Posted on 06/29/2011 5:30:28 AM PDT by SJackson
Israel reportedly sent message through Ankara following intelligence reports of unusual troop, missile movement, Kuwaiti paper reports.
Israel sent a message to Syrian President Bashar Assad in recent days, warning him that if he started a war with the Jewish state in order to divert attention from domestic problems, Israel will target him personally, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, the personal warning was sent through Turkey following intelligence reports of unusual Syrian troop movements, including the moving of long-range ballistic missiles that could be used to target Israel.
The report added that the IDF has increased its preparedness on the northern border out of fear that Hezbollah may attempt to stage another kidnapping of soldiers or civilians along the Lebanese border.
Last month, following deadly attempts to breach Syria's border with Israel, US-based Syria experts accused the Assad regime of being behind the Naksa Day protests on the Israeli border in order to distract from the prolonged uprising challenging Syria's rulers.
“It’s almost a cliché – this is what he always does. He’s under pressure at home, so he deflects attention,” Andrew Tabler, a Syria expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said. During the 2006 Second Lebanon War, “it was by rallying the people around resistance to Israel, and this time it’s with the Palestinian cause. This is not going to work.
Government sources on various continents also accused Assad of at least enabling, if not spurring the deadly protests that turned into the most volatile clashes on the Golan border since the 1973 Yom Kippur War
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I wonder how Israel delivered the message to Assad that they would target him personally.
“including the moving of long-range ballistic missiles that could be used to target Israel.”
How Long-range do they need to be?
The article says: “sent message through Ankara”
They sent it through the Turkish government.
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IDF +1
“The next morning, he woke up and found that someone had thrust a dagger into his pillow during the night. Message: We can kill you any time we like. “
From a dagger to a horse’s head. My how the times change...
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Just as Cuba had 10K "construction workers" in Grenada, Iran has thousands of "workers" in Syria. Many of whom just happen to have a military background...
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About 150 feet in some cases is my recollection.
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I believe them.
HA, outstanding!
There would be a lot less nonsense in the world if people were held personally accountable instead of all this PC crap; from corporate offices to international politics.
People no longer fear for their personal lives. Instead, they assume the worst that can ever happen to them is to be fired.
Capture him, and refuse to let him go ‘til Gilad Shalit is turned over alive and free. And if they release Shalit, say “we didn’t say we would let him go, just that we wouldn’t until you release Shalit. Come back in six years and we’ll talk.” Then laugh like Woody Wood Pecker and say “t-t-t-that’s all f-f-f-folks.” and blow his brains out.
Israel reportedly sent message through Ankara following intelligence reports of unusual troop, missile movement, Kuwaiti paper reports.
ROTFLMAO!
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