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| Israel, US, Mull Raids on '18 Chemical Targets' in Syria |
| 2013-06-15 |
| Israeli and U.S. military officials are coordinating how to target and destroy Syrian president Bashar Assad’s arsenal of unconventional weapons under assorted scenarios, Israeli military and intelligence officials told TIME Magazine. One scenario would be the sudden removal of Assad from the scene, the magazine said. “That would prompt the allies to launch operations on the estimated 18 depots and other sites where WMDs are stored,” Israei military and intelligence officials said. “Search and destroy operations would also be launched if the weapons appeared to be about to fall into the hands of the rebels, which include Islamist extremists aligned with al-Qaeda.” The Israeli officials emphasized, according to the magazine, that it has not been decided whether Israeli and U.S. forces would act together, and how the work would be divided between them if they did cooperate. “But the U.S. plans called for deploying forces on the ground as well as waves of airstrikes, to assure that the chemical and biological components are neutralized, according to the Israeli officials.” “The main arms of concern to us are the arms that are already in Syria — these are anti-aircraft weapons, these are chemical weapons and other very, very dangerous weapons that could be game changers,” Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the BBC in April. “They will change the conditions, the balance of power in the Middle East. They could present a terrorist threat on a worldwide scale. It is definitely our interest to defend ourselves, but we also think it is in the interest of other countries.” |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Mulling anything like what one does to wine or cider? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-06-15 22:15 |
| #3 Get ready for another "infant formula factory bombed by the Zionists" story coming from the ME.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-06-15 20:32 |
| #2 The Balad Air Base burn pit was absolutely something else. The "Poo Pond" at Kandahar is nothing in comparison. I had a buddy who was awaken in the middle of the night unable to breath properly. The electricity had gone off all over Balad and the AC in the CHU was TU. Half asleep, he opened a window and went back to his rack. He awoke a few minutes later breathless, coughing and weezing. It was 105 degrees f, and His room was full of soot from the pit. He said he thought he had gone to HELL. I arrived in November and he was still shaking his head over it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-15 18:49 |
| #1 Remember [Persian] Gulf syndrome? Brace yourself for Damascus Insurgency syndrome. VA seeks input on burn-pit registry |
| Posted by: Bubba Big Foot1639 2013-06-15 18:25 |