Posted on 01/03/2009 12:57:11 PM PST by Flavius
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday met Iran's Supreme National Security Council chief Saeed Jalili to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip, the official SANA news agency reported.
It said Jalili, who arrived in Damascus on Friday night, and Assad held talks on "the dangerous situation the Palestinian people of Gaza are going through because of the Israeli aggression."
They discussed the "consequences on security and stability in the region of the Israel's aggression continuing" and "ways Islamic countries can force Israel to immediately stop the massacres against the Palestinian people, end the Gaza blockade and open the crossing points," SANA reported.
Jalili told Assad of "Iran's commitment to cooperation and coordination with Syria on Gaza," it added.
The Iranian security supremo also met the Islamist Hamas movement's exiled political chief Khaled Meshaal and Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Abdullah Shallah after he arrived on Friday, a Palestinian source said. Both men are based in Damascus.
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If they do not do anything militarily while their worst enemy whips their little brother, then Iran is going to lose a lot of credibility in the region. It should certainly give Syria pause about what kind of help they can or cannot expect from Iran should they decide to goad Israel one too many times.
Israeli left-wing activists hold a banner during a protest in Tel Aviv against Israel's offensive in Gaza January 3, 2009. Israeli troops clashed with Hamas fighters as they advanced into Gaza on Saturday in the first ground action of an eight-day offensive on the Palestinian enclave, a witness and the Israeli army said. The banner reads "Killers in uniform". ga6
I've heard that the number of civilians killed by collateral damage is very small, but no one seems to be reporting this. Anyone have a suggestion where to look for information about this?
These are the people they need to watch out for. Idiots who are working from within. These are the same type people who lost the Vietnam war for America, and who have given aid and comfort to the Muslims we fight now in Iraq.
Which is a lie. The people of Gaza are in danger because they did not destroy Hamas and allowed the terrorist to fire rockets at Israel for the past 8 years and also allow the terrorist to use them as shields.
Destroy Hamas?
Hell, they voted for them in elections.
Anything bad that happens to gaza, the folks there bring on themselves.
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