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I have not seen any reports of Syria mobilizing their military towards the Israeli border. Has anyone else???
If they haven't, it could mean a couple of things.

1. They are cheerleading and don't really want to get wacked.
2. They are going to get wacked and wonder what hit them if they get linked to Hizballah's attacks.
3. They know that if they mobilize, it would be provocative and Israel would be justified in a pre-emptive strike, a-la 1967.

I'd go with #3.

If Syria was to mobilize, they would also draw the world's attention to them ("Brink of War X 6," etc.). Right now, it seems as if a large part of the global community is eager to stand back and declare that Israel shouldn't have the right to protect itself in the way it is thus far. Operationally, whoever wants to see this happen has probably planned for Hizballah to be able to act independently for some time.

Godzilla said in part, "I have not seen any reports of Syria mobilizing their military towards the Israeli border. Has anyone else???"

RE SYRIA...

ON THE NET...

http://www.memri.org/syria.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=syria

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/results.html?QryTxt=Syria
http://www.jpost.com

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=syria&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1035.html

http://www.tkb.org/Country.jsp?countryCd=SY

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"Syria, Iran Seen As Behind Kidnappings ~~ From the Associated Press....Surprise..."
Las Vegas Sun ^ | July 14, 2006 at 12:50:52 PDT | DONNA ABU-NASR ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 07/14/2006 4:28:11 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The fighting between Israeli forces and Islamic militants in Lebanon hasn't touched Iran or Syria yet, but many analysts think those countries were the hidden hand behind Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers.

At the White House and in Arab capitals, the belief is strong that the Mideast's top two hard-line states are playing a dangerous game to increase their influence. However, analysts say it could backfire and weaken Hezbollah, and by extension its two patrons.

"We would be idiots if we believed it was only about the Israeli captives," Hazem Saghieh, a senior Lebanese columnist with the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat, told The Associated Press.

"The issue, at the end of the day, is all about Syria and Iran, and Hezbollah is just giving them more trump cards," Saghieh said."