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Israel says wants to ease tensions over Syria strike-(Israel is taking these threats seriously)
afp ^ | 9/15/70 | by Jean-Luc Renaudie

Posted on 09/16/2007 5:36:19 AM PDT by Flavius

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel said on Sunday its silence over an air strike in Syria was aimed at easing tensions with Damascus after warnings of retaliation and intense media speculation about the aim of the operation.

Syria angrily denied as US "lies" suggestions that it was receiving nuclear material from North Korea, after foreign media reports that Israel's warplanes could have been targeting a possible joint nuclear project.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; iran; israel; sept62007; syria

1 posted on 09/16/2007 5:36:25 AM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius
Israel said on Sunday its silence over an air strike in Syria was aimed at easing tensions with Damascus after warnings of retaliation and intense media speculation about the aim of the operation.

Heh heh heh. Sounds like it's working.

2 posted on 09/16/2007 5:38:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla

How much nicer the world would be if the Middle East was just a glass parking lot


3 posted on 09/16/2007 5:39:49 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Flavius
"We have to show restraint and it is in our interest to say nothing... This policy has proven itself. The tensions have slightly eased since 12 days ago. The more we bite our tongue, the better it will go,"

Misleading headline alert

4 posted on 09/16/2007 5:46:08 AM PDT by badpacifist (Conceit is God's gift to little men)
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To: Puppage
Syrian UN ambassador: Nothing was bombed in Syria, nothing was damaged

Hey, I thought nothing was bombed...?

ROTF!

6 posted on 09/16/2007 5:49:10 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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Israelis ‘blew apart Syrian nuclear cache’(Israeli SpecOps was on the ground to direct bombing )
7 posted on 09/16/2007 5:58:44 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Flavius

Let’s not forget Saddam’s WMDs also.


8 posted on 09/16/2007 6:25:08 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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'High Alert in Golan'

(IsraelNN.com) A high state of alert has been declared in the Golan Heights, according to an initial report carried by news website Omedia Sunday afternoon.

The site says the alert may be the result of fear of an unspecified action by Syria.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/133268

Looks like Syria is soon going to respond anyhow. Wonder if they had a buy one get one free deal on nukes from North Korea that they could use.

9 posted on 09/16/2007 8:49:44 AM PDT by MontanaMatt (Take out Iran while you can! Gogmagogblog.org)
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