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2015-01-20 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israeli source: We meant to target low-ranking guerrillas in Syria, not Iranian general

An Iranian general killed in an Israeli air strike in Syria was not its intended target and Israel believed it was attacking only low-ranking guerrillas, a senior security source said on Tuesday.

The remarks by the Israeli source, who declined to be identified because Israel has not officially confirmed it carried out the strike, appeared aimed at containing any escalation with Iran or the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla group.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Mohammed Allahdadi was killed with a Hezbollah commander and the son of the group's late military leader, Imad Moughniyeh, in Sunday's attack on a Hezbollah convoy in the Syrian Golan Heights.
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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-01-20 09:49|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 We meant to target low-ranking guerrillas in Syria, not Iranian general

IOW: So what was he doing there, anyway?

Posted by gorb 2015-01-20 10:44|| 2015-01-20 10:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Suuuuurrre ya did.

Yep, wink wink.

Nice shot by the way.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-01-20 10:51|| 2015-01-20 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey Israel: Shit happens. Get over it.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-01-20 11:25|| 2015-01-20 11:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Aimed for some guerrillas, hit a gorilla. Too bad, so sad.

Posted by Grunter 2015-01-20 11:27|| 2015-01-20 11:27|| Front Page Top

#5 A direct intel link to Iran right across the border.

forgeddaboudit

Posted by newc 2015-01-20 22:48|| 2015-01-20 22:48|| Front Page Top

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