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Debka says the “Syrian” bus we blew up was filled with Palestinian fighters.
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Posted on 03/25/2003 12:25:38 PM PST by DWPittelli
I know we all have reason to be skeptical of Debka, but this is interesting if true:
Away from the main arena, a small yet illuminating scene played out just across the Iraqi border Monday morning. Syria complained that a stray American missile had struck a bus killing five civilians and injuring ten.
According to DEBKAfiles military sources, the only true fact in this terse account was that the bus was Syrian. The missile was no stray. It was deliberately fired from an F-15 fighter-bomber at a bus carrying armed Palestinian volunteers to join up with Iraqi forces, in order to make sure this was the last such Palestinian group of volunteers for Iraq. That F-15 made a piece of history; it carried out the first American air attack on a combatant Palestinian group. More will certainly be heard of this episode.
Has anyone heard any details on this story (perhaps from the Arab press) which might confirm or refute?
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: debka; iraq; palestinian
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To: DWPittelli
Debka says the Syrian bus we blew up was filled with Palestinian fighters.
So?
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posted on
03/25/2003 1:32:24 PM PST
by
rs79bm
(No more fireworks at Euro Disney, it caused all the French army soldiers to surrender)
To: gridlock
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied."
Otto von Bismarck
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posted on
03/25/2003 1:37:21 PM PST
by
JackelopeBreeder
("Push to test." <Click!> "Release to detonate." Oops...)
To: hsmomx3
What would a bus be doing traveling during a war? Strange timing. Its not as if they didn't have plenty of warning that war was coming.
The other aspect that makes this seem more plausible is that US offials have not fallen all over themselves apologizing for this. The Syrians have (quietly) allowed us to use their airspace and we would not want to endanger that.
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posted on
03/25/2003 1:37:55 PM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/terroristcorecard/index.html)
To: Illbay
This is more Israeli wishful thinking. They'd LOVE to the U.S. to fight their battles for them.Cheap shot.
The Israelis are more than capable of defending themselves and have never asked us to defend them.
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posted on
03/25/2003 1:43:50 PM PST
by
sofaman
To: DWPittelli
Can I ask a stupid question without appearing to be totally out of the loop? What the heck is Debka?
To: hsmomx3
its called allah's jihad tour........i thought this was an accident....seems like we done the right thing after all. Allah must not be pleased with them
To: The Californian
Sorry...got my answer when I read through the posts.
To: DWPittelli
DEBKA says: "
It was deliberately fired from an F-15 fighter-bomber at a bus carrying armed Palestinian volunteers to join up with Iraqi forces..."
Once again, DEBKA is shown to be strictly a source of bovine excrement. Both Syrian and U.S. forces agree that the bus was hit while RETURNING to Syria from Iraq and NOT traveling to Iraq. This was just an "aw shucks", fog of war, accident, nothing more.
DEBKA is the single most unreliable source of "intelligence" on the internet and their stories should NEVER see the light of day anywhere, much less be posted to FR.
--Boot Hill
To: DWPittelli
Actually, someone mentioned yesterday that this bus may have been filled with recruited suicide bombers.
To: Nick Danger
The only problem with this theory is that the bus was headed to Syria from Iraq. I heard that, too. But I also wonder how that could be proven *after* it was hit. Who said it was headed to Syria? Syria?
To: Busywhiskers
I'll believe it when Ahead News confirms!
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posted on
03/25/2003 4:03:40 PM PST
by
ewing
(Hannity and Drudge quoting DEBKA, I never thought I would see the day..)
To: The Californian
See for yourself:
www.debka.com
It's "intelligence" on security issues from an Israeli perspective.
To: phasma proeliator
we don't have UN approval....
U WHO?
What are you, some kind of Daschle?
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posted on
03/25/2003 5:37:37 PM PST
by
da_toolman
(This space available for advertising.)
To: RightWhale
Ah, I see. I didn't hear that the bus was on a bridge that was being targeted. Thanks for clearing that up.
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posted on
03/25/2003 9:22:57 PM PST
by
Jonez712
(I <3 America)
To: da_toolman
"What are you, some kind of Daschle? "
Them there is fightin' words friend.
come to think of it - that's a pretty good insult....reckon I'll have to use that.
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posted on
03/26/2003 5:31:49 AM PST
by
phasma proeliator
(it's better to die with honor than to live without it.)
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