Posted on 09/23/2007 11:00:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Edited on 09/24/2007 8:50:28 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
On Sept. 6, something important happened in northern Syria. Problem is, no one knows exactly what. Except for those few who were involved, and they're not saying.
We do know that Israel carried out an airstrike. How then do we know it was important? Because in Israel, where leaking is an art form, even the best-informed don't have a clue. They tell me they have never seen a better-kept secret. Which suggests that whatever happened near Dayr az Zawr was no accidental intrusion into Syrian airspace, no dry run for an attack on Iran, no strike on some conventional target such as an Iranian Revolutionary Guard base or a weapons shipment on its way to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
(Excerpt) Read more at wfls.com ...
10-4, jedward.
1. people that aren’t programmers don’t like them
2. name dropping is for cheerleaders
3. never try to straighten out a person with a screen name or tag line like that, he’s like Mongo, “don’t shoot him, if you shoot him, you’ll only pi$$ him off”.
if you were alive and watching live TV News in 1968, you would know what he said about the picture is true
Oh, this is an old troll problem. I only name-dropped because the person constanty pings JR, however he does have a legitimate service record similar to JRs so he gets a pass.
I honestly didn't know that. I stand corrected, or actually ignorant.
If one could save millions from nuclear annihilation by killing one mad little man while enrout back to his home base from the US...
If only Hitler had been disposed of in 1936, millions of people would have lived.
http://hrw.org/reports/2003/iraqjordan/Iraqjordan0503-03.htm#P369_78550
In February 2001, President Saddam Hussein announced the formation of a new paramilitary force, the Jaysh al-Quds [Jerusalem Army], with the aim to "liberate" Jerusalem. Iraqi males of military age, particularly Shi'a and Kurds, were often forced to "volunteer" for service in the Jaysh al-Quds.
Seems like I read that Israel Commandos were involved in the raid - nothing since the initial report. If so, why? Did they snatch someone? - retrieve some of the material? just curious!
Sorry...
That part of this “little story” that the MSM are busily ignoring is on a different thread: look for “commandoes sieze nuclear material syria israel raid” keywords
Apart from the usual suspects--Syria, Iran, Libya, and Russia--only two countries registered strong protests to the Israeli strike: Turkey and North Korea. Turkey we can understand. Its military may have permitted Israel an overflight corridor without ever having told the Islamist civilian government. But North Korea? What business is this of North Korea's? Unless it was a North Korean facility being hit.
Which raises alarms for many reasons. First, it would undermine the whole North Korean disarmament process. Pyongyang might be selling its stuff to other rogue states, or perhaps just temporarily hiding it abroad while permitting ostentatious inspections back home.
Second, there are ominous implications for the Middle East. Syria has long had chemical weapons--on Monday, Jane's Defence Weekly reported on an accident that killed dozens of Syrians and Iranians loading a nerve-gas warhead onto a Syrian missile--but Israel will not tolerate a nuclear Syria....[/SNIP]
--------Nukes strange doings in Syria [Charles Krauthammer] The Free Lance-Star ^ | September 23, 2007 | Charles Krauthammer
There was just an item today that an Israeli official told a visiting Japanese delegation that N. Korea was definitely involved in the Syria project that was bombed...... I’ll see if I can find it.
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