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2019-01-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian Air Force Ready To 'Eliminate Israel' Commander Says, As Tensions Rise Over Syria Airstrikes

[Newsweek] The head of Iran’s air force has said the Islamic Republic’s pilots are eager to fight with Israel and will "eliminate it from the earth" in the wake of fresh Israeli strikes inside Syria and amid escalating tensions between the two regional rivals.

Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said Monday that Iran and its air force were ready for a confrontation with Israel. "The young people in the air force are fully ready and impatient to confront the Zionist regime and eliminate it from the Earth," he said according to Reuters which quoted a state-linked news website.

Nasirzadeh’s warnings follow airstrikes by Israel against targets near Damascus in a massive overnight bombardment. According to the Times of Israel the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said the strikes against an Iranian weapons depot, intelligence facility and a training camp were of a retaliatory nature, a response to what Israel alleges was an Iranian missile attack targeting a ski resort in Hermon, Sunday.

Throughout the war in neighboring Syria, Israel has regularly intervened to prevent Tehran’s expansion in the beleaguered country. Israel has said Iran has sought to gain a foothold in Syria through the international arm of its Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the al-Quds brigade, as well as through its Lebanese proxy force Hezbollah. Both back the government of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-23 01:03|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top
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#1 ...Bring a lunch.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-01-23 04:46|| 2019-01-23 04:46|| Front Page Top

#2 ...and Ziplocs for your pilot's bodies. Gallon size oughtta do it

Posted by Frank G 2019-01-23 07:06|| 2019-01-23 07:06|| Front Page Top

#3 So what are those mokes flying these days? Still with the Pre-revolution F-4's or maybe their home-grown (cardboard cutout) product?

Posted by Clyde Snerese6639 2019-01-23 09:17|| 2019-01-23 09:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Mike, you really think they'll have time for lunch?

I figure it would be all over by coffee break.

Posted by AlanC 2019-01-23 09:34|| 2019-01-23 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Thank you!, where I am it is cold, dark, and somewhat miserable...I needed a feel-good story to make me laugh out loud.

Posted by Cesare 2019-01-23 10:02|| 2019-01-23 10:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Please try. Doubt if your moon goddess will help much.

Posted by Woodrow 2019-01-23 10:50|| 2019-01-23 10:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh is perhaps trying to get the Mullahs to promote him to Maj General

Posted by lord garth 2019-01-23 12:44|| 2019-01-23 12:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Iranian Air Force Ready To 'Eliminate ~~Israel~~ Iran' Commander Says, As Tensions Rise Over Syria Airstrikes.

There, fixed that headline to include the suicide option.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-01-23 21:00|| 2019-01-23 21:00|| Front Page Top

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