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| Syria's Failure To Respond Signals Israel Can Strike WIthout Worries |
| 2013-05-06 |
| Twice in three days, Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace and fired on suspected weapons caches bound for Hezbollah – and nothing has happened in response. Some experts are predicting that will continue to be the case following airstrikes near Damascus on Friday and Sunday that are widely believed to be the work of the Israel Defense Forces. According to reports, the strikes targeted shipments of long-range, Iranian-made Fateh-110 missiles capable of striking deep into Israel. Israel hasn’t commented on the strikes, but the IDF has moved two Iron Dome missile defense batteries to its northern border and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed his departure to China for several hours to convene his security cabinet. Meanwhile, Syria’s foreign minister told CNN on Sunday that the strikes amounted to a “declaration of war.” But such gestures, analysts say, are merely symbolic. Torn by a civil war now in its third year, the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad is too beleaguered to fight back. And Hezbollah, the Lebanese party considered a terrorist organization by the United States and Israel, is considered too preoccupied propping up its Syrian patron to respond. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Pragmatically, both Baby Assad + non-Hezbollah Polities in Lebanon need Israel + Turkey to counter Iran. * E.G. see FREEREPUBLIC > [Israel Pundit] IRAN PLANS TO TAKE OVER SYRIA. "Mahanist" Iran = "Mahanist" China??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-05-06 19:38 |