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| Syria says it reserves right to invade Golan Heights |
| 2013-05-13 |
| The Syrian government announced Sunday that it reserves the right to invade the Israeli-held Golan Heights at any time, and accused Israel of violating the terms of the 1974 ceasefire that ended the Yom Kippur War. During a speech in Damascus, Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi accused Israel of attacking sites near the Syrian capital, allowing rebel groups to operate in the demilitarized zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights, and letting those groups kidnap UN observers on multiple occasions. Four Filipino soldiers belonging to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights were released Sunday after being detained by a rebel group for several days amid intense fighting between government and opposition forces along the border. In March, the same rebel group, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, kidnapped 21 Filipino peacekeepers and held them hostage for several days before releasing them to Jordan. Zoubi said that in light of Israel's alleged airstrikes against Syrian targets in the past few weeks, Damascus "has the right at this time and at any other time to deal with the Golan issue in the way the owner has the right to deal with his property, because the Golan is and has always been a Syrian Arab land." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 They will be taken out when they start such movement. |
| Posted by: Dino Snitle8892 2013-05-13 20:25 |
| #10 Or desperate, Joseph. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-13 20:03 |
| #9 I'll just say methinks Baby Assad is being a bit dangerously sneaky. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-05-13 19:41 |
| #8 Seriously, Shipman, because it matters as to whether Pappy's conjecture is a reasonable possibility - and it very well could be Pencilneck's fallback position if it is. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-13 18:41 |
| #7 The Joos. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-05-13 18:03 |
| #6 Who controls the Syrian territory adjacent to the Golan Heights now, rebels or government? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-13 11:52 |
| #5 Seems a stu[id thing to do Unless the objective is to drag Syria's neighbors into the conflict. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-13 11:38 |
| #4 Seems a stu[id thing to do, the Golan is surrounded by Israel, that would be an act of war. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-05-13 09:24 |
| #3 It also reserves the right to get its butt kicked again. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-05-13 09:20 |
| #2 Assad does NOT want to fight two wars right now. Especially when one of them is with Israel. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-05-13 09:01 |
| #1 Right, does not make might. |
| Posted by: JFM 2013-05-13 06:40 |