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Two policemen stand next to a Syrian-made 302 mm rocket that had previously been fired from Lebanon at Afula, during a press conference in Kiyrat Shmona, Friday.
1 posted on 10/09/2006 12:09:42 PM PDT by SmithL
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Sooner or later, someone will have to get syrias in the war on terror.


2 posted on 10/09/2006 12:10:39 PM PDT by SmithL (Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
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To: SmithL

Syria will wait until Israel's hands are tied elsewhere before any attack.


3 posted on 10/09/2006 12:12:10 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: SmithL
Assad's a weasel, but his wife is a babe.


5 posted on 10/09/2006 12:13:30 PM PDT by r9etb
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"the Syrian military has built up a strong array of missiles including some that are capable of carrying warheads filled with nerve gas, such as Sarin and VX.","

Hey Damascus, can you say "Samson Option"?

How about "smoking crater"?

6 posted on 10/09/2006 12:14:47 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: SmithL

Syria may have a numberical advantage over Israel (tanks, troops, etc) but that numerical advantage is gonna go out the window if the Israelis have to open up a can of whoop-ass.


9 posted on 10/09/2006 12:20:12 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: SmithL
Why would Syria attack? That's what Hezbollah and Hamas are for.
10 posted on 10/09/2006 12:20:17 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: SmithL
Original Axis of Evil:

Iraq
Iran
North Korea

Other countries often included:

Libya
Syria

Iraq is being dealt with. Libya has seen the light.

North Korea is providing provocation.
Syria is providing provocation.
Iran has been providing provocation.

I say Israel and the US should team up and just put the Axis of Evil to bed.

11 posted on 10/09/2006 12:20:41 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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To: SmithL

Was the NK test a test or a sales demo? Is Syria planning to pile on after the Islamic nuke goes off? Otherwise, an attack by Syria makes no sense whatsoever.


12 posted on 10/09/2006 12:22:17 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Treaty Fetishism: "[The] belief that a piece of paper will alter the behavior of thugs." R. Lowry.)
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To: SmithL
On the ground, the IDF infantry and Armored Corps would face 12 Syrian ground divisions, equipped with 3,700 Russian tanks, including 122 T-72s upgraded by an Italian firm in 2003. Syria also has more military personnel than Israel - 290,00 soldiers compared to almost 180,000.

Without control of the air this isn't going to do them much good and they know it.

13 posted on 10/09/2006 12:24:17 PM PDT by Flashman_at_the_charge (A proud member of the self-preservation society)
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To: SmithL

Did the Israelis ever get back the kidnapped soldiers?


14 posted on 10/09/2006 12:24:33 PM PDT by Boiler Plate (Mom always said why be difficult, when with just a little more effort you can be impossible.)
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To: SmithL
the Syrian military has built up a strong array of missiles including some that are capable of carrying warheads filled with nerve gas, such as Sarin and VX.

And if they use even one of these, we can predict the speech announcing the reponse from Israel. "Syria has launched a nerve gas attack against Tel Aviv. Never again will Jews be gassed. We have retaliated by..."

15 posted on 10/09/2006 12:24:44 PM PDT by omega4412 (Multiculturalism kills. 9/11, Beslan, Madrid, London)
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To: SmithL

North Korea acts just in time to take eyes off of the Middle East. Syrian attacks will happen very soon I feel. (Then will follow the prophesied and yet unfulfilled destruction of Damascus. -- just throwing that in for the Biblical public.)


17 posted on 10/09/2006 12:26:45 PM PDT by Maeve
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Are the syrians into suicide?


18 posted on 10/09/2006 12:42:32 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: SmithL
Nah, He looks more like this:
22 posted on 10/09/2006 1:12:25 PM PDT by limitedgov
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23 posted on 10/09/2006 1:24:24 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
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