking too.


6 posted on 12/25/2020 7:59:44 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Texas Eagle

“The world is already preparing for four years of a Biden presidency.”

Yep, Israel knows that they’ll be on their own with the Anti-Semites taking power, so they might as well get some ‘house cleaning’ done prior to that. It would be really nice to see them end Iran’s threat too...


7 posted on 12/25/2020 7:59:45 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: mac_truck
"It wouldn’t be Christmas if the Jews weren’t bombing Damascus."

That right there is some funny stuff - thanks!

8 posted on 12/25/2020 8:07:20 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: BobL
On their own? Israel is the single largest cumulative recipient of American aid since WW2. They receive millions per day in aid, billions per year. They receive more direct aid from the US than any other country on the planet. You really believe Biden is going to change that?

There was a president who gave more aid to Israel than any other president before him...Can’t remember his name, began with an “O”...

9 posted on 12/25/2020 8:14:43 AM PST by TheDandyMan
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To: Roman_War_Criminal; All

What can you say — “rockin around... the [cyprus] tree... the Christmas party hop...”

Couldn’t resist.


10 posted on 12/25/2020 8:18:15 AM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: Texas Eagle

The world is already preparing for four years of a Biden presidency

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I fear you are correct.


11 posted on 12/25/2020 8:20:24 AM PST by Loud Mime ("Now, go and do your duty before darkness covers the earth." Michael Uhlmann (1939 - 2019))
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
According to Arabnews...over the Lebanese city of Tripoli toward the Masyaf area


12 posted on 12/25/2020 8:25:23 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

not sure what the targets were this time but in the larger picture, Lebanon was sold out by the Christian West and now, alas, a terrorist murder gang calls many or most of the shots there. An obvious peace partner for Jerusalem, Beirut needs to be rid of Hezballah and all the rest of the dangerous Muslim element. How? Not sure they can do it themselves as they are up against constant funding and arming of the terrorist gangs from Iran and elsewhere.
(I do believe it will be achieved someday however...)


13 posted on 12/25/2020 8:42:42 AM PST by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

These flyovers have been going on for a month now over Lebanon. Must cost a bunch to keep them up. Must be a reason for it though.


14 posted on 12/25/2020 8:45:11 AM PST by McGruff
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To: TheDandyMan

You’re conflating things. Obama also told Israel to shove it when they raised concerns regarding the Iran sellout. That’s what I’m referring to. Israel would have been forced to take out Iran on their own had Trump not won, with whatever weapons they needed to use, regardless of the price (and who knows now what will happen...now that Iran gets to restart its nuke development).

As far as the aid goes, Obama didn’t care either way...but dumping a few billion kept The Jews from raising a stink (and possibly pulling some of their money), so giving Israel our hard-earned money was a no-brainer for him.


15 posted on 12/25/2020 8:45:32 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

In reality, the Russians have “officially” moved S-400’s into the western, and central western Syrian theater.

However, from at least a few joint Russian/Syrian positions, they have been largely jamming radar (including for commercial flights), into Two Aviv and Oman for over a year and a half. Commercial carriers and airline pilots from around the world have been complaining about having to fly by “wire/horizon” for most of this time.

More recently, there are new large completed/and nearly completed, RUS/Syrian SIGINT/ELINT ufac’s which are both gathering and interrupting a broad range of frequency across Israel. A half dozen of these can reach halfway across the Sanai.

The next war on Israel will be major, and it will be a 360 degree war.

The prep just doesn’t quit.

Shortly after Trump was in office, (when he was having the state dinner at Mar-a-Logo, two dozen of the sites we hit in central, and central Eastern Syria were *surfice/service entrances to deep ufac’s collectively housing the equivalent of about 120 thousand *drums of segregated, mixed, chem’s which had been exfill from three primary deep ufac sites in central Iraq, and predominantly from Al Muthana (northwest of Baghdad, and mostly west of Ballad/JBB.

Trump’s cruise missile hit in Syria was a set back, but much of the surface damage has since been rebuilt.

Also, keep in mind, Israel did lose an F-16 to a RUS manned S-300 a while back, as it was approaching Israeli airspace.


16 posted on 12/25/2020 8:49:27 AM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Israel doesn’t do unprovoked activities.


17 posted on 12/25/2020 8:51:28 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Take back our stolen republic or move to a cattle car of their choosing...)
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To: patriotfury

“What can you say — “rockin around... the [cyprus] tree... the Christmas party hop...””

I think you meant “cedar” tree.


18 posted on 12/25/2020 8:56:12 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: patriotfury

“The next war on Israel will be major, and it will be a 360 degree war.”

More likely a 5,000 degree war.


19 posted on 12/25/2020 8:58:13 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

3rd or 4th Christmas Eve in a row. The timing of this every year makes me think it a screw you to Syrian Christians by Israel.

I guess it is a Talmudic reminder.


20 posted on 12/25/2020 9:06:10 AM PST by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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