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Syria Activists: Jihadists Seize Missile Base
YNet ^ | 12 Oct 2012 | News Agencies

Posted on 10/12/2012 9:24:16 AM PDT by edpc

Anti-regime activists say jihadist fighters linked to al-Qaeda fought with rebels to capture a Syrian military air defense base near Aleppo.

Videos posted online Friday apparently shot inside the base say Jabhat al-Nusra participated in the overnight battle for the base. The videos show fighters inspecting lines of large missiles.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aa; aamissiles; alnusrahfront; alqaeda; assad; fajralislam; freesyrianarmy; fsa; jabhatalnusra; middleeast; missiles; salafists; syria; waronterror
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To: silentknight

Many people, including me, are not so informed about what’s happening in the Middle East. But I want to understand and I’m sure I’m not the only one. so I ask you to help.

What do you mean by “Israel and the US know exactly what they’re doing”? THank you!


21 posted on 10/12/2012 1:24:50 PM PDT by uncitizen (Religion of Peace my hind end !)
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To: USARightSide

Did it occur to you that you are probably wrong?


22 posted on 10/12/2012 1:30:19 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: Sleeping Freeper

no, different rebel group than the jihadists


23 posted on 10/12/2012 1:32:30 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: edpc
I imagine these SAMs are of Russian origin. The Saudis have the resources to find a team of specialists who can activate these missiles. That would essentially shut down the nearby air base. So if this facility isn't recaptured the Syrians may be forced to bomb it before it's turned against them.
24 posted on 10/12/2012 1:33:51 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: edpc

Oh boy, jihadists now control serious anti-aircraft gear. The TSA had better step up the groping of children to counter this.


25 posted on 10/12/2012 1:36:13 PM PDT by verum ago (Some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: rfp1234; edpc; DBrow
Panetta says chemical WMDs in Syria are unaccounted for. That’s why US military advisers that were just rushed to Jordan have chemical protection gear available.

Hmm.

"Chemical WMDs in Syria are unaccounted for."

WMDs.

Weapons of Mass Destruction.

That just magically appeared from …

(crickets)

26 posted on 10/12/2012 2:06:11 PM PDT by ShorelineMike (Constituo, ergo sum.)
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To: expat1000; edpc; mojito; no-to-illegals; FARS; All

How would Romney help the rebels more (as he accuses Obama of not doing) without running the same risk of arming Al Qaeda, or of having to put US boots on the ground as Ryan said last night was not the plan.? My son could end up there after he is through in Afghanistan, so I really would like better ideas.


27 posted on 10/12/2012 2:17:35 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin; no-to-illegals; FARS; All

I forgot to post this link with my previous comment.

http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-syria-escalation-worries-grow-tip-war-145411737.html


28 posted on 10/12/2012 2:19:03 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

First things first. Don’t believe the liberal lies. Hang on, Americans have to get past the rest of October and the first days of November first. Stay Calm, and Stay Safe.


29 posted on 10/12/2012 2:33:22 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: gleeaikin
In my opinion, rather than the US arming murky rebel groups, the best thing the US could do would be to prevent the Iranians and Russians from arming the Assad forces.

Easier said than done, of course. But just this week the Turks interdicted a plane from Russia carrying weapons for Assad. They were probably tipped off with NATO/US intelligence.

The Iranians are using Iraqi airspace to fly lots of weapons to Syria. If we could prevent them from doing that, it would be a big blow to Assad.

30 posted on 10/12/2012 3:04:24 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: DBrow

>>WMD at the site?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAKjzjddH8U

Anybody know what the wooden-framed containers at 1:05 are?


31 posted on 10/12/2012 3:44:14 PM PDT by TArcher
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To: mojito
Ironic, isn't it. If America was really the evil imperialist nation that our enemies (like Obama) accuse us of being...

we would be able to prevent them from doing that. Cause we'd still be in charge there.

Maybe we're too good for our own good.

32 posted on 10/12/2012 4:09:42 PM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: edpc

And Biden said Iran doesn’t have a missile for their nuke....


33 posted on 10/12/2012 4:17:10 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: 1010RD

He will have to figure out how to say he is willing to go to war to stop Islamic Terror.


34 posted on 10/12/2012 5:08:10 PM PDT by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks edpc.
...jihadist fighters linked to al-Qaeda fought with rebels to capture a Syrian military air defense base near Aleppo.

35 posted on 10/12/2012 7:09:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Syria = wagglefoot.


36 posted on 10/12/2012 7:22:28 PM PDT by bigheadfred ( I will stand with the CHRISTIANS should the political winds shift in an ugly direction)
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To: HollyB
To be fair, he meant the actual weapon design itself. The missiles at the base appear to be old SAMs from the 70s. They would not do the job. Iran has IRBMs and is working on an ICBM. What they lack (for now) is a deployable warhead.

That may not be necessary, since they can construct a crude atomic weapon and place it on one of their cargo ships, a passenger plane, or even one of their old Russian subs.

Problem is....the Iranians are reported to have a compact warhead design. According to many reports and NYT writer James Risen, the Iranians obtained a warhead design in the 90s when Clinton authorized Operation Merlin.

The CIA (allegedly) ran this op in an attempt to send the Iranians down the wrong path. They employed a former Soviet scientist to provide faulty blueprints. Problem is, the scientist gave the Iranians the design and the proper corrections. All they need now is the material to assemble it. Perhaps that explains Netanyahu's redline of weapon's grade material.

In any event, Biden knows they have at least the missile, the raw unrefined material, and the design. He flat out lied and it wasn't the only one in the debate.

37 posted on 10/12/2012 8:13:12 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2012)
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To: mojito; All

Now that the Syrians have really pixxed off the Turks by artillery shelling their civilians, shooting down an airplane and sundry other dumb things, hopefully the Turks will be a lot bolder about interrupting these cross country flights.


38 posted on 10/12/2012 10:08:11 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: ShorelineMike

If we had a media rather than a Democrat Propaganda Bureau the whole nation would know and there would have never been The Disaster. He would still be just a lazy Senator from Illinois.


39 posted on 10/12/2012 11:10:31 PM PDT by arrogantsob (The Disaster MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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To: USARightSide

As long as we are in the midst of and allied with muslims for particular purposes we must be very careful.

It is not as simple as we might wish.


40 posted on 10/12/2012 11:12:36 PM PDT by arrogantsob (The Disaster MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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