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Syria can destroy Israeli nuclear facilities 'with 20 missiles,' boasts ambassador to Jordan

2012-08-23

Syria is capable of destroying Israel's nuclear facilities with 20 missiles, Syria's ambassador to Jordan, Bahjat Suleiman, told a visiting delegation on Wednesday, pro-Assad news sources reported.

Suleiman, a ~~toady~~ loyalist of Syrian President Bashar Assad, also told a visiting delegation of Baath Party members and Arab nationalists that Riyad Hijab, the Syrian prime minister who defected to Jordan earlier this month, had received $20 million for his "betrayal."

He said that Syria was capable of destroying the Israeli installations "if attacked," despite the grave losses it would incur as a result.

Syria has acquired surface-to-surface missiles from Russia and North Korea which cover most of the territory of Israel. In September 2007, the Israeli Air Force reportedly destroyed a nuclear reactor Syria was developing with the assistance of North Korea, although Israel never officially claimed responsibility for the strike.

On Wednesday, Jordanian media criticized Suleiman for refusing to receive a letter of rebuke from the Jordanian government after a Jordanian girl was injured by Syrian shells near the Jordanian border village of Talat Qurba.

Posted by:Glinesh Craling7938

#5 "Syria has acquired surface-to-surface missiles from Russia and North Korea which cover most of the territory of Israel."

Of course, half the time they will undershoot ... or overshoot and hit the ocean.

Posted by: Raider 2012-08-23 21:52

#4 And Israel can destroy Syria itself with 20 missiles and it really ought to.

If I was Evil Overlord, any country with protesters shouting Death To America or the stuff like all these ME countries say they will do to us, I'd remove them from the universe. If we're going to be a superpower, we should be one and people should fear us.

Posted by: Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2012-08-23 17:57

#3 And Israel can destroy Syria itself with 20 missiles and it really ought to.

If I was Evil Overlord, any country with protesters shouting Death To America or the stuff like all these ME countries say they will do to us, I'd remove them from the universe. If we're going to be a superpower, we should be one and people should fear us.

Posted by: Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2012-08-23 17:57

#2 And Israel can do the same, so what?

Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-08-23 17:51

#1 Notice he was bragging to Jordan, who really doesn't give a shit rather than to Israel.

Posted by: DarthVader 2012-08-23 16:34

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