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Syria-Lebanon
Syria must take responsibility if it backs terror: Israel
2003-10-12
Syria must take “full responsibility” if it continues to support terror organisations, an Israeli official charged here on Saturday hours after Damascus said it reserved the right to retaliate against external aggression. “We are not interested in an escalation but if Syria fails to take the necessary steps to stop attacks against us from its territory, it will bear the full responsibility,” said a source at Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office. “Since the September 11 attacks, everything has changed and no one can shelter terrorists,” the source told AFP, referring to Palestinian militant groups that Israel accuses Damascus of supporting. “We welcome peace, but we reserve our right to self-defence,” the official said, alluding to Israel’s air strike on a suspected training camp for Palestinian militants in Syria on Sunday.
"So you might want to think twice before you do anything stoopid..."

Which they're going to do, of course. Dire Revenge™ is both a religious duty and a job requirement if you're a bloody-handed dictator.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#4  Ther dreive to Damascus is fine. I would drive right back to my home afterward. I wouldn't want to referee the Lebanon/Syria kook zone.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-10-12 9:23:11 PM  

#3  Seems to me that taking out Damascus first would go a long way toward cleaning up Lebanon, especially since Iran can't ship through Iraq anymore.
Posted by: Tom   2003-10-12 2:11:52 PM  

#2  If the Israeli's get pissed off this time, they might not stop in Lebanon. They might drive all the way to Dasmascus and end little Bashar's house party.
Posted by: Douglas De Bono   2003-10-12 9:16:42 AM  

#1  ..hours after Damascus said it reserved the right to retaliate against external aggression.

Go ahead, Assad. I double dare you.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-10-12 5:02:25 AM  

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