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Raise readiness, Assad tells Syrian Army
Al-Reuters ^ | 7312006

Posted on 07/31/2006 2:37:38 PM PDT by BlueJ7

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Syrian military on Monday to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance against Israel.

"We are facing international circumstances and regional challenges that require caution, alert, readiness and preparedness," Assad said.

"The barbaric war of annihilation the Israeli aggression is waging on our people in Lebanon and Palestine is increasing in ferocity," Assad said in a written address on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the foundation of the Syria Arab Army.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israeliwar; alassad; israel; muhammadsminions; syria
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To: teeman8r

"i believe in the scriptures of the end times, damascus is leveled and uninhabitable for just about that... i am not sure of the reference... i'll have to look it up... not in revelations... though..."

I believe that is in Isaiah 12 but dont have bible with me. All biblical prophecy seems to specifically pertain to Israel & the Middle East, except Revelations which talks about a global war and tribulations to all of mankind.


141 posted on 08/01/2006 1:54:21 PM PDT by quantfive
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To: quantfive

One won't be much global economic impact. Three in one country will ripple out for years. Any more than that will change things forever.


142 posted on 08/01/2006 1:54:35 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: BlueJ7

The U.S. should send the Syrian army the same place it sent the Iraqi army - to Hell, then PULL OUT.

Let the fools stew in the wrecked debris of their nation amid the ruin they have brought upon themselves. Let the fools from France or some other idiot nation worry about paying for "reconstruction."

Then we should do the same thing to Iran.


143 posted on 08/01/2006 1:59:06 PM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: TheTruthAintPretty
Don't forget Mecca, Medina, Riyahd...Saudi Arabia is THE number one source of Islamic evil in the world!

I do not think that the U.S. would allow Israel to bomb Saudi Arabia without a good reason.

It sorta sux to kill the Christian Syrians, but they are not smart enough to leave, so be it! If they are true Christians, their suffering will be small and they will ascend to Heaven while the Muslim swine burn in the lake of fire.

I have a relative who is married to a Christian Syrian and she hates me because I have a pro-Israel stance.
144 posted on 08/01/2006 1:59:35 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: RightWhale

"One won't be much global economic impact. Three in one country will ripple out for years. Any more than that will change things forever."

One would cause oil to shoot up over the $100 barrel mark overnight and oil drives everything else. Real bad news is bad for stocks, one or three nukes at the same time is about the same effect to our markets.


145 posted on 08/01/2006 2:00:50 PM PDT by quantfive
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To: quantfive

The difference is that three would put any modern country down for a long time. One would cause disruption for a time. Difference is how long. I wouldn't worry about $100 a barrel since there will be rationing as well as martial law.


146 posted on 08/01/2006 2:04:41 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: quantfive
I was watching Modern Marvels the other night and they just built the first ever GPS guided artillery gun/shells. No where to run, no where to hide.

Even with GPS guidance, you'll only get within a few meters of the target. Laser designation (with Copperhead guided projectile) works well if the antomospheric conditions are possible.

What's less appreciated is that in the old days, a really good 8" (203mm) howitzer crew, with a good tube, registered, good data on the met, powder, etc., a good FDC and first order survey, could reliably put a round in a target the size of a largish door. (Specifically, an inert round put through the door to the Blockhouse on Signal Mountain for all you Redlegs who've been to the Commanche County Cannon College) - I first heard about that from a guy who was there during WWII, but I saw demonstration batteries put 8" rounds on specific car/truck body wrecks out on the range in the mid-1970s.

147 posted on 08/01/2006 2:08:11 PM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: CatoRenasci
I agree with that assessment.
148 posted on 08/01/2006 2:13:25 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: quantfive

"I would lay off half my staff and hope to ride out the global economic storm..."

Yes, maybe you are right. All you have to do is listen to some of the survivors of Ground Zero on 09/11 to hear how, in an instant, priorities change. I think priorities changed for a lot of us in the US. Alas, for some that shift was temporary. I hear what you're saying. We own a small (very small) business. Life would DEFINITEly change, but...we'd be alive. To me, it's worth the risk. Just my two cents.


149 posted on 08/01/2006 7:33:19 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: mcenedo

He's probably trying to tell them that "THE MEDIA IS COMING!" "THE MEDIA IS COMING"

(The media ARE coming?)...hmmm.

Gotta study.


150 posted on 08/01/2006 7:34:49 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: garbageseeker
That picture appears to be of a Minuteman III bus, with the RV's attached. It is in the "coast" phase, before seperation.

Correct??
151 posted on 08/01/2006 8:27:25 PM PDT by Rca2000 (I may be a prude, but at least I am CONSISTENT about my beliefs!!)
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To: Rca2000

Yes it is.


152 posted on 08/01/2006 8:42:11 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: cdnerds

You should be arrested for showing that picture ...


153 posted on 08/01/2006 8:44:21 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: Rca2000




Here is a pic of a MIRV being loaded on to its bus.
154 posted on 08/01/2006 8:53:13 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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To: BlueJ7

Americans to West of me, Israelis to the the east....what can I do, Stuck in the Middle with You.....


155 posted on 08/02/2006 5:03:24 AM PDT by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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To: lainie

once IRAN gets its nukes like, france, russia, china & the LIBERALS want them to, this posturing is all done. That portion of the world will just be a smoking memory.


156 posted on 08/02/2006 6:40:47 AM PDT by Jazzman1
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To: CatoRenasci

"What's less appreciated is that in the old days, a really good 8" (203mm) howitzer crew, with a good tube, registered, good data on the met, powder, etc., a good FDC and first order survey, could reliably put a round in a target the size of a largish door. (Specifically, an inert round put through the door to the Blockhouse on Signal Mountain for all you Redlegs who've been to the Commanche County Cannon College) - I first heard about that from a guy who was there during WWII, but I saw demonstration batteries put 8" rounds on specific car/truck body wrecks out on the range in the mid-1970s."

Amazing what they overcame when it was necessary. Of other interest in WWII was the fuses they designed for anti-aircraft to explode when it neared an enemy plane. They had to use radio waves and vacuum tubes.


157 posted on 08/02/2006 10:37:24 AM PDT by quantfive
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To: austinaero

"Yes, maybe you are right. All you have to do is listen to some of the survivors of Ground Zero on 09/11 to hear how, in an instant, priorities change. I think priorities changed for a lot of us in the US. Alas, for some that shift was temporary. I hear what you're saying. We own a small (very small) business. Life would DEFINITEly change, but...we'd be alive. To me, it's worth the risk. Just my two cents."

The big one seems to be coming and a lot of people will lose their lives, but humanity will go on.


158 posted on 08/02/2006 10:39:48 AM PDT by quantfive
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To: garbageseeker

Woof! A real life atomic bazooka! A ten ton yield - I never thought yields could go so low!

I bet the M-388's shelf-life was terrible.


159 posted on 08/02/2006 10:44:47 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: agere_contra

Yields can go down to one kiloton


160 posted on 08/02/2006 1:49:34 PM PDT by garbageseeker (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
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