****RUMSFELD ORDERS PENTAGON DRAWING UP OF SYRIAN INVASION PLANS**** (Dow Jones Newswire)

New York Newsday and Dow Jones Newswire ^ | April 10, 2003 | staff report

[ewing]

An intelligence source says that United States Defence Secetary Donald Rumsfeld last week ordered the drawing up of contingency plans for a possible invasion of Syria, New York Newsday reported Thursday.

According to the newspaper's website, Undersecretary of Defence Douglas Ferth is working on a policy paper highlighting how the nation of Syria's support of terrorist groups is a threat to the region.

But the newspaper also reported that a senior Pentagon officer said he was unaware of any new planning involving Syria.

Secretary Rumsfled said Wednesday that Syria had allowed Iraqi regieme figures to enter the nation and provided Iraq with military technology.

[CathyRyan]

Bet the late Saddam played pass the WMD with Syria. Wonder if Syria will find a country stupid enough to accept them. That country will find it''s name changed to Next just like Iraq and Syria's was.

[small voice in the wilderness]

Uh-oh, they were told to sit down and shut up, but they just HAD to whisper something under their breath. Not smart, Syria.

Next major headline: Syrias Trouble Ahead

[Mr. Mojo]

Damn, I thought the Syria invasion plan was already drawn up. Oh well, looks like we might have to wait a bit.

[Bill Davis FR]

on to syria to capture the top saddam regime leaders that escaped to damascus...

[voicesinthewilderness]

Air Force moving several MOAB bombs to Gulf region: Pentagon
59 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Air Force is moving several 21,000-pound MOAB bombs, the largest US conventional bomb, to the Gulf region, a US defense official said.

It was not clear what the air force intends to do with the bombs, which are most effective against troops or tanks in open areas.


"What we were told today is that they are on the way," said the defense official, who asked not to be identified.


He said several were being shipped to the Gulf region.


MOAB stands for Massive Ordnance Air Blast, but it is known informally as the "mother of all bombs."


Developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florda, where it was tested last month, the bomb is a larger version of the 15,000 pound "daisy cutter."


The "daisy cutter" was used in Vietnam to clear jungle for helicopter landing pads, in the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites) to clear minefields and in Afghanistan (news - web sites) to clear caves and strike fear into al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters.


The MOAB has a satellite guidance system and a tail kit to steer it to within about 13 meters (14 yards) of its target.


It is too big to be dropped normally. It is dragged out of the back of a C-130 cargo plane

[Gerasimov]

I think the boys from 'Southpark' invaded Canada once, didn't they?

[ewing]

Yep, I think we are going to get the rest of the Iraqi leadership in Syria..

[peeve23]

Two egomanical dictators had disagreements....I'd not say the parties were in disagreement. Syria has been a major channel of clandestine movement of arms to Iraq. ("Feuding cousins story" provided good cover.)

[Petronski]

We used to have a joke in college (this was the eighties) about colonizing Canada, including this: "Do you have any idea how many tanks we could roll across the 'Peace' bridge before they even got their warplane in the air?"

[shadowman99]

It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

[Boundless]

> I thought the Syria invasion plan was already drawn up.

It was.

This present report is just "messaging".

[Republic]

This little rumor (actually, huge rumor) from an unnamed intelligence source (probably a CNN trouble maker) is meant to be unleashed for Syria's tyrants to contemplate. And they best chew on it awhile. We are there in their neighborhood and anxiously wanting to clean up Saddam's hateful little group of murdering terrorists. Sometimes a little looksee, backed with an around the corner widdle threat, can make surprising things happen. Wonder how much Syria wants to play this new game.

[Enterprise]

Good idea! As long as we're in the neighborhood, might as well grab Saddam's henchmen and ship them back to Iraq for a trial. We won't have to worry about them fleeing to Libya or Iran. They won't touch them with a ten foot camel.

[oyez]

If you have a cancer operation and the surgeon dosn't cut all the malignancy, the procedure would have been worthless.

[Petronski]

Massive Ordnance Air Blast

I thought the official designation was Massive Ordnance Air Burst.

[Media Insurgent]

"I imagine this news was leaked as a way of putting additional pressure on Syria."

Exactly. I don't think the timing is coincidental. The whole wolrd sees us liberating Bagdad after just 3 weeks of war, then we fire a shot over Syria's bow. I think we have their attention now.

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[KS Flyover]

Here's the Newsday article:

Hawks in U.S. Eyeing Syria As Next Target

[Timesink]

YES! YES! YES! Watch the RATS implode with anger and hatred!!!