Posted on 08/07/2018 10:12:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Israeli intelligence service, Mossad, assassinated a top Syrian rocket scientist on Saturday using a car bomb, the New York Times first reported Tuesday.
The scientist, Aziz Asbar, led a confidential unit known as Sector 4 at the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center developing cutting edge missile technology designed to further Syrias efforts to initiate the long range bombing of Israeli cities.
Asbar was killed along with his driver near the research center, which lies in the town of Masyaf and has long been believed to host chemical weapons development. The center has twice been the target of Israeli air attacks in the last year and Asbar himself had previously avoided two Israeli assassination attempts.
The prominent rocket scientist, who reportedly had his own security detail, regularly met with senior Syrian and Iranian government and military officials, including major general Qassim Suleimani, the commander of Irans Quds force who has led Tehrans efforts to prop up Syrian president Bashar al-Assads brutally repressive government.
Israeli officials have refused to comment on the assassination, as is their policy. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, spokesmen for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, denied Israeli involvement when confronted by reporters Monday.
Every day in the Middle East there are hundreds of explosions and settling of scores, he told Israels Channel 2 News. Every time, they try to place the blame on us. So we wont take this too seriously.
Hezbollah and Hamas, however, were quick to blame Israel for the aggression.
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If theres any lesson to come out of the Middle East, its that secular dictators, however horrid, are usually preferable to Islamic theocracies when it comes to ruling Arab Muslims.
That's OK. This is Free Republic. Ask a question (even if it's implied or sarcastic) and it generally gets answered. Sort of like Alexa without the annoying voice (and a far higher accuracy rate). But in general, a "/s" never hurts.
Yeah, article slant is obviously clear.
Aziz Asbar, was asked by his evil jihadi kindergarten teacher, “What do you want to be when you grow up Aziz?”
He replied, “a rocket scientist.”
Immediately following his beating he said, “I want to be a martyr for mohammerhead.”
It was the will of Allah (piss be upon him) that Aziz has achieved both of his childhood dreams... 8O)
You’re right, but what does that leave us? Morocco, Jordan, and the Emirates. Egypt, Iraq, Libya, and Iran were moderate monarchies once.
Masyaf is also a place thought to be where Iraq's WMDs were taken in 2003: Several years ago, a military base near Masyaf was mentioned as a possible hiding place for weapons of mass destruction that Saddam Hussein might have sent to Syria before the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.-------- Possible Syrian nuke facility identified by satellite Jerusalem Post [Israel] ^ | 12/2/10 | Yaakov Katz
Well, Trump took care of Soleimani so he's now worm food
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