Posted on 05/04/2013 8:07:27 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Following evidence of chemical warfare and an increasinly reticent US position, Israel has in recent days taken widely reported steps to neutralise threats emanating from within civil war-torn Syria.
While strikes from Lebanese airspace this weekend are not thought to have been on chemical weapons caches, the recent Israeli intelligence regarding the use of such weaponry is thought to have spurred on a round of strikes, including the latest just hours ago.
The Syrian state news agency SANA, citing initial reports, said early Sunday that Israeli missiles struck a military research center near the capital Damascus.
Syrian state television has reported that a major strike on an ammunition depot in Qassiyoun mountains shook Damascus, while Hezbollah's Al-Manar station claimed the explosion may have been a downed Israeli jet.
Rumours are surfacing online that following the latest volley of attacks on the Syrian regime, President Bashar al-Assad will soon officially declare war on Israel, with speculators pointing to 5am local time for official confirmation. This information continues to persist despite the technical state of war that currently exists between the two states.
Many however, have been quick to dismiss these reports as strictly rumour, with various commentators claiming that such a move would be sure to end Assad's reign of terror in Syria "within a week".
The news of an Israeli intervention in Syria has caught the Obama administration on the back foot, with the US president refusing to comment at length about the strike. Obama said, "The Israelis, justifiably, have to guard against the transfer of advanced weaponry to terrorist organizations like Hezbollah."
The US president made no mention of supposed "red lines" being crossed, despite evidence of Syria's used of chemical weapons against rebel forces. Critics have hit out at Barack Obama in recent days for failing to put forward any coherent strategy to bring the violence in Syria to an end. The inaction, according to some, is another example of Obama's "lead from behind" strategy, the same tactic he employed during the intervention in Libya.
UPDATE 03:15am GMT: 5am local time in Syria has passed without comment from military authorities or the Assad regime. Speculation continues about the nature of the attack with some insisting that Israel's weaponry was "nuclear-like", that chemicals can be "smelt" in the air, and that the attack was co-ordinated by Israel with help from Syrian rebel forces.
Assad can’t even handle a Civil War. He best stop with the war on Israel crap.
Our president caught flat footed?
Why how can that be??? /s
What are the animals saying, Aloha snack bar?
.......”the latest volley of attacks on the Syrian regime, President Bashar al-Assad will soon officially declare war on Israel,........ with various commentators claiming that such a move would be sure to end Assad’s reign of terror in Syria “within a week”.......
He’d be more than a fool if he does.
Thanks for posting this video.....looks like they bombed and then the amunitions exploded....Good for Israel!
But sheesh hearing those guys doing the alaakbar allll crap is just so disgusting...but then they do like explosive destruction.
Qaedakazis...
.....”Thanks Obama.....(eye roll)...(shudder).you have set the whole Middle East on fire”.......
They were blowing each up and fighting for years over there...with or without ammunitions and such given them....I just as soon they keep on doing so to other.
The armament will flow there regardless who sends it...and so won’t war...However I sometime wonder if this is equipping them all when the great war one day does come....you know when they turn and destroy each other?
Whaddaya wanna bet that Bibi (in more diplomatic terms said) “Look, you no ball having appeaser, if it gets to the point it needs to be done...we’ll just do it and you can avoid blame.”
“Hey Egypt, nice dam you’ve got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it, knowwhatimean?”
Well, it was 10 pm. My guess is that different sounds were coming from Reggie’s room.
The only thing worse than a roaming red line is a red line that couldn’t be backed up no matter what...
“Zer0, leading from behind again”
Author Larry Niven created a herd mentality herbivore race called the Puppeteers. They were pathologically passive; except when they needed to defend themselves. They generally defended by hiding or running away. (Sound familiar? The Puppeteers comes to mind when they tell kids to hide from killers by ducking under a desk.) The most important leader was The Hindmost.” He leads from behind. That’s because the front of the herd encounters predators. It’s safe behind the herd.
My initial thoughts as well, but I am sure they could get there hands on flight simulators and that they don’t care too much about landing. I’d hate to underestimate our enemy.
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Israel and Syria have been at war since 1948.
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They are saying "Allah F.U.B.A.R."
LOL!
The Syrian “rebels” are Salafist terror groups who would just turn around and use the stuff against the Israelis if they prevailed.
If Assad was spraying for those sunni roaches, he was actually doing us a favor.
Now, that the Israelis have discovered Assad was desperately going to turn his arsenal over to shiite nutjobs, they had no choice, because either way it was destined to be pointed at them.
The maoist media has another purpose... advancing their socialist agenda with the constant drumbeat about Syria, hoping to place American troops into the middle of a terrorist shooting gallery.
U.S. troops have no business being in Syria...
Super Graphic, my FRiend! :-)
This going to feel like Assad is getting his teeth pulled.
Have it.
Must like getting bitch slapped and maybe over reaching, causing Israel to open a large can of whoop ash....
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