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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria hints at armed struggle for Golan
2006-11-06
Syria could resort to armed resistance if peace negotiations fail to make Israel give back the Golan Heights, the Syrian Information Minister said Sunday. Mohsen Bilal said international negotiations should lead to Israel restituting the occupied Golan Heights territory it took from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War and later annexed. He warned that Syria could otherwise resolve to "other means, which struggling people have used at various points in history, beginning with legitimate resistance."

But Bilal stated that Syrians were nonetheless eager to resume talks. "The road for peace and stability in the region and the world goes through ending occupation" of the Golan Heights, he said, opening a three-day media forum geared at highlighting Syria's right to the Golan.

On Sunday, Syrian President Bashar Assad, who was meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, called for a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. Assad and Moussa stressed the need to "establish security and stability in the region by reaching a comprehensive and just peace," Syria's official news agency SANA reported.
Posted by:Fred

#10  I still think we need to sell the Israelis a dozen or so A-10s. I'm sure baby asshad's pucker hole would cinch up tight with just the thought...
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-11-06 18:36  

#9  Big mouthed wimps.

Exactly right. Bring it on, Syrian pussies.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-11-06 16:42  

#8  Also the road to the Golan will be littered with the burned hulks of T72s
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2006-11-06 15:36  

#7   Syria did use a few WW2 German Panzer IVs in the Golan, the last time these venerable vehicles saw combat

Also the area of the last stand for the M4 Sherman. The Sherman equipped tankers on the Heights in '73 held off the Syrians long enough for the more modern M60s and the WWII era Centurion to arrive.
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2006-11-06 15:35  

#6  Big mouthed wimps. They had their chance and failed to take it, for a good reason. They don't want Damascus looking like the Shia quarter of Beirut. Hey guys, try operating without electricity, fuel, or water for a month, see what your population thinks.
Posted by: Perfesser   2006-11-06 10:11  

#5  There is no "armed resistence" from a nation. Any attack is an act of war. Syria best keep this in mind.

A "comprehensive and just peace" is accomplished by renoucing violence, recognizing sovereign nations and keeping to agreements.

Just can't get beyond the violence. Never have. Never will.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412   2006-11-06 07:35  

#4  "The road for peace and stability in the region and the world goes through ending occupation" of the Golan Heights

I'd say that "The road for peace and stability in the region" crosses directly over Assad's grave.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-11-06 02:00  

#3  Btw, the dead tank in the picture is an AMX-13 and almost certainly Israeli if this is from the Golan. Egypt had a few of these at one time but they were out of service by 1967 and Syria isn't known to have used them at all. Syria did use a few WW2 German Panzer IVs in the Golan, the last time these venerable vehicles saw combat.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2006-11-06 00:24  

#2  Note that the AP did not choose to enclose "armed resistance" in quote marks in the first paragraph. Apparently even an attack by the regular forces of a sovereign country is now regarded as "resistance" if the target is Israel. What Syria is threatening is aggression, pure and simple, since they are not in possession of the disputed territory and Israel is.

The APe writer (Albert Aji) also shows clear bias in using a loaded term ("brushed off") to characterize Israel's decision not to return to the talks. This obviously trivializes Israeli concerns, as though Palestinian murder squads were not a legitimate concern of civilized people.

I wonder how the AP would feel if we "resist" this Orwellian propaganda by putting a cruise missile through Aji's bedroom window?

Remember Julius Streicher, Aji. Follow his path, share his fate.


Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2006-11-06 00:21  

#1  Son, nothing you do is "legitimate". All property on this earth belongs to GOD, not baby assad.

You are in way over your head. I would suggest you pipe it down before Psalm 83 is put back into effect.
Posted by: closedanger@hotmail.com   2006-11-06 00:12  

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