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‘Israel’s strike on Syria last month killed top Iranian general’
Times of Israel ^ | 2/24/13 | Gabe Fisher

Posted on 02/24/2013 8:11:15 PM PST by Nachum

Hassan Shateri, the Iranian general whose killing was reported last week, was actually slain last month in an alleged IAF airstrike that was said to have targeted a weapons convoy heading from Syria to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Britain’s Sunday Times reported.

Iran was quick last week to blame “mercenaries and supporters” of Israel for Shateri’s death, although it made no indication that he had been killed in the January airstrike. Tehran “will take revenge on Israel for the killing of a Quds Force general in Syria,” said Ali Shirazi, liaison for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force.

Shateri was a high-ranking member of the Quds Force, which is tasked with international operations, and was instrumental in Iran-Hezbollah relations, overseeing the reconstruction of Hezbollah’s armaments in the wake of the 2006 Second Lebanon War, Sunday’s report said.

For Israel, he was long a “prime target,” according to an Israeli security figure quoted by The Times.

The report described how, despite the tight security surrounding Shateri, Israeli agents spotted him in Damascus and trailed him as he boarded the convoy headed for Lebanon, after which the airstrike option was utilized.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; iranian; israel; israels; strike; syria; waronterror
He blowed up real good.
1 posted on 02/24/2013 8:11:21 PM PST by Nachum
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He Blowed Up Real Good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUtdXzBSVaU


2 posted on 02/24/2013 8:13:38 PM PST by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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Nice shot...


3 posted on 02/24/2013 8:14:40 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (A return to Jesus and prayer in the schools is the only way.)
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We(and the IDF) should declare open season on any Iranian military personnel outside of their home country.


4 posted on 02/24/2013 8:23:13 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Nachum

Gee, what was an Iranian general doing in Syria...


5 posted on 02/24/2013 8:27:49 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Nachum

The will of Allah.


6 posted on 02/24/2013 8:28:10 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (This Message Contains Privileged Attorney-Client Communications)
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Gee, what was an Iranian general doing in Syria...

Taking a break from selling oil for American tax dollars in Afghanistan? Oh, and supplying the Taliban at the same time.

7 posted on 02/24/2013 8:32:26 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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Tehran “will take revenge on Israel for the killing of a Quds Force general in Syria,” said Ali Shirazi, liaison for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force.

They sure threaten Israel a lot but never quite getting around to attacking it. They know full well how suicidal that would be, hence their desperation for nuclear weapons.

8 posted on 02/24/2013 8:37:26 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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‘Israel’s strike on Syria last month killed top Iranian general’

Ok. Was there a problem otherwise?

9 posted on 02/24/2013 8:42:27 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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I'm wondering if we are ever going to get the true story about what caused the underground nuclear facility in Iran to implode.

Word today is they are having some leakage now. I bet they can see it from our satellites on every pass.
It is amazing how quiet the Iranians have been since someone gave them a reality check.

10 posted on 02/24/2013 8:52:38 PM PST by oldenuff2no
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"I'm wondering if we are ever going to get the true story about what caused the underground nuclear facility in Iran to implode."

I am the one who directed this storm upon the evil spawn of Islam. I spit upon their moon god.

12 posted on 02/24/2013 9:19:22 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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That’s a feature, not a bug.


13 posted on 02/25/2013 2:13:21 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (What word begins with "O" and ends in economic collapse?)
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14 posted on 02/25/2013 5:19:17 AM PST by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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Thanks Nachum.


15 posted on 02/25/2013 8:45:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Nachum

chaval


16 posted on 02/27/2013 7:35:51 PM PST by dervish (either the vote was corrupt or the electorate is)
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