Posted on 04/14/2008 7:01:32 AM PDT by jhpigott
Qatari newspaper al-Watan reports of Syrian preparations against Israeli strike during coming summer; says Israel looking to May, June as possible window for attack
Roee Nahmias Published: 04.14.08, 15:00 / Israel News
VIDEO - Is Syria preparing for war? Qatar's al-Watan newspaper reported Monday that political and media sources in Damascus expressed concerns that war may breakout between Israel and Syria before long.
Video courtesy of infolive.tv
According to the report, the nationwide emergency drill held by Damascus in response to a similar drill held by Israel last week, is one of the preemptive steps taken by Syria, which is supposedly responding to reports of Israel holding strategy meeting with the US in an attempt to devise an attack on both Syria and Iran.
Assuagement
Olmert reassures Syria: Home front drill not a threat / Roni Sofer
(Video) 'We are not seeking any military confrontations in the North,' PM says as Israel launches five-day security drill meant to simulate responses to war, other emergency situations Full story
Israel, claimed the report, is eyeing the period between the end of May to mid June as a possible window of attack; and the proof, as a senior Syrian official told al-Watan, is in the fact that the Israeli drill covering the Golan Heights was closely monitored by a high-ranking American general.
This close cooperation, added the source is evident that the two wish to send a message to the "resistance" in the area, namely Syria, Iran, Hizbullah and Hamas, that any the US is aware of the fact that any American strike against Iran may entail the latter bombing Israel and launching two new fronts against Syria and Lebanon.
Though titles a readiness drill against natural disasters, the Syria-crossing drill, added the report, has raised public concerns of a Mideast war pending in the summer.
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BS! If anything, Syria using this as an excuse to cover the movement of military supplies and personnel.
Pinagrooni
Same report last year.
thought you guys may find this interesting in the context of this article
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5190
i know its debka, but with multiple source reports of up to 3 Syrian (1 arm, 2 mech) plus 9 inf brigades from a couple weeks ago, if this story turns out to have any merit then Syria would have 4 div deployed to the lebanese border
really, i don’t ever recall seeing that article before
and it kinda fits right in with what’s going on in the region right now and would help explain all the recent reports of significant Syrian military deploymnets
Syria just creates these reports so that they can get the international community on their side and appear as the victim.
yea, probably
but what Syria hasn’t admitted to, but what has been reported by numerous sources is the mobilization of upwards of 3-4 division to their border with lebanon. question is why?
At first, I thought Syria was just putting on a show because Israel is in the middle of a Nation wide drill.
I have read that Syria has a few Divisions in Lebanon last month or so.
Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas all have stated they are prepared for open war and the US has considerable assets sitting offshore Lebanon.
Also, Israel calibrates its 60th birthday this May and it is my opinion it will be quite a party.
interesting times . . .
“interesting times . . .”
It gets better you know.
For instance, Iran and Syria are allies and have aligned Hezbollah and Hamas to do their bidding.
North Korea, China and Russia are providing weapons and nuke stuff - oh my.
Are We There Yet ?...;0)
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