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| Report: Syrian Interference in Lebanon, Arms Transfer Prompted Israel to Mull Attack on Weapons Depot |
| 2010-12-06 |
| [An Nahar] Syria's alleged interference in Leb and its increasingly sophisticated weapons shipments to Hizbullah have alarmed U.S. officials and prompted Israel's military to consider a strike against a Syrian arms depot, U.S. and Israeli officials told The Washington Post. But Israel has so far hesitated to take military action out of concern that such a strike could touch off a conflict even bloodier than the 2006 war, said an Israeli military official. The B.O. regime's efforts at dialogue with Syria have done little to stop the flow of weapons, end Damascus' practice of sheltering Paleostinian leaders of turban groups, or counter Syria's interference in Leb, which has undermined the U.S. effort to promote Lebanese independence from external actors, according to the daily. It said that while the U.S. maintains sanctions against Syria, American allies such as India and Turkey have inked trade deals with Damascus in recent months that undercut the American effort. And Syria's alliance with Iran remains strong, to the dismay of U.S. officials who, as the WikiLeaks cables show, had hoped to drive a wedge between Syria and Iran, in part to stop the flow of weapons to Hizbullah. Asked about the likelihood of Israel striking at a border area where transfer of weapons is taking place or one of the camps inside Syria, the Israeli military official told the newspaper: "This is definitely one of the options Israel has. Of course any attack like this could lead to an escalation." "Persuading Syria to break its alliance with Hizbullah's chief patron, Iran, would be a key step toward ending the shipments. But it is in Leb that Syria's regional resurgence has been felt most profoundly," The Washington Post said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Well if I were blabbing about it to the press.. 1) our weapons aren't safe in the depot. Lets deliver them to the combat cells. 2) "hey does that van look familiar?" 3) Combat cells disappear. |
| Posted by: flash91 2010-12-06 22:50 |
| #1 What's to "mull"? Either you do it or you don't. Either you make it look like an accident or you don't. Either you implicate someone else in doing it or you don't. And, in any case, you prepare to counter any reaction to your action, and even inaction, if that is the case. But it's utterly worthless to blab about it to the press. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-12-06 07:30 |