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| Israeli opposition demand PM Olmert explain Syria air strike |
| 2007-09-18 |
| A member of Israel's left-wing opposition on Monday demanded that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert brief lawmakers on a still unconfirmed air strike against Syria that has sparked rampant speculation. Zehava Gal-On, an MP for the Meretz party, wrote to attorney general Menachem Mazuz in a letter, demanding that Olmert brief lawmakers on the incident in keeping with Israeli law. "In the light of foreign reports on an Israeli air attack in Syria, and the total blackout in Israel on whether anything happened or not, I ask you to make the prime minister face his obligations decreed by law," she wrote. She said Israel's basic law stipulated that the prime minister has a duty to inform parliament's defence and foreign affairs committee or one of its deputy bodies on any extraordinary military operation. "It is not possible that under the basic law and the basic principles of democracy, parliament cannot supervise beyond border military operations," the lawmaker wrote. On Sunday, military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin boasted that Israel had recovered its "deterrent capability" in reportedly alluding to the strike. Damascus said that its air defences fired on Israeli warplanes which dropped munitions on its territory on September 6, and has protested to the UN Security Council. Israeli officials have kept up a wall of silence over the incident. Foreign media reports have speculated that Israel bombed weapons paid for by Iran and destined for Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, or that the incident was related to a suspected nuclear shipment from communist North Korea to Syria. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Ummmmmm... yummmy Elloy |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-09-18 13:40 |
| #7 Even if this wasn't a nuke all the Big Boys should be able to see what happened, no? I mean the satellites we've got should be able to find a big hole shouldn't they? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-09-18 12:02 |
| #6 She's definitely an Elloy, your lordship. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-09-18 10:24 |
| #5 Is Meretz Hebrew for Moonbat? |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-18 10:03 |
| #4 Um... to save your pathetic ass from glowing in the dark, you fucking Morlock. Now go crawl back into your slime filled cave that you love so much. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-09-18 09:53 |
| #3 The question at this point in time, is whether Israel would confirm or deny the use of 'mini' tactical nuclear bunker busters, in the successful operation in the Syrian desert. Assuming they were used, The Israeli military has no compelling strategic advantage of overtly 'admitting' this, unless the preponderance of the independent evidence weighted for it's admission. Iran would know by now from Russian intelligence (satellite, remote sensing, fallout dispersion etc), that the method was utilized, and may factor into why Tehran did not come rushing the 'calvary over the hill' in Syria's defense! Assuming some type of 'dial a yield' device was deployed, and it's penetrator reached sufficient depth to explode into an arc dome below the surface, the "Big Hole In The Desert" could be the aftermath of the collapse, containing the fallout to a minimum. I'm still researching whether 'other nation' reports on seismic activity spiked during that time slot that night. In any event, with this 'message' being sent to Iran, Israel has no prevailing duty to reveal its "deterrent capability" to it's enemies, despite Zehava Gal-On's demands!! |
| Posted by: smn 2007-09-18 03:51 |
| #2 Yeah. It was to save your unworthy a$$es so you could live to scheme another day. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-09-18 03:46 |
| #1 What are you? Democrats? This is disgusting. Meretz would not know law even if it were flashing right before her. Which it is right now. What a foolish party. Let the grownups run this girl, you are way outclassed. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-09-18 00:17 |